*USGBC has organized an entire track for folks interested in Higher Education. I’ll be blogging from the sessions that I’m able to attend*.
The opening plenary session to this year’s GreenBuild Conference in Boston sent attendees off to an energetic start. Rick Fedrizzi, President of the U.S. Green Building Council welcomed the 23,000 registered attendees, who [...]

Vandana Shiva gave the closing keynote speech at AASHE 08 earlier this morning. Focusing her talk on food and the increasing globalization of the food industry, Dr. Shiva discussed the important role campuses can play. She encouraged the audience to invest in edible landscapes on their campus grounds, purchase fair trade food and [...]

Plug in your headphones for this one, it’s a little quiet! I caught up with Sarah Brylinsky a senior at Ithaca College about what she was looking forward to at AASHE 08. Sarah was the 2008 Student Sustainabililty Leadership award winner. Check out her winning application here!
Listen to the podcast here - - Sarah Brylinsky [...]

The below guest blog is from Jim Simon, the Associate Environmental Educator in the University at Buffalo’s Green Office. As a signatory campus to the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, the university held a first of its kind forum to get input from the campus community and brainstorm [...]

If you haven’t registered already, you may want to act quickly!
When we moved AASHE’s biennial gathering to a major conference center this year, we thought we were being ambitious reserving space for 1,500 people (last conference 600 attended).  As it turns out, the excitement and demand for the conference has exceeded our most ambitious expectations.  [...]

Green For All founder and AASHE 2008 Conference keynote speaker Van Jones’ first book, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems will be released tomorrow, October 7.   Green For All organizers are encouraging folks to order the book soon in an effort to make it the first environmental best-seller [...]

I’ve been excited about how AASHE 2008 is shaping up from a programmatic perspective for a while (great keynotes, ~400 presentations, the Sustainable Solutions Expo, plus hands-on workshops and tours), but now my excitement is off the charts because it’s clear that AASHE 2008 is going to be BIG.  With more than 2 months to [...]

Today and tomorrow is the 2008 Virtual Energy Forum.
This free, online-only event features:

Live streaming video presentations from energy thought leaders, including Leith Sharp, Director of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, and Mary Jensen, Keene State’s Sustainability Coordinator.
A virtual exhibit floor with booths from leading energy efficiency and renewable energy businesses as well as related nonprofits [...]

The 2008 ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit just wrapped up and I’m excited to present the voices of some of the signatories who were present. Venturing into the world of podcast recordings, I attempted to catch some of these busy Presidents and Chancellors in between panel sessions, meals and any spare moment [...]

 

 President Thomashow, Unity College: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (86)

 

 President Brennemen, Goshen College: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (59)

 

 President Pfeiffer, Warren Wilson College: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (55)

 

 Chancellor Johnson, University of Minnesota Morris: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (64)

 

 Chancellor Spangler, Houston Comunity College: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (70)

AASHE is currently at the ACUPCC Leadership Summit in Grand Rapids Michigan and we have partnered with Grand Rapids Community College to record and post panel presentations on You Tube. Even if you can’t be here you can still watch and hear what is happening. Below is a quick compilation of some presentations. All videos [...]