Where to start with the SDGs?
The upside to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), signed off at a UN Leaders’ Summit in September 2015, was their inclusiveness. An Open Working Group of 30 nations worked for two and a half years to develop the Goals, meeting 13 times, sometimes for a week, and organising countless national and thematic consultations, stakeholder forums, and on-line and door-to-door surveys. More...
What are higher education institutions doing to make Europe a more sustainable place?
Unity College exemplary in sustainable college dining
In recognition of “outstanding leadership in the promotion and implementation of environmental sustainability,” Unity College has taken home the overall grand prize in the National Association of College and University Food Services Sustainability Awards this year, a stand-out among larger schools for a recent restructure within the dining and sustainability offices. More...
Higher ed sustainability faces challenging road
New Mexico has nearly three dozen higher education institutions, which together absorb about $750 million of this year’s general fund budget and service more than 100,000 students. More...
Universities still committed to sustainable future
In tweets heard ’round the world, President Trump has sought to upend traditional thinking about complex, urgent issues of our time. Undaunted by conventional assumptions — and convincing and alarming scientific evidence — about climate change, the president has decided to “cancel” the Paris Climate Accord of which the United States was an early and influential sponsor. More...
Aircuity 2.0 for sustainable campuses
Aircuity, (www.aircuity.com), creator of measurably better environments, announced the launch of its 2.0 platform. Aircuity 2.0 is ideal for higher education institutions looking to significantly reduce energy costs, provide healthier indoor environments for faculty, staff and students, gain insight into lab occupant behavior, and achieve quantifiable results as part of a campus sustainability strategy. More...
Interdisciplinary systems promote sustainability in higher ed
Throughout rural Southern India, agricultural development is getting a boost from a line of irrigation and sprinkler products that was first developed far away in Minnesota. More...
Is your institution missing these two major opportunities to reduce emissions?
Higher education institutions are placing greater emphasis than ever on the environmental impact of their buildings, with many seeing sustainability as being as demonstrative of their thought leadership as their academic programs. More...