Education

Broadcast Industry Goes Green for Earth Day

Broadcast Industry Goes Green for Earth DaySeveral broadcasting networks, including Fox Broadcasting, NBC and Nickelodeon, have announced green-themed TV program scheduling in honor of Earth Day, April 22. Fox Broadcasting plans to launch specially ...

April 15, 2009

Middlebury to be Carbon Neutral by 2016

Middlebury to be Carbon Neutral by 2016 Vermont's Middlebury College is using biomass to reduce its carbon footprint and reach carbon neutrality within seven years.

March 17, 2009

NASA Partners With Two Colleges To Build Green Research Campus

NASA Partners With Two Colleges To Build Green Research CampusNASA is partnering with UC Santa Cruz and Foothill-De Anza Community College to build a green research campus in Silicon Valley, Mercury News reports. The partnership is ...

March 17, 2009

University of Toledo Considers Alternative Energy School

University of Toledo Considers Alternative Energy SchoolUniversities are starting to respond to the need for engineers trained in alternative, or renewable energy, as the United States transitions into an economy geared to meet ...

February 27, 2009

Nashville Schools Cut Energy Costs $3M Per Year

Nashville Schools Cut Energy Costs $3M Per YearThe Metropolitan Board of Public Education for the City of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, has announced significant environmental achievements as the initial five-year phase of a project between metro Nashville public schools and ...

February 20, 2009

Computer-Sharing Project to Save Brazilian Schools 80% in Power

Computer-Sharing Project to Save Brazilian Schools 80% in PowerUsing its desktop-sharing software, which allows up to 10 desktops to run from one computer, Userful and ThinNetworks have been selected to supply ...

February 18, 2009

Green MBA Programs Burst at Seams, Green-Collar Workers in High Demand

Green MBA Programs Burst at Seams, Green-Collar Workers in High DemandOver the past decade, colleges everywhere began introducing green-themed MBA programs in response to growing interest from students. Now those choices are paying off, BusinessWeek reports. New students are still interested in ...

January 21, 2009

­Most Colleges Slow To Adopt Green Data Center Technologies

­Most Colleges Slow To Adopt Green Data Center TechnologiesThe high cost of powering data centers in universities has led some to start embracing greener technologies. But experts say, compared with other industries, colleges and universities have been slow to adopt ...

January 8, 2009

Eaton Launches Sustainability Microsite

Eaton Launches Sustainability MicrositeEaton Corp., which recently changed its tagline to "powering businesses worldwide" to reflect a change in focus to hi-tech power management products, has launched a special section of its website devoted to ...

December 26, 2008

Waste Management’s Disney Exhibit Takes Upbeat View of Trash

Waste Management’s Disney Exhibit Takes Upbeat View of TrashElizabeth Royte of OnEarth Magazine recently took a trip to Walt Disney World's Epcot, where Waste Management launched an exhibit called “Don't Waste It,” earlier this year. The exhibition offers ...

December 22, 2008

IBM Greens eWEEK.com For A Day

IBM Greens eWEEK.com For A DayIBM is buying eWEEK.com for a day and turning it “green” on December 16. Today, Ziff Davis Enterprise, owner of the site, will promote and support the use of green technology ...

December 16, 2008

U-M Hopes Green Computing Will Cut Costs, Emissions

U-M Hopes Green Computing Will Cut Costs, EmissionsThe University of Michigan kicked off its campus-wide green effort in March in hopes of reducing its IT-related electricity emissions by 10 percent - which would save the school $500,000 each year, ...

December 2, 2008

NBC Universal Launches ‘Green Week’

NBC Universal Launches ‘Green Week’This week is “Green Week” at NBC Universal, where 150 hours of environment-themed programming will be broadcast on the company's various TV channels and other properties. “The Office” will air an ...

November 17, 2008

Campuses Miss Deadlines On Road To Going Carbon Neutral

Campuses Miss Deadlines On Road To Going Carbon NeutralSome 580 college presidents have pledged that their colleges and universities will become carbon-neutral, but many are finding it a tough journey and are already missing deadlines, Christian Science Monitor ...

October 27, 2008

Ivy League Scores On College Sustainability Report Card

Ivy League Scores On College Sustainability Report CardColleges across the U.S. and Canada are boosting sustainability initiatives, with two out of three schools improving their grades from last year, according to the new College Sustainability Report Card ...

September 30, 2008

ESPN Cafeteria Puts Green On Menu

ESPN Cafeteria Puts Green On MenuAt ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, the company has converted the cafeteria to using reusable and compostable dishes and utensils, the Bristol Press reports. The move is part of a larger ...

September 29, 2008

UK’s 50 Best Green Companies

UK’s 50 Best Green CompaniesTimes Online announces its list of the 50 best green companies in the UK, which includes companies that are improving their environmental performance in a joint effort by management and its ...

September 15, 2008

EPA’s New Program Aids Green at Work

EPA’s New Program Aids Green at WorkThe EPA is now encouraging employees to be more eco-friendly at work, with Energy Star @ Work. The new online tool provides tips and information on how to save energy and ...

September 10, 2008

Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility

Evolution of Corporate Social ResponsibilityEdward Granger-Happ, the CIO at Save the Children and chairman of NetHope, writes at the Journal of New England Technology that the face of corporate social responsibility is changing – “it ...

September 8, 2008

UCSD Installs Solar Trees

UCSD Installs Solar TreesThe University of California, San Diego, which strives to be one of the nation’s “greenest” college campuses, is installing solar trees on the roof of two of its parking garages. Fresno State ...

September 6, 2008