Daniel Sherman, a Professor of Environmental Policy & Decision Making at the University of Puget Sound, has an important article in the current issue of Sustainability: the Journal of Record.  Here’s the abstract:
The concept of sustainability is gaining mainstream currency in U.S. higher education. Currently the term is primarily associated with prescribed practices for individuals […]

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 […]

We know that students are producing amazing research on campus sustainability on a regular basis. Too often however, use of this research is limited to the institution where the author is based and the rest of the campus sustainability community doesn’t benefit. In the rare occasion when this research is shared with us, […]

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 […]

In late December, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 was signed into law. The Act included language introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) that authorizes $250 million annually in grants and another $500 million in direct loans for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects at higher education institutions, public schools, or local governments. […]

An article in last week’s Chronicle of Higher Education shows that a major reason for not signing the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) is concern that it isn’t achievable. The article says, “Most of the nonsigning colleges contacted by The Chronicle doubt that the ultimate goal of the commitment — climate […]

Many people have been asking Judy or me about the difference between the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) that AASHE is developing and the Sustainable Endowments Institute’s College Sustainability Report Card. To help respond to these questions, we worked with our friend Mark at SEI to produce the table below comparing key features […]

Cheers to the hundreds of campuses across the globe that celebrated Campus Sustainability Day last week! This post presents a sampling of how different campuses participated in the event.

Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI) released its 2008 College Sustainability Report Card today to great fanfare. The report grades the sustainability performance of the 200 campuses with the largest endowments. Letter grades are assigned in 8 categories: Administration, Climate Change & Energy, Food & Recycling, Green Building, Transportation, Endowment Transparency, Investment Priorities, and Shareholder […]

This week, as the number of signatories to the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment sailed past 400, I thought it might be of interest to share some basic statistics about the signatories.
The ACUPCC signatories serve about 17% of the college students in America. They come all over the country, with signatories coming […]