by sustain | Jul 24, 2013 | Climate, Energy, Green Living
Globe at Night GAN is an initiative of Dr. Connie Walker, astronomer at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Arizona. GAN hosts campaigns to make quality of night sky measures every fall and spring. It is a simple citizen-scientist program where virtually...
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 | Academics, Climate, Higher Education
The American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment has released a new document (November 20122) that details higher education’s role in adapting to a changing climate. While nodding to the seriousness of climate change, it offers readers a chance to...
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...
