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News Briefs: January 27, 2009

Overcoming Solar’s Challenges with a New Technology
A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has invented a cheaper method for harnessing solar energy, using a tinted dye that could efficiently absorb and spread energy across the surface of glass panes.  

University of New England's bike-sharing programStudents Follow the Yellow Bike Road
After a few false starts, bike-sharing programs are springing up in cities and on college campuses around the world, with each finding its own way to get people out of cars for the forty percent of trips in the United States that are less than two miles long.


 

Closer Look:
Is There Room for Sustainability in Every Classroom?

Faculty are finding new ways to incorporate issues of ecology, natural resources, social justice and human behavior into their classes, even those not in the environmental sciences.

Photo By Peggy Bartlett

Upcoming Events

Feb 14 - 18:
Lead the Way: NACA Convention [Conference]

Feb 19:
Habitat Restoration and Protection: How Campuses Can Support Healthy Habitats and Conserve Resources [Webinar]

Feb 27 - Mar 2:
Power Shift 2009, EAC [Conference and Action Days]

Mar 12:
Onsite Renewable Energy: Wind, Solar, and Geothermal on Campus [Webinar]

Apr 5- 7:
Smart and Sustainable Campuses; NACUBO [Conference]

Apr 18:
Focus the Nation [Town Hall Meeting]

Jun 11 - 12:
Social Justice and Service-Learning in the Curriculum [Summit]

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Change the Way We Source and Use Energy

National Teach-In
Taking advantage of the first 100 days of President Obama’s administration, campuses all over the nation are joining the National Teach-In on February 5th. Screen the webcast, organize a teach-in, and get face time with your US Senator or Representative.

Resources and Opportunities

For facilities managers: “Practical Guide to Reducing the Campus Carbon Footprint”

Apply for an internship with the Northwest Green Campus Program

Read “Role of IT in Campus Sustainability Efforts” White Paper

Make your case against fossil fuels at Planet Forward, a new web-to-TV debate on the future of clean energy
 
Worldwatch Institute writes an open letter to the Education Secretary

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