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Illinois Student Environmental Coalition |
ISEC unites student environmental organizations that are committed to improving environmental practices at colleges and universities by facilitating the exchange of resources and ideas. |
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Campus Initiatives:
How-to Guide for Dorm vs. Dorm Sustainability Competitions
AASHE and the Duke Environmental Alliance have created a how-to guide website for dorm vs. dorm sustainability competitions that provides an instructional video, additional event ideas, and planning documents such as a sample competition calendar, a sample budget, and a sample preparation schedule. The guide is modeled off of the Duke University Eco-Olympics, a dorm vs. dorm sustainability competition that includes a suite of events promoting recycling, energy and water conservation, environmental education and other sustainable practices.
See also: Dorm Vs Dorm Sustainability Competitions Blog Post
University of Illinois: Plastic Water Bottle Powerpoint
University Sustainability/Green Fees
UIUC Green Fees - a $5 sustainability fee and a $2 clean energy fee. Students petitioned to get the fees put on a student ballot, where both passed overwhelmingly. Students for environmental concerns (SECS) passed both fees, which are then managed by the student sustainability committee - a student committee with faculty/staff representation.all committee decisions must be approved by campus facilities & services (if applicable) and also the vice chancellor for student affairs.
Additional Resources:
AASHE-Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
AASHE is a membership-based association of colleges and universities working to advance sustainability in higher education in the U.S. and Canada. The mission is to promote sustainability in all sectors of higher education - from governance and operations to curriculum and outreach - through education, communication, research and professional development. Contact: Debra Rowe, dgrowe@oaklandcc.edu
Arnold Creek Productions, Inc. - Sustainability in Higher Education
This is a public service to promote understanding about sustainability at colleges and universities, as well as to inspire institutions to embrace the principles of sustainability at every level. It's intended as a snapshot of the sustainability programs and activities at a range of public and private institutions across the U.S. Learn more about the topics discussed and institutions featured in this segment at the following Web sites:
American College and University President's Climate Commitment
Carleton College
Focus the Nation
International Standards Organization (ISO) 14001 Environmental Management Standards
Presidio School of Management
The Sustainable Endowments Institute's College Sustainability Report Card
The Talloires Declaration
American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment
The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment is a high-visibility effort by college and university presidents to address global warming. Signatories commit to eventually neutralize their institution's greenhouse gas emissions, and to help accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the Earth's climate. First Wave of Implementation Progress Reports for Presidents Climate Commitment
Book: Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change
Edited by Peggy F. Barlett and Geoffrey W. Chase
Find out your Ecological Footprint!
This game allows you to choose your character and answer a series of questions about your lifestyle, and as you play, it will show you how many "Earths" of natural resources it would take to sustain all 6.6 billion humans... If everyone lived like you. It is a lot of fun!
OurEarth.org is a non-profit organization which originated at Johns Hopkins University. Our organization promotes environmental education and awareness.
THE PONDEROSA PROJECT
The Ponderosa Project at Northern Arizona University (NAU) is an interdisciplinary faculty group effort to incorporate environmental sustainability issues into university courses with the ultimate goal of providing future citizens the education and skills necessary to achieve sustainable communities and societies.
Blog Action Day: Blog Action Day was officially supported by the United Nations Environmental Programme. "UNEP welcomes the simple yet powerful concept of Blog Action Day and calls on bloggers around world to participate".
Innovative Blogs to check out:
Build your own mean, green computing machine - DownloadSquad
BadBuster Helps You Identify the Greenest Companies - Read/Write Web
How to Green Your Electronics - Lifehacker
Optimized code could help reduce global warming - Polygeek
The Butterfly Effect and the Environment: How Tiny Actions Can Save the World - Copyblogger
Items you Never Thought to Recycle - Dumb Little Man
SEOMoz goes Carbon Neutral, you can too! - SEOMoz
The Ten Best Environment Websites in the World
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