Education
Broadcast Industry Goes Green for Earth Day
Several 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 ...
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.
NASA Partners With Two Colleges To Build Green Research Campus
NASA 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 ...
University of Toledo Considers Alternative Energy School
Universities 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 ...
Nashville Schools Cut Energy Costs $3M Per Year
The 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 ...
Computer-Sharing Project to Save Brazilian Schools 80% in Power
Using its desktop-sharing software, which allows up to 10 desktops to run from one computer, Userful and ThinNetworks have been selected to supply ...
Green MBA Programs Burst at Seams, Green-Collar Workers in High Demand
Over 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 ...
Most Colleges Slow To Adopt Green Data Center Technologies
The 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 ...
Eaton Launches Sustainability Microsite
Eaton 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 ...
Waste Management’s Disney Exhibit Takes Upbeat View of Trash
Elizabeth 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 ...
IBM Greens eWEEK.com For A Day
IBM 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 ...
U-M Hopes Green Computing Will Cut Costs, Emissions
The 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, ...
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 ...
Campuses Miss Deadlines On Road To Going Carbon Neutral
Some 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 ...
Ivy League Scores On College Sustainability Report Card
Colleges 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 ...
ESPN Cafeteria Puts Green On Menu
At 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 ...
UK’s 50 Best Green Companies
Times 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 ...
EPA’s New Program Aids Green at Work
The 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 ...
Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility
Edward 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 ...
UCSD Installs Solar Trees
The 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 ...
Renewables Briefing: World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, 1.3 MW Solar Installation at Navy's SPAWAR
