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New Student Activism, NY Times 1/2012
Mirroring the broader movement, students have taken
aim at widening income disparities and the cozy symbiosis between
Washington and Wall Street. But the college occupiers have also
embraced a panoply of causes, localizing and personalizing their
protests in a way that has lent an immediacy and urgency to their
outcries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/the-new-student-activism.html?hpw
At Top Colleges, Anti-Wall St. Fervor Complicates
Recruiting, NY Times 11/2011
College students seeking jobs on Wall Street have
always had hurdles to overcome — grueling applications, endless
rounds of interviews and fierce competition for the relatively few
available spots at top firms.
This year’s Wall Street hopefuls have had a new force to contend
with: the wrath of their peers.
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/at-top-colleges-anti-wall-st-fervor-complicates-recruiting/#previewA
Love Affair With Obama That Cooled, New York Times 6/2011
A Love Affair With Obama That Cooled NY Times 6/2011
Progressive Oberlin - a Making A Difference College
- finds that students - unsurprisingly, no longer care for Obama.
Read
entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/us/07iht-politicus07.html?src=recg
Green Jobs Attract Graduate, NY Times 6/2011 (for
some reason, the NY Times considers this a fashion statement!)
Sustainability now trendier than dot.com. Wow, the
NY Times really has a way of looking at things.
Suddenly, “sustainability” seems to resonate
with the sex appeal of “dot com” or “start-up,”
appealing to droves of ambitious young innovators. Amelia Byers,
operations director for Idealist.org, a Web site that lists paid
and unpaid opportunities for nonprofit groups and social enterprise
companies — some 5,000 of which are environmental organizations
— said the number of jobs related to environmental work has
roughly tripled in the last three years. “A lot of new graduates
are coming out of a world where volunteerism and service has been
something that has helped define their generation,” she said.
“Finding a job with meaning is an important value to them.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/fashion/new-wave-of-graduates-prefers-environmentally-friendly-jobs.html?_r=2&ref=education
Campuses Tapping Into Benefits of Geothermal Energy,
Cutting Costs
U.S. Colleges and Universities Could Save Billions on Energy, Reduce
Carbon Footprint 2/2011
The National Wildlife Federation and partners released
a first-of-its kind report, Going Underground on Campus: Tapping
the Earth for Clean, Efficient Heating and Cooling. Documenting
more than 160 colleges and universities in 42 states, the report
illustrates how campuses are tapping into the benefits of geothermal
energy and underground architecture to cut energy use for heating
and cooling by 30 to 70%, while substantially reducing greenhouse
gas pollution.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/2/prweb8164254.htm
More Colleges Using Green as Selling Tool, USA Today
7/8/2010
In 2009, the Sustainable Endowments Institute's survey,
the College Sustainability Report Card, found 27% of colleges and
universities were incorporating a sustainability message during
the admissions and student orientation processes. The 2010 report
card shows that number has increased to 69%.
Green Mountain College in Poultney,Vt., has long incorporated
an environmental focus in its recruiting efforts, says Sandra Bartholomew,
the college's dean of Enrollment Management. Bartholomew says she
and her staff have seen other universities jump on the bandwagon.
"It's a really popular trend. But is it all talk or is it the
walk?" she says. "What we're going after are people who
embrace the values of honoring the planet."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-07-08-green-college_N.htm
Campus Sustainability Case Studies, Campus Ecology
Campus Ecology has been helping individuals and campuses
address sustainability and climate change since 1989. And our members
have been making a difference. We have their stories to prove it.
http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/resources/yearbook/
Green Trend in Christian Colleges, The Green Awakenings
Report
This first-of-its-kind report highlights growing environmental
stewardship efforts on Christian campuses across the United States
and Canada. Our generation in particular is stepping up to make
a difference, but little is known about what this practically looks
like across the movement. Here is an opportunity for us to show
the world what happens when Christian students and campuses come
together to care for Creation.
Read entire report: http://www.renewingcreation.org/resources/green-awakenings-report
University Leaders Sign Sustainable Campus Charter,
Council on Competitiveness
Six members of the Council on Competitiveness participated
in the Global University Leadership Forum in Davos last month. The
meeting resulted in a Sustainable Campus Charter pledging support
for campus-wide sustainable practices.
Read entire article: http://www.compete.org/news/entry/1329/university-leaders-sign-sustainable-campus-charter/
Appalachian State U to Begin Sustainable Initiative
with Brazil
The grant will facilitate cross-national education
opportunities for students in sustainability and sustainable development;
encourage U.S. and Brazilian students to acquire Portuguese and
English language skills; develop innovative models for undergraduate
and graduate education through internships and service learning
experiences; and encourage participating faculty to develop new
collaborative research, educational and outreach projects that include
students.
“This
project will engage our students as effective agents for change
in the sustainability challenges we face together as societies.
Students will understand that their daily decisions affect the quality
of life of people around the globe now and in the future."
http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/08/02/appalachian-receives-250000-grant-to-begin-sustainable-development-education-initiative-with-brazil/
Western New Mexico U Offers Free Solar Energy Courses
Western New Mexico University will offer two new courses
on solar energy this fall to laid-off workers and those already
employed in the solar, construction or electrical fields at no cost.
http://www.scsun-news.com/ci_15701414
At the New York Harbor High School, Growing Oysters
for Credit, New York Times 6/29/2010
...To see these young men working together is to witness
the confluence of two extraordinary narratives: that of the Harbor
School, 85 percent of whose students come from families living below
the poverty line; and that of the New York Harbor oyster, the briny,
bountiful staple that gave the city much of its flavor, literally
and figuratively, until it was done in by overharvesting and pollution.
There is also a marine-tech wood shop where students
will build 21-foot sloops, and there will soon be an organic garden
and an aquaponic freshwater system for farming tilapia; that is,
for raising the fish symbiotically with plants.
Read entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/dining/30harbor.htm
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