Toward the end of the summer I started reading Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea from Chronicle Books. It’s not long, but it is powerful. Waters is the proprietor of Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkeley, California that focuses on local, seasonal, and organic ingredients. In addition, Waters is a former teacher at a [...]
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Book Review: Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard
October 6th, 2011 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability 
Tags: Alice Waters, Book Review, Curriculum, Food, Video 
No Comments »Sprout City Farms Fundraiser Through September 30th
September 26th, 2011 Guest Author Sprout City Farms (SCF), an urban agriculture nonprofit organization in Denver, Colorado, manages a one-acre organic vegetable and herb farm on the grounds of the Denver Green School (DGS) in SE Denver. DGS is an Early Childhood Education through 8th grade public innovation school within Denver Public Schools, now in its second year. The curriculum [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Guest Authors, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Colorado, Curriculum, Denver, Green School, Organic No Comments »Book Review: Sustainability on Campus
July 21st, 2011 Eric Wilson Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change is a series of vignettes from institutions of higher education around the US. Co-edited by Peggy Barlett, professor of anthropology at Emory University and Geoffery Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies (formerly) at Northern Arizona University, the compilation includes chapters from 16 schools, with one each from Barlett [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Book Review, Curriculum, David Orr, Economy, Emory, Environment, Food No Comments »Princeton Review Reveals List of 311 Green Colleges
June 9th, 2011 Eric Wilson A recent guest post talked about 5 primary and secondary schools that are noted for their “green” features. The Princeton Review has updated their list of the 311 institutions of higher learning that are going green. All but three of the schools are in the United States, with Canada making up the difference. To determine [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Bike Sharing, Curriculum, Food, LEED, Organic No Comments »Antioch University: New England’s Educating for Sustainability Masters
March 7th, 2011 Eric Wilson Antioch University in New England offers a Masters in Educating for Sustainability (EfS). The program is open to applicants who are currently educators in public and private school, as well as non-traditional settings. Applicants can come from any subject area, an indication of how sustainability permeates all disciplines in academia. Antioch defines EfS as “a [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: AASHE, Curriculum, Denver, Economics, Environment No Comments »Biomimicry Institute Launches Youth Challenge
November 25th, 2010 Eric Wilson The Biomimicry Institute, a non-profit organization that “promotes the study and imitation of nature’s remarkably efficient designs, bringing together scientists, engineers, architects and innovators who can use those models to create sustainable technologies” has launched their inaugural Biomimicry Youth Challenge. According to their recent press release: The Biomimicry Youth Challenge (BYC) is a unique initiative [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson Tags: Biomimicry, Curriculum, Regenerative Economy, Science No Comments »AASHE Tuesday Afternoon Sessions Recap
October 17th, 2010 Eric Wilson 12:30 Session – Inter-regional Infusing Sustainability Across the Curriculum: Experiences from Furman and Middlebury Two presenters, one each from Furman University in South Carolina and Middlebury College in Vermont discussed the collaborative approach they took toward integrating sustainability into their curriculum. The schools employed Faculty Curriculum Development Workshops, which required faculty to revise a course/integrate [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Recylcing, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, AASHE, Biomass, Curriculum, Emory, LEED, Waste No Comments »AASHE Tuesday Morning Sessions Recap
October 14th, 2010 Eric Wilson Here are some insights from the Tuesday morning sessions of AASHE’s national conference. These follow in the heels of my notes from Monday’s morning and afternoon speakers. There will be one more post with Tuesday afternoon’s thoughts to wrap up the conference, followed by a general reflection in the coming weeks. 8:15 Keynote Presentation – [...]
