Tag Archives: higher education

Campus Sustainability Reports from Across the Nation

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education : Wednesday May 16, 11:56AM

The following is from one of our guest bloggers, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. You can see the original post, with pictures, here . This has been re-posted … More »

Colorado Water 2012- Connecting Coloradans to their water

Jackie Ganfield : Wednesday December 7, 3:54PM

What is Colorado Water 2012? This organization is focused on Colorado because our colorful state has a responsibility to conserve our pristine, yet fragile headwaters (start of the Colorado River). The … More »

Is Colorado’s Budget Doomed?

Jason Page : Thursday September 1, 11:13AM

The University of Denver's Center for Colorado's Economic Future released the second phase of its study on Colorado's budget and tax system. Requested by the Legislature in 2010, this second phase was even … More »

CU Boulder Welcomes Students to New Sustainable Community Residence Hall

Kim Hughes : Wednesday August 17, 4:07PM

CU Boulder's newest residence hall, Williams Village North will open it's doors to students for the first time this week. This new hall is built to a high LEED Standard and includes multiple sustainable … More »

Release of the most recent International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Zach Owens : Thursday August 11, 9:29AM

Check out the newest issue of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education . This journal focuses on the developing theme of sustainability in higher education.  More »

Sustainable Education, Holistic Learning

Zach Owens : Thursday July 14, 12:22PM

The goal of learning is to have the knowledge to face the future s challenges. One of the greatest challenges future generations will face is sustainability. Sustainable education has exploded in popularity … More »

New Issue of Sustainability Released

Zach Owens : Wednesday July 6, 2:18PM

Sustainability: The Journal of Record published a very interesting issue at the end of June with several articles pertaining to education and sustainability. Sustainability is a bimonthly journal that … More »

A little trashy competition at colleges could be the future success of recycling.

Zach Owens : Wednesday June 22, 9:30AM

We all know we should recycle, but even the most diligent veer from their path at times. However, if we had a group watching us and monitoring exactly what we dispose of, would we be more likely to do the … More »

AASHE Abstract Reviews Provide Ideas for Colorado

Zach Owens : Tuesday May 24, 2:59PM

I had the privilege to review abstracts for the 2011 AASHE Conference & Expo being held in Pittsburgh on October 9-12 . The theme of the conference this year is Creating Sustainable Campuses & … More »

How Does Fishing Lead to High School Graduation?

Cindy Chang : Wednesday May 4, 2:07PM

Picture this: You just had your 8 th birthday, and finally you re old enough to join this after-school program called Environmental Learning for Kids, or ELK, with your older brothers and sisters. … More »

CU Boulder Recognized as a Tree Campus USA

Zach Owens : Thursday April 28, 2:15PM

The University of Colorado, Boulder met the five requirements to be recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree Campus USA. Some of these requirements include having a tree care plan and tree program. … More »

Studying Sustainability in College: A Debate Among Academics

Zach Owens : Tuesday April 5, 1:10PM

As colleges and universities begin to integrate sustainability into their curricula, a debate has emerged: should sustainability be incorporated into traditional degree programs or should it be offered as an … More »