Sustainable NSCC Students: Green Sleeves

At Belmont University, we believe taking care of God’s creation is more than a cause. It’s a charge.

October is sustainability month.

Prepares school systems and their communities to educate for a sustainable future by inspiring educators and engaging students through meaningful content and learner-centered instruction.

Groundbreaking research on the science of climate change demonstrates that there is a clear and direct link between human activity and the warming planet, making this issue one of the gravest of the 21st century.

Institute for Sustainable Practice.

The Princeton Review Releases Its Free Downloadable Guide to 353 Green Colleges: 2015 Edition

The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS) is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance.

The TravelSmart program promotes active transportation, which includes biking, carpooling, taking the bus, and walking.

Transportation demand management strategies.

Transforming democracy by creating a more fully engaged community…

Empowers college students to be tomorrow's energy efficiency leaders.

A student-led program that aims to foster a stronger understanding of the importance of conserving energy and maintaining environmentally-conscious behavior.

Ball State

Center for Environmental Policy
C2C Fellows: National sustainability fellowship program and workshop.

Groundbreaking research on the science of climate change demonstrates that there is a clear and direct link between human activity and the warming planet, making this issue one of the gravest of the 21st century.

Sustainability resources.

HEASC is a network of higher education associations with a commitment to advancing sustainability within their constituencies and within the entire system of higher education.

David Lipscomb University -- Founded in 2007, it offers an innovative curriculum at the intersections between business and the natural and social sciences

The NELC mobilizes a cadre of trained energy student leaders to provide free home energy assessments facilitating the education of homeowners about energy loss and energy retrofits of homes. (Penn. State)

SISL is a select group of academic associations and disciplinary societies working together to improve student learning and better prepare students for he 21st century.

A fully integrative campus sustainability framework that bring together and coherently synergize their academic, research, operations, engagement, and community interests.

Striving to make a continuous and on-going effort to institute the teaching, research, and practice of sustainability and to establish an institutional culture of sustainability.

This group was formed to supervise the distribution of the Environmental Stewardship Fee in order to responsibly advance the theory, practice and reality of Sustainability at the University of Kentucky.

The University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute (UNHSI) Climate Fellowships--made possible thanks to the Ted Smith Fund for the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders, created in honor of the legacy of conservationist and CA-CP founder Ted Smith--pairs outstanding graduate students or recent grads with important projects that will propel the US toward a low-carbon future. Fellows spend 10 weeks during the summer working on meaningful, challenging projects at UNHSI or with our partners. In return, Fellows receive a $6000 stipend, as well as supervision, mentorship, and unique networking opportunities. 2014 Fellows will also join a growing group of more than 50 Climate Fellowship program alumni, the vast majority of whom have remained in the environmental/energy fields. Applications must be received by March 17, 2014, in order to be considered.

Campus as a living laboratory.

With its safe, heavy duty plastic, the eco-clamshell can be reused, re-washed, and eventually recycled. Occidental College

Harvard University

The UMass Healthy and Sustainable Food System initiative converts one of UMass Amherst's on-campus dining halls into a premier campus eatery dedicated to sustainability, health, and wellness and provides a defensible and cost-effective example for all campuses to emulate. (UMass Dining is now the largest and one of the most comprehensive foodservice programs in the nation.)

Sept. 2015