Campus Sustainability Planning Network

A higher education community in support of Campus Sustainability Day (or Week)

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Events

July 19Saturday

Blog Posts

Wrap-up: Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference

It's been an exhausting two days, and I mean that in the best way. It's the exhaustion you get from doing good work: critical thought, difficult questions, solvent solutions. After making the rounds of sessions, plenaries and discussions, I want to go straight to bed and wake up tomorrow full of plots to bring this issue more into the foreground. Because the more attention sustainability gets, the closer we get to answers to questions like these: How can we surpass LEED to make our buildings an… Continue

Posted by Xarissa Holdaway on April 2nd, 2008 at 4:47pm — No Comments (Add)

Comparative Systems for Evaluating Campus Sustainability: smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference

Three different organizations presented a concurrent session on new systems of evaluating campus sustainability efforts: AASHE STARS System This program is intended to provide a frequently-updated guide for advancing sustainability in all sectors of higher education. By enabling meaningful comparisons across and within institutions and creating incentives for improvements, AASHE hopes this system will build a stronger, more diverse campus community. STARS uses common concepts: -simulta… Continue

Posted by Xarissa Holdaway on April 2nd, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments (Add)

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Jill Amstutz

APPA releases The Green Campus

APPA recently published two books on environmental sustainability and green practices. This is a hot topic, as administrators on college and university campuses earnestly seek to reduce their campu...

Started by Jill Amstutz Apr 11.

Susan Rogers

Campus Carbon Emissions--Measuring and Planning

The Campus Sustainability Working Group is hosting a panel discussion on April 22, 2008, from 1:00-4:15 PM at Drexel University, MacAlister Hall, Room 2019-2020, in Philadelphia, PA. RSVP by April ...

Tagged: drexel, panel, earth, day

Started by Susan Rogers Mar 14.

SCUP

A Critical Decision: Purchasing a Coffeemaker

"It’s funny, how sometimes the best way to understand big issues in big, complex, institutional contexts is to solve little problems in little, simple, personal contexts. A case in point . . . . Bu...

Tagged: consumer choices

Started by SCUP Feb 22.

Save The Date: October 22, 2008

You can use this network in just about any way you think will support your campus sustainability efforts. If you are planning for Campus Sustainability Day 6, you might want to create two "groups" in here: One for your planning team (private) and one for promotion and sharing information (public).
We are holding off on selecting the program for our webcast in October until we can use this network to get some community advice and suggestions.

Have at it!

Campus Sustainability News - Yahoo! News Feed

Tornadoes Announce "Going Green Night" (OurSports Central)

WORCESTER, MASS. - To encourage consumers to recycle electronic devices in an environmentally sound manner, Sony Electronics Inc. and Waste Management Recycle America are asking Worcester-area residents to take action and recycle their old electronics Saturday, July 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Waste Management and Sony Electronics are sponsoring ...

And the greenest university is ... Gloucestershire (Guardian Unlimited)

Universities are today ranked on how green they are - and the new universities come out on top

And the greenest university is ... Gloucestershire (Guardian Unlimited)

Universities are today ranked on how green they are - and the new universities come out top. Gloucestershire University takes first place, with Plymouth University in second, in the "green league" compiled by student campaigners People & Planet.

SIDE STREETS: Curiosity could kill the CC garden (Colorado Springs Gazette)

Libby Pitman says she isn't complaining about the half-acre organic vegetable garden behind the Wood Avenue home of her neighbor across the street, Colorado College President Richard Celeste.

It?s Not Easy Picking a Path to Enlightenment (New York Times)

Kripalu, a new age retreat, makes hard choices in finding the courses with the most appeal.

Driking water tests find no real differences (Kingston Daily Freeman)

NEW PALTZ - As Professor Shafiul Chowdhury leaned down to take a sip of water from a campus fountain soon after he began teaching at SUNY New Paltz in 2003, a colleague approached and warned him the water was "not good."

MSU may buy city land for research campus (The Springfield News-Leader)

Missouri State University unveiled plans to buy up to six city-owned properties near the JVIC research center and turn the area into an "IDEA Commons" for high-tech research.

House: Updated master plan an admirable goal (The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Last month, the Board of Trustees approved an updated Campus Master Plan that aims to convert the U into a more pedestrian-friendly campus. In addition to several other welcome goals, the plan seeks to shorten walking time between classes, enrich student involvement on-campus and improve sustainability efforts.

AASHE Releases Annual Review of Sustainability in Higher Education (PR.com)

Cover of AASHE Digest 2007 - A new publication from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) documents the continued growth in campus sustainability efforts across the US and Canada. [PR.com - July 01, 2008]

PENN Medicine News: Penn School of Medicine Partnership Receives Community-Campus Health Award (University of Pennsylvania Health System)

PHILADELPHIA – The Community-Campus Partnership for Health (CCPH) has honored the partnership between the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Decatur, Ohio Community Association as the recipient of the 7th annual CCPH Award.
 
 

Campus Sustainability Day Underwriters

Annual Conference
The Society for College and University Planning's 43rd Annual, International Conference and Idea Marketplace is July 19-23 in Montreal!
Sustainability Preconference Workshop:
Saturday, July 19, 2008, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM
(Workshop D) Creating a Sustainable Campus Community Through Integrated Planning
Concurrent Sessions
Find sustainability-focused concurrent sessions.
SCUP-43 Video
View a short (1min 30 sec) SCUP-43 introductory video from the conference committee.
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