By Debbie Van Der Hyde on February 22, 2010 Arizona State University , biomass , carbon capture , Cornell University , Duke University , energy careers , energy reduction , energy technology , fellowship , Geothermal , Global Institute of Sustainability , Jay Golden , MIT , renewable energy , Sequestration , solar; , sustainable energy , Sustainable Energy Fellowship , teachenergy , University of Michigan , wind
The Sustainable Energy Fellowship is a unique learning experience for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in engineering, business and the sciences who are considering a career involving energy. The program is June 2- 9, 2010 at Cornell University. Deadline for application is March 1, 2010.
By Jessalyn Dingwell on November 12, 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers , Amrit Kaur , Annie Fulton , architecture , Arizona State University , building , building waste management , business development , Carnegie Mellon graduate , Christina Lerner , Clea Senneville , construction , engineering , Executives Network , green building , green building industry , Green Job , green jobs , Greenbuild Conference , hiring , information technology , internship , Jessalyn Dingwell , job fair , job fairs , job seekers , John Regan , John-Bugg , LEED accreditation tests , LEED consulting , LEED-AP , LEED-NC certification , mentor , networking contacts , outside sales , Phoenix , Phoenix Convention Center , Policy , Program in Sustainability , sales management , social enterprises , Southwest Jobs Network , Steve Watters , sustainabilitymconstruction , sustainable development , U.S. Green Building Council , University of Arkansas , unpaid internships , volunteer organizations
This is a round-up of on-the-spot interviews with job seekers who attended the job fair at the Greenbuild Conference that is taking place this week. Attendees were asked what strategies were they using to land a green building job.
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Last week, Sierra Magazine named the nation’s top 20 “coolest” schools for their efforts to stop global warming and operate sustainably. The magazine’s September/October cover story spotlights the schools that they believe are making a true impact for the planet, and marks Sierra’s third annual listing of America’s greenest universities and colleges. The […]
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The Tree Campus USA program recognizes college and university campuses that: effectively manage their campus trees; develop connectivity with the community beyond campus borders to foster healthy, urban forests; and strive to engage their student population utilizing service learning opportunities centered on campus, and community forestry efforts.
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The Princeton Review, today released its second annual Green Ratings of colleges. In this measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are on a scale of 60 to 99, the company tallied its Green Ratings for 697 institutions based on data it collected from the colleges in 2008-09 concerning their environmentally related policies, practices, and academic offerings. The Princeton Review also named 15 colleges to its “2010 Green Rating Honor Roll” – a list that salutes the institutions that received the highest possible score – 99 – in this year’s rating tallies.
By Jerry_Toman on July 8, 2009 Arizona State University , Belo Monte , Brazil , California , CAPE , Caspian Sea , Central Valley Water Project , China , Colorado River , Convective Available Potential Energy , dead-zones , Egypt , El Nino , Electric Plant at Niagara , global weather cycles , Great Lakes , Gulf of Mexico , High Aswan Dam , hydraulic systems , Jerry J. Toman , large dams , levee system , Madeira River , Martin J. Pasqualetti , Mississippi River Basin , natural ecosystems , Netherlands , New Orleans , Nile , petroleum , Philip M. Fearnside , rock weathering , San Joaquin-Sacramento River , Scott Kelly , subtropical , Three Gorges Dam , topsoil , trace-mineral fertilization , tropical , Tucurui Project , Volga
This, the second article in the series The Two-Headed Dragon–Energy/Water/Food Scarcity and Climate Change — the Top Ten Policies that Feed It; Two New Technologies (and One Old) that Could Enable us to Slay It and Save the Planet focuses on the unintended side effects of large dams and levee systems. It specifically discusses how they are causing serious environmental problems downstream that are becoming more damaging than the benefits that these dams and levee systems provide. In many ways this cautionary tale is applicable to many other technological and large scale engineering interventions into natural systems, especially when these technologies and engineered systems are not well understood.
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The White House announced that the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science will invest $777 million in Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years. In a national effort to accelerate scientific advances in critical areas of the new energy economy the United States Department of Energy (DOE) will establish 46 new multi-million dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (or EFRCs) across the nation.