By G. Rendell. Most of the time when students tell me about their environmental concerns, an underlying optimism comes from their faith that technology can save us. Sometimes, they're attending Greenback U to learn more about one or another set of technologies, so that they can be part of the salvation effort. Others hope to learn to teach about exciting new technologies, or influence public policy to gin up more support for environmentally sensitive technologies, or conduct the basic science on which those new technologies can be based, or write books and articles about how wonderful the (upcoming) new technologies are. Read more...
Green academies: whole institution approaches to embedding education for sustainable development in the curriculum
Date: 12 May 2014
Location/venue: Bristol University
The workshop is designed for people interested in developing whole institutional approaches to ESD in the curriculum– or embedded ESD more broadly than at present within their institution. More...
University launches A$98 million greening project
By Geoff Maslen. In the biggest project of its kind in the southern hemisphere, RMIT University in Melbourne will spend A$98 million (US$90 million) to cut energy and water use as well as greenhouse gas emissions. Read more...5e édition du Challenge Green TIC Campus : pour un campus plus vert et plus ouvert
Le Challenge Green TIC Campus est un concours étudiant en faveur du développement durable des établissements d'enseignement supérieur, intégrant les technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC). Lors de la finale, le 10 avril prochain, les sept meilleures équipes viendront défendre leur projet devant un jury de professionnels. Membres du jury et équipes finalistes. Assistez aux soutenances des différentes équipes le jour de la finale.
Proposer une idée innovante pour un campus plus vert et plus ouvert
Le Challenge Green TIC Campus est un concours étudiant, placé sous le haut patronage du ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche et du ministère de l’Ecologie, du Développement durable et de l’Energie.
L’enjeu : faire émerger des idées innovantes pour un campus plus vert et plus ouvert. Les étudiants imaginent des solutions concrètes pour le développement durable de leur campus (réduction des émissions de CO2, économies d’énergie, meilleur lien à la ville, éducation, solidarité...), en s’appuyant sur le potentiel offert par les technologies de l’information et de la communication (ordinateurs, capteurs, tablettes, smartphones, applications mobiles, programmes informatiques...).
Les projets s’inscrivent dans l’une de ces trois catégories : Vie étudiante et sensibilisation ; Ancrage territorial du campus ; Gestion environnementale du campus. Suite...
IPAT considered harmful (#3 of more)
By G. Rendell. IPAT (environmental Impact = Population * Affluence * Technology) is deeply embedded into the mind of pretty much any student who’s ever taken an Environmental Studies course. Previously, I pointed out that notating the formula as a multiplication is misleading, and that expressing the formula using discrete, averaged, variables is destructive of meaningful information. Read more...
IPAT considered harmful (#2 of more)
By G. Rendell. The IPAT equation (environmental Impact = Population * Affluence * Technology) has another weakness that is derived, yet different, from its presentation as a simple multiplication of three terms. To present as a simple multiplication, it needs simple operands. Simplifying those operands eases the pedagogical task, but it also destroys critical information. Read more...
Le développement durable dans la politique de FPC de la Région Aquitaine
Le développement durable dans la politique de FPC de la Région Aquitaine, juin 2013
Retrouvez les ressources diffusées lors de cette Journée professionnelle organisée par le Conseil régional d'Aquitaine et Aquitaine Cap Métiers le 12 juin. Cette matinée a été organisée le même jour, en simultanée sur un lieu physique et en visioconférence sur 2 autres lieux :
- Pessac : lieu physique
- Mont de Marsan : visioconférence
- Anglet : visioconférence
Votre contact : veronique.verjus@aquitaine-cap-metiers.fr 05 57 81 45 87
Green Dragons: student-led sustainability
Green Dragons is a scheme by the City University London Students’ Union (CULSU) to encourage City students to identify opportunities, big or small, to improve sustainability at the university or in the local community, create solutions and bring new projects to life. Members of staff are also invited to participate. More...IPAT Considered Harmful (#1 of More)
By G. Rendell. It comes up nine times out of ten that I talk to an Environmental Studies student. IPAT. (Environmental) Impact = Population * Affluence * Technology. It’s introduced in Environmental Studies 101 at Greenback, and at pretty much every other campus that has an ES program. If Environmental Studies has a mantra, it’s IPAT. It gets drummed into students’ heads, course after course. It sticks like glue. And it’s not helpful. Read more...
Practicing What He Preaches
By Abraham Gutman. I recently went with a friend to an event at Columbia University, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Ph.D. program in sustainable development. At the beginning of the event, the organizers screened a short clip with interviews of students and faculty in the program. One of the students said that one of the most amazing things about the program is that you read op-eds of great thinkers and practitioners, such as Jeffrey Sachs and Joseph Stiglitz, and then you see them in the halls and in class. I was completely in awe. Read more...