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AASHE Interview Series: Tim Galarneau, Food Systems Education & Research Program Specialist, University of California, Santa Cruz

Submitted by Niles Barnes on November 6, 2009 - 5:33pm
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This week’s interview is with Tim Galarneau, who works as the Food Systems Education & Research Program Specialist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.


AASHE's Campus Sustainability Discussion Forums are here!

Submitted by Seann Sweeney on October 23, 2009 - 10:29am
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The AASHE Campus Sustainability Discussion Forums are here!

If you have an interest in joining in on interactive campus sustainability discussions, you will want to visit and participate in the forums. The forums provide a central place where those interested in campus sustainability can ask and answer questions, share knowledge and expertise, and contribute to the growing body of knowledge on campus sustainability.


Open Thread on College Sustainability Report Card

Submitted by Niles Barnes on October 7, 2009 - 3:13pm
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The Sustainable Endowments Institute released its  College Sustainability Report Card today. There often seems to be a desire within the campus sustainability community to discuss the Report Card so please use this space to share your thoughts. How is your campus reacting to the Report Card? Are you able to use the Report Card to advance sustainability on your campus? What do you like about it and what do you dislike about it? Are there things that you'd like to see changed?
 


STARS 1.0 Early Release has launched!

Submitted by Jillian Buckholz on September 17, 2009 - 5:01pm
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Since the Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) first called for a campus sustainability rating system in 2006, AASHE has been creating STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, & Rating System, for colleges and universities. After three years of collaboration with numerous higher education professionals, sustainability experts, and professional organizations, AASHE has launched the STARS 1.0 Early Release at the Greening of the Campus VIII: Embracing Change.


Banning Bottled Water on Campuses

Submitted by Justin Mullikin on August 6, 2009 - 12:48pm
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    In a world increasingly faced with constraints to natural resources, many colleges and universities are working to demonstrate that being wasteful is not part of their agenda. The ubiquitous “bottled water” craze is facing increased resistance with some campuses going as far to ban their sale.


Fair Trade - Addressing the Social Pillar of Sustainability

Submitted by Brittany Zwicker on July 2, 2009 - 3:26pm
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In the quest to achieve sustainability it is often the most easily-quantifiable of the three pillars of sustainability, those of economic vitality and environmental health and protection, which are invested in on campuses. And initiatives like campus solar installations, fleet changes, and LEED certified buildings are certainly critical components of a sustainable campus.


Guest blogging roundup

Submitted by Niles Barnes on December 12, 2008 - 9:12pm
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I spent the month of November (and a bit of December) guest blogging for the Chronicle of Higher Education's Buildings & Grounds blog. This particular blog regularly features many stories on sustainability in higher education (I'd recommend the archive of previous guest bloggers for some excellent articles).

Guide to Developing a Sustainable Food Purchasing Policy

Submitted by Judy Walton on November 29, 2007 - 11:22pm
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AASHE is pleased to announce the completed Guide to Developing a Sustainable Food Purchasing Policy. You may download the guide and view related policy examples on the companion web site www.sustainablefoodpolicy.org.


Big Blue Goes Green - Building Design and Local Foods

Submitted by John Johnson on October 19, 2007 - 7:21pm
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 The Lexington AASHE staff took a day this week (October 17) to attend the University of Kentucky's "Big Blue Goes Green" conference. As an AASHE staff member I know about all kinds of efforts and initiatives in sustainability on campuses all over North America, but I didn't know a lot about many of the sustainability initiatives around the campus where I'm attending.


The spiritual side of sustainability

Submitted by Lisa Satin on September 15, 2007 - 12:10am
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I read a thought provoking article written by Stanley Ned Rosenbaum, PhD who is an adjunct professor of Hebrew at the University of Kentucky and a professor emeritus of Judaic Studies at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn. He commented on Elizabeth Edward's observation that her family might have to do without tangerines because it costs a lot in energy to transport them from California to South Carolina.
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