8. Smith College Distributes Green Back-to-School Shopping List
Smith College (MA) has distributed an environmental sustainability-focused back-to-school shopping list that was developed by a Smith student. The list encourage students to bring cloth bags, a bicycle, reusable mugs, Tupperware, Energy Star appliances, power strips, and compact fluorescent bulbs. The list also discourages students from bringing a refrigerator, a computer printer, and incandescent bulbs.
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11. Universities Receives DOE Funding for Wind Energy Research
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the selection of 28 new wind energy research projects for up to $13.8 million in funding. The higher education institutions that will receive a portion of the funding include: the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Illinois Institute of Technology, New Mexico State University, the University of Michigan, the University of Colorado, Tennessee Technological University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
15. College of William and Mary Names First Sustainability Fellow
The College of William and Mary (VA) has named Philip Zapfel as a sustainability fellow for the 2009-2010 school year. Zapfel, a 2009 graduate of William and Mary, will be the College's first full-time employee dedicated to sustainability. In his new post, Zapfel will be responsible for coordinating the Committee on Sustainability's (COS) sustainability initiatives and helping to promote the College's sustainability goals. Other responsibilities will include researching fundraising opportunities, encouraging and coordinating campus sustainability activities by faculty, staff, and students, preparing press releases regarding sustainability actions on campus, and maintaining the COS website.
See also: Directory of Sustainability Officers (AASHE Members Only)
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20. Dir, Stribling Sustainability Institute, Northwest Arkansas CC
Northwest Arkansas Community College seeks a Director for its Stribling Sustainability Institute. The Director will provide leadership for the delivery and administration of the Sustainability Institute; develop, implement, promote, teach, administer, and evaluate new self-sustaining programs; and develop innovative marketing and strategic plans on an annual basis and for long-term success for all new and current programs of the Institute. Requirements include a graduate degree plus five years of related experience and/or training and three years of related management experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Applications are due July 31, 2009.
23. Research Chair, Sustainable Northern Community Dev, Lakehead U
Lakehead University (ON) invites applications from scholars in the social sciences and humanities to be considered for two Tier 2 Canada Research Chair positions in Sustainable Northern Community Development. Candidates will be expected to conduct and coordinate interdisciplinary social science research that addresses sustainable community development in Northern Canada. The research scope will include northern Ontario, with broader application to other provincial and circumpolar 'Norths'. The successful candidate will undertake applied research in communities confronting novel, rapidly changing, unpredictable, largely externally induced environmental, social, and economic situations. Applicants should have doctoral degrees, excellent research credentials, and a demonstrated record of or potential to attract external research funding. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2009.
26. Webcast: Measuring the Cost of Parking & Alternative Transp Options
July 28, 2009; 1-3pm Eastern; Online
Academic Impressions will host "Measuring the Real Cost of Parking and Alternative Transportation Options." The webcast will include lessons on assessing current parking demand and transportation behaviors; measuring the impact of transportation demand management; determining future parking demand and costs of new parking; assessing the most cost-effective mix of investments in parking, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities; gathering ideas for how to accommodate future growth on campus; and gathering ideas for multiple sources of revenue to finance transportation program. The webcast is designed for professionals from parking and transportation, campus security/public safety, campus planning, sustainability coordinators and advocates, and facilities management.
27. Green Cleaning Webinar
July 30, 2009; 1 – 2pm Eastern; Online
APPA will host a webinar on how to implement a practical and inexpensive green cleaning program. The speaker, Stephen P. Ashkin, President of The Ashkin Group, is a writer, speaker, and advocate for safer and healthier cleaning methods.
28. Registration Deadline Approaching - Greening of the Campus VIII
September 20-23, 2009; Indianapolis, IN
Ball State University (IN) and AASHE invite registration for Greening of the Campus VIII: Embracing Change. Keynote speakers will include Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet; Geoff Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies at San Diego State University (CA); and Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance. Other conference features will include pre-, post-, and in-conference workshops; a two-day tradeshow focused on environmentally sustainable and socially responsible products and services; panels, forums, and posters; and a networking reception with the Labs 21 conference. Early registration ends August 1, 2009. Discounts are available for students and AASHE members.
