Nestled in the north woods of Wisconsin a few hundred meters to Lake Superior and the town of Ashland, lies Northland College. I took a tour a few weeks ago with Clare Hintz, coordinator of campus sustainability for Northland College and its Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute. The college aims “by academic excellence and sustainable practice, […]

Last week, I got to participate in AASHE’s Sustainability Across the Curriculum Leadership Workshop held at San Diego State University. AASHE hosts this energizing two-day workshop for faculty and staff in higher ed. twice a year with the help and talents of Peggy Barlett from Emory University and Geoff Chase from San Diego State University. […]

Since many students sell their books back to the bookstore at the end of the semester, Kenny at TreeHugger wonders if it’s any greener to rent textbooks online than to buy books from the campus bookstore.
Energy Action Coalition’s Fossil Fool’s Day is tomorrow and on-campus pranks are already underway.
Xarissa at NWF’s Campus Ecology […]

Want to learn and share ideas about running dorm vs dorm sustainability competitions on college campuses? There is now a website and instructional video project dedicated to that purpose!
At long last, a video project that was initiated by students in Duke’s Environmental Alliance has arrived online in the form of a best practices sharing […]

The folks over at PaperClip Communications, an AASHE member business, are kindly offering a 10 percent discount to AASHE members on their recently released Campus Sustainability Whitepaper Series.
The series is comprised of 6 whitepapers:
Greening Your Events: How to Plan and Implement Sustainable Campus Events
Sustainable Campus Food Service Programs: From Little Changes to Large Initiatives That […]

For many students textbooks are one item that while a necessity,  can create quite a bit of scorn- high prices, low sell-back value, new editions coming out each year creating the dismal cycle all over again while making buying used increasingly difficult.  There are examples of textbook exchange programs that seek to minimize costs and […]

Focus the Nation was a great success and I am proud to have been able to participate and present at the University of Kentucky about AASHE and the Presidents Climate Commitment.  In my pre-FTN post two weeks ago I asked for any campuses that were especially excited about events and activities they had planned to […]

Recyclemania began this week, January 27th to be more specific, with a record 400 schools participating!! Whewee! The competition started in 2001 with just 2 schools - Miami University (of Ohio) and Ohio University. Here’s a graph Recyclemania has posted on their website which shows participation and the number of pounds recycled […]

Having this past Monday off in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, (one of only four federal holidays here in the US that celebrate an individuals life) got me thinking of the importance of this holiday for everyone living here in the US, and to all those working towards a just and sustainable […]

“When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.” - Daniel Webster
The 17th Annual Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference was January 16 – 19, 2008 in Louisville, KY. A driven collection of people making a difference on the ground in their communities, […]