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When you create a campaign...any kind of campaign, you need to know who you are going after. Who will listen to you? Who will act on what you tell them? Do you try to save the Artic by attributing photos of land or of caribou? I'm sure there is a stat out there that proves that college age youth are some of the most influential and active activists.
So Sierra Club's recent attack on the college campus to stop using coal makes good sense. Sierra Club kicked off the school year by inform and inspire new students to attend colleges that have of green initiatives. And now that everyone is back in school, they just launched a campaign to get those college students to get their colleges to kick the coal habit (via petitions). It's a smart plan...colleges and universities are usually large employers in their cities and towns, hence they have a healthy dose of political capital in their larger community, and so... in theory...this could be a brilliant way to make large scale change by entering the right door. Good on ya Sierra Club!
The Campuses Beyond Coal Campaign is working nationwide to wean all campuses off of coal-generated electricity and replace it with clean energy options. With organizers on the ground in several of the more than 60 campuses with on-site coal plants the Campaign is working to help universities achieve the zero carbon emissions targets set forth in the Presidents Climate Commitment.
“Coal has no place on our campus,” said Lauren Hammond a student at Binghamton University in New York, who is part of the coal-free campus campaign. “Binghamton should be a place of higher learning, growth and forward thinking, not a hideout for last century’s dirty technology.”
Related links:
Chevron and Sierra Club drilling for common ground (video)
Canabis College Oaksterdam University prepares its students for future work in the cannabis industry (video)
Bangkok Climate talks: The no B.S. youth reportWhen you create a campaign...any kind of campaign, you need to know who you are going... more
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"Ten years ago, I don't remember any student asking me about green campuses," says Steven Roy Goodman, a college admissions strategist at TopColleges.com. "Now it's quite common for students to be keenly interested in how environmentally responsible colleges are."
Today, two-thirds of university applicants say that a school's environmental report card would influence whether they'd enroll, according to a survey by the Princeton Review, a test-prep company.
Elite schools competing for the best and brightest have taken the cue. Harvard University leads the pack in energy efficiency, Yale University revolutionized its food operations, and the University of California at Los Angeles revamped its waste management."Ten years ago, I don't remember any student asking me about green... more
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These days, it takes work to stand out among the greenest colleges. In researching this elite group, we found many schools with organic and local produce in the cafeterias, LEED requirements for all new buildings and free passes for public transportation. And while solar arrays and wind turbines are great, many have found that energy efficiency upgrades is where it's at. So what makes these 10 campuses take top billing among their peers?These days, it takes work to stand out among the greenest colleges. In researching... more
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What is a Green College?
In the recently published Princeton Review college rankings, green is still an "honor roll" rather than a ranking category, which suggests that students are not placing green above priorities like academic prestige, the community of friends found on campus or off, the extracurriculars, or a beautiful campus teeming with happy students. But the trend is just beginning.
The Princeton Review gives colleges a green rating based on a variety of factors:
* Budget for local or organic food
* Programs supporting alternative transportation
* Student committees advocating for sustainable practices
* Green building certifications
* Waste management
* Environmental education: majors, minors and "environmental literacy"
* Greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency
* Dedicated sustainability officer.What is a Green College?
In the recently published Princeton Review college rankings,... more
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Sierra Club has picked its list of the "ten greenest colleges."
Personal Favorite: "Students at the College of New Jersey in Ewing get dinged a nickel a sheet for exceeding their per-semester allocation of 600 pages in the school computer lab, a policy that has decreased paper use by 41 percent."Sierra Club has picked its list of the "ten greenest colleges."
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