Archive for the ‘student climate action’ category
December 5, 2011
By Bob Walker, Dirctor, Sustainable Energy Resource Group “I would like to publically thank the Thetford HEAT program and SERG for the wonderful workshop on home weatherization at the Thetford Center community building Saturday Nov. 12. The presenter had a lot of great information to share on how to improve our homes, how to [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, climate change, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, local energy, Solutions, student climate action, Uncategorized
Tags: CFLs, Community Catalyst Fund, energy savings, Energy Star, local action, social marketing, Vermont, weatherization
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November 22, 2011
By James C. Malley, Board Chair, Connecticut Partnership for Sustainability Education The Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker in Hartford hosted a “Best Practices in Sustainability Education Workshop” on November 10, 2011 during National Sustainability Education week. Sponsored by the Connecticut Partnership for Sustainability Education, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, climate change, climate education, composting, garden-based education, student climate action
Tags: Community Catalyst Fund, conference, Connecticut, environmental education, LEED building, magnet schools, National Sustainability Education Week, school garden
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July 22, 2011
By Brenda J. Anderson, Spencer-Van Etten Middle School The 7th and 8th grade students in my Greenhouse Program (GHP) at Spencer-Van Etten (S-VE) Middle School in Spencer, NY, plan big . The students in this hands-on integrated elective continued their work from previous years of promoting Green Education in their building, district and community in a variety [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, Climate, climate change, climate education, Community Action, composting, Energy Efficiency, environment, Food, fossil fuels, gardening, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, green jobs, local energy, New Generation, organic, organic food, Recycling, Renewable energy, Solutions, student climate action, Uncategorized
Tags: carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Climate action, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, composting, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, field trips, global warming, K-12 education, New york, Recycling
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April 29, 2011
By Lisa Chase, Go Green Committee Chair, BWK PTA, Environmental Community Activist How to teach the three “R”s and provide healthy drinking water to Berne Knox Westerlo Elementary School students? That was the question the BKW PTA Go Green Team contemplated after deciding that reducing the plastic waste stream at the elementary school should be on [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, climate change, climate education, Community Action, environment, Fundraising, Global Warming, Recycling, student climate action, Uncategorized, waste
Tags: Community Catalyst Fund, drinking water, Fundraising, K-12, New York State, Recycling, water bottles
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January 26, 2011
By Whitney Larsen, The Sustainability Hub At the end of each weekend in Collegetown, just outside of Cornell University, trash is overflowing from trash cans, with coffee cups and drinks sitting on the curb along College Avenue. Although there were supposed to be a few cans designated for recycling, they are not marked as [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, Climate, climate change, Community Action, environment, Fundraising, Global Warming, Recycling, student climate action, Uncategorized, waste
Tags: climate change, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, environmentalism, Fundraising, global warming
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January 24, 2011
By Melissa Everett, PhD, Sustainable Hudson Valley The Hudson Valley Ten Percent Challenge is a regional invitation to cut your carbon footprint 10% and get 10% of “your” people involved. Initiated by Sustainable Hudson Valley, the Challenge has been piloted with the communities of Red Hook and Warwick, New York, in preparation for regional scale-up. The Ten [...]
Categories: Climate, climate change, Community Action, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, student climate action
Tags: carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, global warming, Local Energy Committees, sustainability
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December 27, 2010
By Julia Dundorf Manager of Community Relations and Co-director of the New England Carbon Challenge, Clean Air – Cool Planet The New England Carbon Challenge (NECC) and its partners are proud to announce the upcoming launch of the My Energy PlanTM Video Challenge 2011 for New Hampshire residents. Businesses, organizations and even a [...]
Categories: Advocacy, Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, Fundraising, local energy, Planning, Research and Development, Solutions, student climate action, sustainability
Tags: Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, Community Planning, Energy Efficiency, global warming, Local Energy Committees, My Energy Plan, NECC, New Hampshire residents, NH Sustainable Energy Association, NHPR, NHPTV, NHPUC, prizes, RGGI, Stonyfield Farm, sustainability, The New England Carbon Challenge, University of NH, University of NH Cooperative Extension, Video Challenge 2011
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November 22, 2010
UNH’s Cameron Wake evolves from researcher to translator of sustainability science By David Sims, Science Writer UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space SEARCHING FOR RELEVANCE and effectiveness in his scientific career, Cameron Wake zigzagged from big-scale, climate system science down to regional air quality issues and then back [...]
Categories: Arctic, Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, climate change, climate education, environment, fossil fuels, Global Warming, government planning, Research and Development, sea ice, Sea-level Rise, student climate action, surface temperature, sustainability, weather
Tags: air quality, AIRMAP project, and Space, Arctic, Cameron Wake, Campus Carbon Calculator, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Carbon Solutions New England, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, Climate Action Plan, Climate Change Policy Task Force, Climate Change Research Center, climate change solutions, climate system science, David sims, Fundraising, glaciers, glaciologist, global warming, Indicators of Climate Change in the Northeast, John Lynch, Local Energy Committees, Oceans, snow, Sound Science Initiative, sustainability, Sustainable Scientist, the UNH Faculty Excellence in Public Service Award, the UNH Sustainability Academy, Tibetan Plateau, UNH EOS, UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Union of Concerned Scientists, weather and climate
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October 29, 2010
By Anne Stephenson, Campus Outreach and Climate Fellows Coordinator Clean Air-Cool Planet As some of our reader might remember, Jennifer, Claire and I are teaching an on-line Carbon Management Course for the new UMASS Dartmouth Certificate in Sustainable Development. We recently interviewed our friend and colleague Brett Pasinella, from the UNH Sustainability Academy, for [...]
Categories: Advocacy, Campus Climate Action, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Global Warming, green jobs, Policy, Research and Development, Solutions, student climate action
Tags: Anne Stephenson, audio, Brett Pasinella, CA-CP, Carbon Management Course, carbon reduction projects, Evaluating Projects, Trasition to Plan, UMASS Dartmouth, UMASS Dartmouth Certificate in Sustainable Development, UNH, UNH Sustainability Academy
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October 20, 2010
By Jennifer Andrews Director of Program Planning and Coordination, Clean Air-Cool Planet CA-CP achieved a milestone last week with the unveiling of the new online CHEFS tool, in Denver, at the annual campus sustainability conference hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). CHEFS, or Charting Emissions from Food [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, Climate, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, composting, Energy Efficiency, environment, Food, Global Warming, local energy, organic food, Planning, Recycling, Research and Development, Solutions, student climate action, sustainability, waste
Tags: AASHE, ARAMARK, Campus Carbon Calculator™, Campus Climate Action, campus sustainability, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Charting Emissions from Food Services, CHEFS, Claire Roby, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, Community Planning, community supported agriculture, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, Food, food and climate, foodprint, free webinar, global warming, green business, Jennifer Andrews, Local Energy Committees, New York University, sustainability
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