The group podwalk assignment was obviously a central part of our Seminar 3 class. The topic of our class was sustainability, and each of the readings was directly related to that topic. In those readings, however, one does not get the full feel of what sustainability is and what it looks like in practice. This […]
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Group Podwalk Assignment Reflection
December 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Brooklyn College
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Sustainable Campuses- Issues and Concepts
October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College
“Sustainable Campuses – Issues and Concepts.” Sustainable Campuses. Sustainable Campus Organization, n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://www.sustainablecampus.org/universities.html>. This is a website dedicated to the idea of sustainable campuses. This particular page is one that was created in order to bring to light exactly what it says: the issues facing sustainable campuses, as well as the […]
Campus Sustainability: It’s About People
October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College
Newport, Dave. “Campus Sustainability: It’s About People.” The Chronicle. The Chronicle of Higher Education, n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://chronicle.com/article/Campus-Sustainability-Its/131370/>. This is an article written by Dave Newport, the director of the Environmental Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder and secretary of the board of directors of the Association for the Advancement of […]
U.S. Progress Toward Sustainability in Higher Education
October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College
Dernbach, John C. “U.S. Progress Toward Sustainability in Higher Education.” Stumbling toward Sustainability. Washington, DC: Environmental Law Institute, 2002. N. pag. Print. This is a chapter in John C. Dernbach’s book, Stumbling Toward Sustainability, written in 2002 on the subject of how the United States has made notable improvements in their sustainability policies. The purpose […]
Campuses Get a ‘Sustainable’ Look
October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College
Knox, Leila Wombacher. “Campuses Get a ‘sustainable’ Look.” The Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2002. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0521/p16s03-lehl.html>. This is an article written by Leila Wombacher Knox, a writer for the Christian Science Monitor, a website dedicated to global issues. Written in 2002, this article was written in order […]
Colleges Compete to Shrink Their Mark On the Environment
October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College
Eilperin, Juliet. “Colleges Compete to Shrink Their Mark On the Environment.” Washington Post. The Washington Post, 26 June 2005. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062501273.html>. This is an article written by Juliet Eilperin, a journalist for the Washington Post. The overall purpose of this article is to bring awareness to the sustainability movement going on in […]
The Greening of America’s Campuses
October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College, Uncategorized
Egan, Timothy. “The Greening of America’s Campuses.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 08 Jan. 2006. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. . This is an article written by Timothy Egan, a journalist for the New York Times who, as the New York Times website points out, “writes frequently about the environment.” This article was […]
Brooklyn College Ten Year Sustainability Plan
October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College
Center for the Study of Brooklyn and the Brooklyn College Sustainability Council. Brooklyn College Ten Year Sustainability Plan. Brooklyn: n.p., 4 Feb. 2009. PDF. This document is a draft of the 10 year plan that Brooklyn College has created in order to increase sustainability across the campus. The creators of this plan were able to […]
