In the world of clean energy and sustainability conferences, 2012 begins much as 2011 ends. There are only a few conferences and events listed on 2nd Green Revolution’s events calendar. Many universities are out of session until after Martin Luther King Day. However, Emory University in Atlanta is hosting a workshop focused on sustainability in [...]
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January 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
January 2nd, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Conferences, Eric Wilson, Sustainability 
Tags: Calendar, California, Emory, Film Series, Minnesota, New York City 
No Comments »EPA’s Game Day Challenge Aims to Reduce College Football Waste
September 14th, 2011 Eric Wilson Go to most any sporting event and the amount of waste produced is astonishing. From little trays and plastic spoons to giant foam fingers that end up discarded along with countless tchotchkes, the amount of trash generated overflows from bins and remains scattered around seats. In 2008, the University of Colorado at Boulder began an [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Recylcing Tags: AASHE, Boulder-Colorado, Composting, Emory, EPA, Zero Waste No Comments »Emory University Sets Temperature Policy
July 25th, 2011 Eric Wilson Americans seemingly love their air-conditioning. While countries like Japan have set standards for indoor air temperature at comparatively balmy levels (82 degrees F or 28 degrees C), many in the United States scoff at not being able to crank up the AC. However, all of the electricity required to cool massive amounts of hot air [...]
Posted in Behavior, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, News, Policy, Sustainability Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Emory 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 »Carbon Offsets: The Debate Continues
March 17th, 2011 2nd Green Revolution Carbon offsetting is an area of the green economy that has been in the news for sometime now. Economii.com states that “Carbon offsets are used to reduce the amount of carbon that an individual or institution emits into the atmosphere. Carbon offsets work in a financial system where, instead of reducing its own carbon use, [...]
Final Thoughts from AASHE’s National Conference
October 25th, 2010 Eric Wilson Over the past week I posted notes from the two full days of speakers and sessions I attended at the national conference for AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. (For the recaps, click here). As with many conferences, there was a great deal of enthusiasm. Most of the sessions were [...]
Posted in Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: AASHE, Emory, LEED, Triple Bottom Line No Comments »ORCA: Correction and Update
October 19th, 2010 Eric Wilson The other day I stopped by Totally Green’s booth at the AASHE national convention. According to the gentleman I spoke to, Totally Green bought out Green Guard Associates, the former distributor of the ORCA. In speaking to the company’s CEO, I received some updated information. In addition, we received a comment on our recent post [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Products Tags: AASHE, Composting, Emory, Water Conservation 2 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 »
