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A slew of new renewable energy and energy efficiency projects funded by the Department of Energy in the past week adds another $531 million to the stimulus funds already handed out this year. ...
Two sets of rankings released in the last week aim to gauge the greening of the nation's colleges and universities. But it's in the gap between the rankings that the most interesting results are...
With the adoption of a meat-free menu one day a week in the Baltimore school district, the emissions-reduction, health-improvement project got a significant boost last week, but is it an idea that...
The Boulder campus of the University of Colorado has been ranked the greenest college or university in the country in a survey conducted by the Sierra Club; several Washington, Vermont and...
Architecture researchers at the university are using cellulose -- paper, cardboard and wood waste -- to create high-performance building panels. ...
Improving energy efficiency in computer hardware and consumer electronics can address three of the main environmental problems facing the planet, according to a new report from the high-tech trade...
In this thorough overview, Marc Epstein covers best practices from 100 global companies and examines the latest research on implementing and evaluating corporate sustainability initiatives. ...
This report from IHS examines the growing impact of environmental regulations -- around the world, from China to California to the E.U. -- on supply chain sourcing, and how companies can ensure...
The Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, will bring attention to everything from...
Bringing together leaders from industry, government and academia, SMU is working to develop an advanced degree program in sustainable design that combines ideas from engineering, architecture and...
This report looks as how some companies have achieved success through sustainability initiatives and argues for a new corporate model of sustainability. ...
Even though there are more CSR jobs available to business school grads than ever before, it's not enough to meet the demand, according to a new report from Net Impact and Ellen Weinreb Recruiting...
As part of a larger, overall conservation strategy, UCSD will be the first West Coast university to take part in the country's only voluntary, legally binding trading system for greenhouse gases...
The new competition kicks of next year to bring collegiate engineers' creativity to the search for high-efficiency and low-emissions vehicles. ...
A one-stop resource for corporate, academic, government and nonprofit organizations dealing with the complexities of sustainable practices. ...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and utility company NSTAR, unveiled a new competition aimed at encouraging innovative new clean energy...
The winners of Johnson Controls' TEAMS competition were asked to write an open letter to all the candidates in the 2008 presidential race, urging potential leaders to make the environment and...
A team of graduate students from Johns Hopkins beat out more than 100 other teams from around the world to win $20,000 in the Thunderbird School of Global Management's competition to solve real-...
This collection of HBR articles gets to the heart of why you should and must put a socially-responsible strategy at the top of your CEO's agenda. ...
These schools each earned As in the new College Sustainability Report 2008, an analysis of 200 public and private universities with endowments ranging from $230 million to almost $35 billion. ...
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