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News Briefs: August 11, 2009

Utah Universities and Government Release Findings on Shortened Workweek
Shortened Work Week

Almost exactly one year ago, ClimateEdu's premiere issue included a story about Utah state’s experiment with the 4-day workweek, which was intended to reduce GHG emissions and provide an extra benefit to employees. One year later, the program seems to be working.

Putting Vending Machine Energy Consumption on Ice
New vending machine add-ons at USWP are cutting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, making the per-drink climate impact significantly lower than it once was.

Closer Look:
Get "Psyched"

Schools are using social science techniques to get environmental messages to their students, such as Dartmouth University’s animated polar bear, which responds in real time to dorm energy usage.

ClimateEdu_PolarBear

Upcoming Events

Sep 10-13:
Student/ Farmworker Alliance Encuentro [Conference]

Sept 20 - 23:
Greening of the Campus VIII: Embracing Change [Conference]

Oct 16 - 18:
Bioneers [Seminar]

Oct 17 - 20:
National Council for Workforce Education [Conference]

Oct 21:
Campus Sustainability Day [Nationwide Event]

Oct 26 - 27:
Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium
[Conference]

Nov 20 - 22:
Higher Education for Sustainable Development
[International Conference]

Feb 8 - 10:
Energy Efficiency in Agriculture
[Forum]

For more, see our Events Calendar

Blog Tracks: What We've Been Reading Lately

It's Time College Looked at Living Walls: Buildings and Grounds

Banning Bottled Water on Campus: AASHE

Is There a Net-Zero Energy Building in Your College’s Future?: Buildings & Grounds

Laundry Day Energy Conservation: UNC Sustaina-blog

Follow the Money: Getting to Green

Nature, and nurturing nature, and the nurturing of nature-nurturers: Sustainability at Unity College

Resources and Opportunities:

Sign on to include Education and Training funds for community colleges in energy bill

Nominate Champions of Sustainability in Communities

Take a free online course on reducing deforestation and degradation

Check out the top ten environmental scholarships

Win student entrepreneurial award for sustainability in higher education

Forest Justice

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