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The Most Environmentally Responsible Colleges Profiled in Free Guidebook

By Tracey de Morsella on May 5, 2010 1 Comment College Hopes & Worries Survey, conservation, environmental literacy programs, environmental responsibility, environmentally-responsible campuses, Green facilities, green professionals, Green Rating, LEED, LEED green building certification program, Princeton Review, recycling, renewable energy, roadmap for greening colleges and universities, sustainability, sustainability committees, sustainability programs, The Princeton Review's Guide to 286 Green Colleges, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in partnership with the The Princeton Review, recently announced the release of “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges.” It is the first, free comprehensive Guidebook solely focused on institutions of higher education who have demonstrated a significant commitment to sustainability in terms of campus initiatives, infrastructure and initiatives.

The Four Best Practice Strategies Needed for Successful Carbon Management

By Tracey de Morsella on March 10, 2010 1 Comment BAE Systems, Best Practices Carbon Management, BHP Billiton, BP, building management systems, business process changes, carbon issue, carbon management, carbon management strategies, carbon reduction plan, CEOs, Chief Sustainability Officer, cisco, CO2 emissions, CO2 reduction goals, cross-functional strategy, CSR Directors, Dow Chemical Company, electric vehicle fleet trials, energy managers, finance, financial analysis, fuel data, granular energy, HP, Operations, Peter Charville-Mort, Proctor & Gamble, SAP, social responsibility, sustainability programs, Tracey de Morsella, transformational change, unintended consequences, Verdantix, Wal-Mart

A new report released by independent research firm, Verdantix, explains why firms are floundering with carbon management and putting the future of the business at risk due to flawed governance and strained business processes. It warns that unless CEOs take ownership of carbon management as a business transformation challenge their firms will fail to achieve absolute reductions in CO2 emissions.

Back to School: Green Curricula

By Richard Matthews on September 9, 2009 1 Comment College of the Atlantic, Council of Environmental Deans and Directors, environmental curriculums, environmental education, green degrees, Green Majors, human ecology, Jay Friedlander, National Wildlife Federation, Non-Profit Business, Richard Matthews, Small Business Consulting, Socially Responsible Business, Stephanie Pfirman, sustainability certificates, sustainability degrees, sustainability programs, The Green Market

An increasing number of colleges are now offering environmental curricula. With unemployment hovering around 10 percent in the US, millions of Americans are enrolling in college hoping to improve their employment prospects.