With presidents leading the way, campuses shifting to solar energy, record level participation in national education campaigns and students turning out en masse to vote, 2008 was a banner year … Read more
Students and Nature
Under Pressure: Holiday Breaks Prove a Good Time to Check Tires
Without realizing it, most students are arriving to school with less than the recommended amount of pressure — tire pressure, that is. According to a 2007 survey by the Rubber … Read more
Student Teams Lead Green Technology Research
The P3 Award, an EPA-sponsored competition that seeks to benefit people, prosperity, and the planet, is harnessing the enthusiasm and research power of students to get green innovations out into … Read more
Ground-Source Heat, from Lipscomb to Yale
This story is the third and final of a series that explores various types of ground heat mining and their campus applications. Also see Universities Lead the Charge to Mine … Read more
Training the Workforce for Renewable Energy
It seems that every day, another college introduces solar panels to campus or finds new ways to conserve energy. As administrators turn away from each glistening new turbine, rubbing their … Read more
If a Green Bus Drives but Nobody Rides, Is It Still Green?
As the largest employer in Georgia’s DeKalb County, Emory University has a lot of weight on its shoulders. Carbon dioxide weight, that is. After all, metro Atlanta commuters – 84 … Read more
Real Food Challenge connects over 300 schools, engages students
“Uniting students for just and sustainable food” is the motto of the Real Food Challenge, a network of students and activists working to bring ethically-produced, environmentally-sustainable food to campuses. This … Read more
Green screen: Using less energy to power campus supercomputers Green screen: Using less energy to power campus supercomputers
Choosing computers over paper may seem like a straightforward way to reduce environmental impact, but before you run off to recycle your files, save everything to a hard drive, and … Read more
