Posts Tagged ‘Sustainability’

Last Chance to Register for the NE Campus Sustainability Forum!

by Nicole Schepker

August 27, 2013

Don't Miss Out on the New England Campus Sustainability Forum This Friday! Friday Sept. 20, 2013 Hosted by the Colleges of the Fenway 550 Huntington Ave  Boston, MA 02115 The New England Campus Sustainability Forum has once again attracted strong headliners to create an engaging and informative day. Julian Agyeman, noted climate and sustainability justice champion; Mary Powell, CEO of Green ...

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NEBHE Co-organizes New England Campus Sustainability Forum

by Nicole Schepker

July 23, 2013

Wentworth Institute of Technology 550 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115 Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 8 a.m.  to 4:45 p.m.

Early-bird registration will be available through Aug. 30. Please visit www.necsf.com to learn more.

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) invites you to attend the 2013 New England Campus Sustainability Forum (NECSF) co-organized by AASHE, ...

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Linking Top-Down to Bottom-Up for Sustainability

by Rick Reibstein and Sarah Brylinski

February 28, 2013

It is now a commonplace to assert that education institutions have some responsibility to contribute to the effort to remake our world so civilization will be sustainable into the future. A history of this idea would capture the many programs of environmental research and teaching that have taken place at universities and colleges, going back ...

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NEBHE Lands NSF Grant to Bring Problem Based Learning to Advanced Manufacturing

by Nicole Schepker

September 10, 2012

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) was awarded a three-year $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a New England-wide project titled Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Advanced Manufacturing: Transforming 21st Century Technician Education. Funding is provided through the NSF’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program to improve science, technology, engineering and ...

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Chillin? American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment to Mark Fifth Anniversary

by NEBHE Staff

March 27, 2012

The American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) will hold its fifth annual Climate Leadership Summit at American University in Washington, D.C., from Thursday, June 21 at 4 p.m. to Friday, June 22 at 4 p.m.

In 2006, 12 college and university presidents agreed to become founding members of the ACUPCC. Today, nearly 700 institutions ...

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Hot off the Prez: Hampshire Plucks Lash; Scientist Mulkey to Lead Unity

by John O. Harney

May 14, 2011

Hampshire College named sustainability leader Jonathan Lash to be its next president. Lash has been president of the environmental think tank World Resources Institute since 1993. From 1993 to 1999, he was co-chair of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, the group of government, business, labor, civil rights and environmental leaders appointed by President Clinton ...

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NEBHE Event: “Higher Education Sustainability Summit 2010: A Climate Change on Campus”

by NEBHE Admin

April 6, 2010

NEBHE will present "Higher Education Sustainability Summit 2010: A Climate Change on Campus" on Friday, April 23, from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Worcester, Mass. A follow-up to nebhe's May 2009 conference, "Greening Higher Education: Saving the Planet and Saving Money," the 2010 event will gather senior leaders of higher education, government and business to explore topics such as renewable energy, building green and other issues in sustainability across the curriculum and the campus.

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