Earlier this morning the official opening of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) occurred amid dreams, hopes and disappointment. The watering down of the language to...
As the negotiations continue at both Rio+20 and the G-20 Summit I'm seeing reports of both hope and fear. The hope seems to be coming from the non-government and business sectors and the fear...
The international sustainability scene is getting increasingly complex. Not only is UNCSD aka Rio+20, the world’s biggest meeting on sustainability, taking place this week but the agenda for the...
Building on the Vision for STARS 2.0 that the STARS Steering Committee distributed last month, AASHE would now like to encourage those with ideas for improving STARS to send them to...
The article below was written by Julian Dautremont-Smith, STARS Steering Committee Chair. It describes the vision for STARS version 2.0 developed by the STARS Steering Committee. With the recent...
Joe Indvik graduated from Dartmouth College in 2010. As a student and later independent consultant, he led a team to design and implement a $1 million green revolving loan fund at Dartmouth. He...
Full Title: Why the Renewable Energy Sector Needs Higher Ed Sustainability Leaders The Phase II National Policy Forum, organized by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), took place a...
Institutions of higher education (IHEs) may seem to be doing just fine in these uncertain times: enrollments continue to increase; students are graduating in record numbers; and funding appears to...
This session was presented at AASHE 2011 on Tuesday, October 11th. Thanks to Russ Pierson for taking copious notes to share with those that could not be in attendance. Join the AASHE 2011...
Full Title: Recap >> Billion Dollar Green Challenge Launches at AASHE2011 What follows is a rough transcript drafted live at AASHE2011. A video of the keynote session during which this...