Students and Nature

Green Report Card 2011 Is Here

 |  Nov 5, 2010

Last week, the Sustainable Endowments Institute officially released the College Sustainability Report Card 2011. This year’s edition of the Report Card contains profiles of 322 schools, as well as an additional 1,100 full survey responses comprising more than 10,000 pages of data on the sustainability practices of our nation’s colleges and universities. The report, which assesses 52 “greenness” indicators (including green building initiatives, recycling programs, endowment investment policies, renewable energy installations, and more) uses an A to F letter-grading system to evaluate performance. Read more

NASA and Eco-Schools USA Day 3 – Pathways to Success

,  |  Nov 5, 2010

Success! On our final day at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center, we brought all the pieces together about what everyone had learned at the inaugural Climate Change Connections (CCC) professional development institute. Read more

How You and Your Kids Can Help Wildlife This Winter – In Your Own Backyard!

 |  Nov 4, 2010

Kids will love creating this live nature show—right outside their window! Read more

NASA and Eco-Schools USA – Phenology, POWER, and Participation

,  |  Nov 3, 2010

Day 2 of the NASA/Eco-Schools USA Climate Change Connections institute focused on technology and student engagement. Read more

NASA and Eco-Schools USA – Get Your Techno On!

,  |  Nov 2, 2010

The inaugural NASA/Eco-Schools USA Climate Change Connections professional development institute is happening this week just outside of Washington, DC. Read more

NASA and Eco-Schools USA, NWF, climate change

NASA and Eco-Schools USA – Forging Climate Change Connections

,  |  Nov 2, 2010

The inaugural NASA/Eco-Schools USA Climate Change Connections professional development institute is happening this week just outside of Washington, DC. Read more

Community Colleges at Texas Greenforce Summit: “Think Local”

 |  Oct 30, 2010

At the “Preparing the Texas Workforce for the New Green Economy” Summit this past week, one of the hot issues discussed was how community colleges can engage green employers both for campus sustainability projects and to develop jobs for graduates — an undertaking that can prove challenging. Read more

Green Jobs Summit Series Kicks Off to a Great Start

 |  Oct 29, 2010

Yesterday was a big day for Campus Ecology; the “Preparing the Texas Workforce for the New Green Economy” Summit in San Antonio, Texas was a huge success. It was the first in a series of regional summits put on by the Greenforce Initiatve that NWF and Jobs for the Future (JFF) have jointly created to help spur green jobs education, innovation and training at community colleges in select regions across the country. Read more

Eco-Schools USA attends first-ever Green Schools National Conference

 |  Oct 28, 2010

This week, NWF’s Kate Hofmann attended the first-ever Green Schools National Conference in Minneapolis. Read more

Eco-Schools Checks Out the USA Science and Engineering Festival

,  |  Oct 27, 2010

President Barack Obama recently hosted the White House Science Fair to celebrate winners of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) competitions from across the country. The president has identified STEM … Read more