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What's New The highly competitive Clean Air-Cool Planet Climate Fellowship program returns for Summer 2010 with new Fellowship placements. The program pairs outstanding post-secondary students with challenging real-world opportunities to propel society toward a low-carbon future. Campus Team conducts workshop in Taipei, Taiwan
Anne introduced the trend in low-carbon economy and life styles, and Claire discussed strategic planning and implementation of greenhouse gas inventory and reduction in campuses and communities. Anne and Claire provided feedback to attendees’ breakout discussions and then lead a discussion of next steps and the future of the school’s network. Read Claire's and Anne's blogs sent back from Taiwan. Photo: Clean Air-Cool Planet's Climate Change Backpack makes an appearance in Taipei
Online Help for Greening the Campus Second Nature, with funding from the Kresge Foundation, launched an online resource for campuses engaged in sustainability efforts in their new buildings and renovations. The interactive website provides links to green building-related sites, directories of experts, and resources for funding and training. The free resources are particularly suited to colleges that have interest in green building but need expert guidance and help with funding for their sustainability efforts. For more information, please visit the Campus Green Builder.
Developed by Second Nature (www.secondnature.org) and funded by The Kresge Foundation (www.kresge.org). New Updates to the Campus Carbon Calculator
News Archives Educators Convene in Boston: Jenn Andrews to Speak on Carbon Neutrality As the movement toward sustainability grows, colleges and universities strive to incorporate environmental consciousness into their curricula and practices. As such, Jennifer Andrews, Clean Air-Cool Planet’s Campus Program Manager, will be presenting about achieving carbon neutrality at the New England Board of Higher Education’s “Greening Higher Education: Saving the Planet and Saving Money” conference. The conference, which will be held on May 4th at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston, MA, will convene leaders of higher education, government, and business to explore the important role that higher education holds in creating an environmentally friendly future and the perks and downsides associated with incorporating sustainability into the inner workings of higher education. SMART & SUSTAINABLE CAMPUSES CONFERENCE Power Shift 2009: Join the Rally on Capitol Hill From February 27 to March 2, more than 10,000 students from across the nation will gather at Power Shift 2009 in Washington D.C. to rally for the advancement of clean energy policies. Students will work together to push Congress to pass new, radical climate legislation and will shout until their voices are heard. The four-day event will include panels, workshops, and presentations, but the real action will start on Monday when students arrive on Capitol Hill to meet elected officials face to face. The day will end with a rally on the U.S. Capitol West Lawn. Clean Air-Cool Planet will be a part of the historic event, represented by former climate fellows Claire Roby and Casey Roe. Roby and Roe, a graduate and current student of American University, will be hosting a workshop on Clean Air-Cool Planet’s Campus Carbon Calculator. If you want to get involved in the effort, information can be found at: www.powershift09.org. Work for Climate Sustainability as a 2009 CA-CP Climate Fellow Clean Air-Cool Planet, with the support of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation, announces 2009 Fellowship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students with some expertise or education in global warming mitigation, carbon reduction planning, energy efficiency, environmental policy, and other areas connected with climate sustainability. Read abpit the Fellowship projects and application process here. New Webinars Offered in January
Two January webinars have been scheduled to help campuses engaged in greenhouse gas inventory and reduction programs. Carbon Calculations 201, on January 14, is an advanced discussion of the inventory process. The following week, the experienced carbon inventory staff at UNH will be joining the campus team for a lesson and discussion on transportation emissions. To learn more, and to register, visit the webinar page. The Campus Team on the Road Chicago, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Washington D.C., and Chestertown, M.D. Clean Air-Cool Planet’s Jennifer Andrews and Anne Stephenson took the Campus Program on the road the past few weeks speaking at several conferences and meeting with key partners. Highlights included Jennifer briefing large audiences on the new projections and solutions capabilities of the Campus Carbon Calculator TM at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s annual conference. The conference was the Association’s best attended yet with over 1,700 registrants from over 400 colleges and universities in 48 states and 15 countries, making it the largest gathering focused on campus sustainability to date in North America. (Photo: Jennifer Andrews with Honeywell and Butler University staff on a coffee break from the Campus Carbon Calculator pilot workshop.) Other highlights from the trip included Anne speaking at the National Wildlife Federation’s student summit, Jennifer addressing the students from Independent Schools participating in the Green Cup Challenge, and Jenn and Anne training Honeywell engineers on the Campus Carbon Calculator. Clean Air-Cool Planet and Honeywell have jointly designed a carbon calculation workshop for colleges and universities. Now that the Campus Carbon Calculator is the tool of record for college and university greenhouse gas accounting, the challenge is not how to get the word out, but how to stay at home! The Campus Team’s new series of webinars is one way we’re cutting down on our travel carbon footprint. Jennifer and Anne will be sharing more about their travels, and attempts to minimize the carbon intensity of their travel, in this quarter’s issue of Cool Currents. Click to read more about the AASHE Conference, the Green Cup Challenge, NWF Student Programs, and our partnership with Honeywell. New Version 6 of Campus Carbon Calculator Released
The Campus Carbon Calculator™ is the leading tool for assessing campus greenhouse gas emissions. Currently in use at more than 1000 campuses across the country, the Calculator has already helped schools of all sizes and types, and in all regions to tackle global warming. The Calculator is the “tool of record” for most of the 600 signatories to the American Colleges and University Presidents Climate Commitment, a voluntary agreement to move toward campus “climate neutrality.” Read more... Renewable Energy Options Tree
Called The Renewable Technology Evaluation Process, the tool is a collaboration between the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Leading by Example Program, and CA-CP. It is the core of a guide for campuses, The Renewable Technology Evaluation Guide, produced by CA-CP. Read the announcement.
Who's the Greenest of Them All? A New York Times feature article, "Green, Greener, Greenest" discusses the green revolution on college campuses, noting that the Princeton Review now includes a “green rating,” giving points for things like “environmentally preferable food,” power from renewable sources and energy-efficient buildings. The article quotes Jenn Andrews, manager of CA-CP's Campus Program. Read it here... |
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A new web-based tool released by Clean Air - Cool Planet will make deciding when, if, and how to use renewable energy on campus easier for campuses that want to take advantage of clean energy options. The “decision tree” takes users through a step-by-step process to identify which types of renewable energy could make sense on a campus – or in a community.