Faculty Meeting 3/31/2006: Sustainability Discussion

WAY-COOL LINK: National Wildlife Federation's "green calculator" -- an easy quiz that adds up the size of your "environmental footprint," and gives lots of advice for reducing your fuel use, waste production, etc.

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE'S Annual report, 2003-04
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE'S Annual report, 2002-03
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE'S Annual report, 2001-02
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE'S Annual report, 2000-01

National Wildlife Federation's green-campuses Web site -- tons of info on college greening -- recycling, composting, energy conservation, training clinics, funding sources, etc.

The EPA's green-campuses Web site [link down, needs updating] -- tons of info on college greening (including press releases aboutEPA action against certain colleges), including projects, resources, etc.

Green Campuses Compared -- a really fun essay by author Noel Perrin, from the Chronicle of Higher Education

What some other colleges are doing about environmental issues:
SUNY-Buffalo
Tufts University
Ithaca College

Energy efficiency info -- stats and costs on turning appliances off, using lights, etc., from Iowa State University

More energy & appliance info - similar stats and costs, from Carnegie Mellon University

Worldwatch Institute report -- a thorough discussion of reasons for constructing "green" buildings

Vermont Law School's example -- a three-year report detailing the energy savings realized from this super-green academic building

An online environmental magazine called Grist -- accessible, fun, independent, quirky

Solar Living Institute -- schedule of their workshops and seminars, plus news items about declining oil supplies, use of fossil fuels, and other global energy issues.