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News Briefs: March 17, 2009

Power Shift Connects 12,000 Students with Congress

Power Shift 2009

See what we were up to during Power Shift '09. Hint: It includes a new campaign against deforestation, a major presence on the Hill, and lots of students speaking up about what matters to them.

Know Thy Building: A Must for Saving Energy

Energy-saving strategies that work well in a private home or small building can actually consume more energy in a big, modern, institutional one. To compensate, each HVAC system must be considered individually, rather than as part of a blanket, campus-wide temperature policy.

Closer Look:
Forestry Schools Trade Pat Equations for Critical Thought

Schools are moving away from rules like “harvest one, plant one” in favor of an approach that prepares students to manage forests in an uncertain future, as climate change impacts ecosystems in ways that cannot always be predicted.

Forestry School Student

Upcoming Events

Apr 16 - 19:
Gulf Coast Green: Sustainable Communities [Symposium]

May 10 - 14:
World Environmental Education Congress [Summit]

May 20 - 22:
Finger Lakes Project [Conference/
Workshop]

Jun 11 - 12:
AASHE - Sustainability Across the Curriculum [Workshop]

Jun 16 -
Aug 12:
Urban Sustainable Design Workshop [Course]

Jul 8 - 11:
Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment [Conference]

For more, see our Events Calendar

Bringing The University's Purchasing Power To Bear: A Word From Climate Counts

Ria Knapp Universities spend billions of dollars each year on supplies: How can better procurement policies on campus support companies working to reduce their emissions and preserve the environment?

Resources and Opportunities:

Get funding for climate, energy and human rights projects through Clinton Global Initiative

How to Go Organic on Campus guide now available

Tune in to the Power of Purchasing webinar March 17 and 31st

Nominate outstanding faculty for the Pioneer Award

Student Farm and Garden guides available from Real Food Challenge

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