by sustain | Nov 4, 2013 | Climate, Greenhouse Gasses
A study by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication The Global Warming’s Six Americas study surveyed the American public about global warming beliefs, behaviors, and...
by sustain | Jul 25, 2013 | Climate, Greenhouse Gasses
Tread Lightly “Carbon footprint” is another one of “those terms” that comes out when you’re speaking with your sustainability enthusiast friend. With bright eyes, they tell you about how they’ve reduced their carbon footprint. You...
by sustain | Jul 17, 2013 | Green Jobs, Green Living, Greenhouse Gasses, Systems Thinking, Triple Bottom Line
Understanding Sustainability The simple and widely accepted definition of sustainability always goes something like, “use less today to save the world of tomorrow!” Trying to define and understand sustainability in depth, though, can be very difficult...
by sustain | Jun 26, 2013 | Greenhouse Gasses, Housing
The OCS crunched the energy use of the 23 campus residence halls and the numbers are in! We took into consideration electricity, water, chilled water and steam consumption. We assigned carbon in metric tons (MTCO2) of output per category, divided by number of...
by sustain | Jun 3, 2013 | Academics, Climate, Energy, Greenhouse Gasses, Technology
Energy Related Emissions Down in the U.S. The United States’ energy-related carbon dioxide emissions for the first quarter of 2012 were reduced to levels not seen since 1992 according to a 2012 publication by the Energy Information Administration. Emissions in the...
