Switching to green job training
By Carisa Chappell,
Published September 7, 2010
From revamping existing “green jobs” programs to creating new ones, public two-year colleges are increasingly focusing on helping workers prepare for jobs in the emerging green economy and looking to their communities to determine what kinds of programs to develop.
Minn. colleges survey their sustainability practices
By CC Times,
Published September 3, 2010
Minnesota state colleges and universities have adapted a wide range of sustainability practices that include scheduling classes to increase energy efficiency, lowering water consumption, purchasing local foods, composting food waste, using nontoxic cleaning products and reducing carbon emissions, according to a first-ever state survey.
Climate commitment reaches crossroads
By Dan Adams,
Published August 30, 2010
At the beginning of August, 211 of the nation’s nearly 1,200 community college presidents had signed on to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, a national effort among higher education institutions to promote and implement activities to curb greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.
ED to host sustainability education summit
By CC Times,
Published August 10, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education is working with other federal departments and agencies to host a free sustainability education summit Sept. 20-21 in Washington, D.C.
Butte set to become first 'grid-positive' college in the U.S.
By CC Times,
Published August 9, 2010
Butte College, which sits on a 928-acre wildlife refuge in northern California, aims to become the first college in the U.S. to be “grid positive”—meaning that it produces more energy from its on-site solar arrays than it uses.
Intern key to building project's greening, cost cutting
By CC Times,
Published May 18, 2010
With the help of St. Louis Community College and Kwame Building Group, architecture technology student Steven Vollenweider likes what he sees in his future.
International connections bring wind energy training to Mich.
By CC Times,
Published May 4, 2010
Grand Rapids Community College has signed a licensing agreement with Spain-based Ynfiniti Engineering Services and United Kingdom-based Safety Technology authorizing the college to become the first U.S. training center to offer the YES/Safety Technology (YST) safety certification program for the wind energy industry.
Diving into trash to get the dirt on trends
By News-Leader.com,
Published April 27, 2010
For Earth Day this year, students at Ozarks Technical Community College in Missouri dipped into trash on campus to get a feel for what can be recycled or composted instead of sent to a landfill. Read the News-Leader.com story.
Grants to help under-resourced colleges go green
By CC Times,
Published March 23, 2010
Second Nature, a nonprofit organization that promotes a sustainable future by helping senior college and university leaders, has awarded $2,000 grants to 12 community and tribal colleges to assist them in “greening” campus facilities.
Developing a renewable energy system—for free
By Matthew Dembicki,
Published March 15, 2010
Community colleges that want to generate their own alternative energy but can’t afford to build such systems may consider what the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) in California is doing: It has allowed a company to build and maintain a solar energy system for its campuses, buys the power it needs for its campuses at a reduced cost and sells the rest to a utility company.
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