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News Briefs: April 28, 2009

Riding the Rails to Carbon Neutrality

Arizona State University Public Transportation

Light rail on campus promises many advantages: quicker and cheaper transportation for students and staff; enhanced opportunities for evening and weekend classes; and increased access to employment and community social events for students. It also plays a role in reducing a school’s overall greenhouse gas emissions.

Campuses Try Not to Waste the Waste

Anaerobic digestion, an oxygen-free method of composting organic matter, captures the methane created during its decay and could provide students with a new kind of “eco-dining."

Closer Look:
The Carbon-Paper Link: How Simple Choices Reduce Emissions

The carbon-to-paper connection may seem obvious, given paper’s origin in carbon-capturing forests. But paper’s climate influence goes well beyond forestry management due energy intensive manufacturing, bleaching techniques and anaerobic decomposition.

Paper Piles Up!

Upcoming Events

May 27 - 29:
The Sustainability Path in a Tough Economy [Conference]

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

Jun 11 - 13:
APCA Institute on Sustainability [Conference]

Jul 8 - 10:
Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment [Conference]

Jul 8 - 10:
Focusing on the Critical Few: Facilities and Sustainability [Conference]

Jul 15 - 17:
Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture Education [Conference]

Jul 29 - 31:
Sustainability Conference for Business Schools [Conference]

For more, see our Events Calendar

Blog Tracks: What We're Reading Lately

Live-Blogging from the Climate/Energy Hearing: It’s Getting Hot in Here

Not Every College Needs Multi-Million Dollar Projects: Buildings & Grounds

UC-Davis Gets $3 Million for Renewable Energy Programs: Campus Technology

RecycleMania Winners for 2009 Announced: RecycleMania

Buying Green Power -- An Important Step for Climate Neutrality: AASHE

Can an Ever-Growing Campus Be Sustainable?: Campus Ecology

Resources and Opportunities:

Build the climate movement: apply for Campus Ecology field position in Atlanta, GA

Win Student Sustainability Leadership Award

Opt-in to SEI’s College Sustainability Report Card

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