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 [...]

During the first round of greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting for the ACUPCC, we heard from quite a few signatories who were struggling to calculate their emissions from commuting and air travel. These sources are responsible for a significant portion of many institutions’ total emissions but they are also among the most difficult emissions sources on [...]

Part 1 of this post focused on estimating emissions from commuting. This post focuses on emissions from air travel.
In order to calculate emissions from air travel, you will need to determine the total number of passenger air miles paid for by or through your institution.  The challenge is that institutions generally don’t track this data [...]

As most of you are aware, September 15 marked an important deadline for the ACUPCC – it was the due date for charter signatories to report their greenhouse gas inventories for the most recent year available (previous years were submitted on a voluntary basis). Given that the website housing the new reporting tool was launched [...]

The below article is from our friend Walter Simpson, the recently retired Energy Officer at the University of Buffalo.
On a busy campus, raising energy and environmental awareness can be difficult. It becomes a challenge to find effective ways of getting the message out there and getting attention when so much else is going on.Over the [...]

Bloomberg.com reported last Thursday that " Energy costs for U.S. colleges and universities soared 14 percent in the 12 months ending June 30, putting pressure on institutions with limited means of raising revenue". (Energy Costs Soar 14% in Year for U.S Universities). 
Here’s a question to campuses - Has your campus been active in conservation [...]

As the new CPM for AASHE, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and begin my communications with the Implementation Liaisons. It’s been an exciting first week at AASHE, especially with the reporting deadline for charter signatories less than two weeks away, and I’m learning a lot from the questions you are [...]

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 [...]

What is it?
The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) is soliciting videos that demonstrate creative strategies for communicating the ACUPCC across your campus and beyond.
Five selected videos will be highlighted and screened at the 2nd biennial conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) November 9-11th in Raleigh, [...]

For those who have been following the Higher Education Sustainability Act (HESA), I’m thrilled to report that today Congress overwhelmingly passed all HESA provisions as part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HR 4137). The Act should be signed into law very soon by the President.
The terrific support for HESA by the campus sustainability community [...]