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Halloween Weekend Recycling Event
For more information www.oneearthrecycling.com
Summer 2011 Faculty Sustainability Institute August 15-16
Enhance your teaching and engagement with sustainability issues by participating in a faculty institute workshop to explore how we can meaningfully integrate sustainability broadly defined in our classrooms.
Application Deadline April 15 Download an Application
SDSU to Increase Renewable Power in 2011
San Diego State’s colors may be red and black, but the campus continues to go green.
This year, SDSU plans to increase the renewable power installed on campus by more than 200 percent, according to the Physical Plant. Photovoltaics systems, which convert solar radiation into direct current electricity, are currently located on the Aquaplex, Children’s Center, Extended Studies, Music Building, Physics Building, Parking Structure 1, Parking Structure 2 and West Commons.
More PVs will be installed on the Aztec Recreation Center and Parking Structure 1 this year. The additional installations will add 340 kW capacity to Parking Structure 1 and 250 kW capacity to the ARC, which will increase SDSU's PV capacity by 200 percent, according to the Physical Plant. PV installations are also planned for Storm and Nasatir halls.
Green Campus February 2011 Newsletter
The Tanzania Experience
Social and Environmental Justice Program
June 12 - 26, 2011
NEW: Earn Credit with Summer 2011 Sustainability Study Abroad Programs
- The Dominican Republic Experience: Sustainability, Human Needs, and Basic Rights
- Tanzania Education and Environment Service Abroad Program will run again in May/ June. Details to be announced. See the impact of the 2010 trip click here.
- Learn more about Study Abroad and scholarships click here.
SDSUs Aztec Farms is Breaking Ground--Visitor Day Feb 11th
Aztec Farms is non-profit, 100% organic, student-worked and partially student-managed, working farm founded by SDSU professor Dr. David Larom in 2010. The project is dedicated to research and education on sustainable local agriculture issues.
Aztec Farms kickoff visitor day is Friday, February 11. For those who want to carpool, meet SDSU students and visitors by the ticket machines at SDSU's Parking Lot W at 8:15 AM and bring a vehicle if you have one. If you cannot carpool, you can meet the group at Santa Margarita at 930 AM. Work is optional. In general, Fridays will be visitor/intern work days at the farm. SDSU students and community volunteers did so much great work last season, and we welcome you back! For Directions e-mail David Larom at dlarom@mail.sdsu.edu.
Learn more at www.AztecFarms.org or join the Aztec Farms Facebook Group
SDSU Book Rental Program: A Success for Students and the Environment
As of spring 2011 the San Diego State University book store reports that 60% of students now utilize a new and innovative book rental program, which has saved students an estimated $2.5 million in 2010-11. The program lowers the cost of higher education by reducing overall book costs for students up to 40% and reduces SDSU's carbon footprint by reusing text books rather than creating a demand for new books. While other campuses have book rental programs, SDSU's program is unique in that it has been recognized and funded FIPSE and incorporates a research program that studies the impact of rentals on student's academic success. The program is supported by a $1.1 million from the Department of Education Fund for Innovation in Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) grant SDSU received in 2010 to study whether rentals allow students to acquire more materials and what the impact is on their academic performance. Read more please click here
January 2011 Green Campus Newsletter:
- Campus-Wide Lighting Upgrade--could save 20%+ in lighting energy
- Academic Infusion Programs--coming to a classroom near you soon!
SDSU Honors Program Students promote Sustainability in the South Bay community through a newsletter and outreach campaign. Winter Newsletter (Enlgish)(Spanish)
Learn more about the Green Campus Interns Program here: www.sdsugreencampus.org
SDSU Announces Announces Ride-Share Service
How Do You Get to Campus? Take the SDSU Employee Transportation Survey going on now!
Events
GREEN FEST Event Schedule April 18-22
Dates:
March 23 12-2 p.m. Scripps Cottage
April 20 12-2 p.m. Scripps Cottage with GreenFest keynote speakers Julia Butterfly Hill & Daryl Hannah
May 4 12-2 p.m. Scripps Cottage
CRS Panel "Corporate Responsibility: The Future of the World?"
Join us for a panel diuscussion on the role of business in promoting sustainability with leaders from Interface, Deloite, Ebay and the former mayor of the City of Del Mar.
February 15, 4:30-6:00
at the SDSU Alumni Center Ballroom
Open to campus and community members.
RSVP for the event click here.
Faculty RSVP for courses click here.
Equinox Center is Recruiting Graduate Student Interns and Volunteer Professionals
Working at the intersection of scientific understanding, community values, government policy, and economic strength, we provide San Diego's community leaders with usable information, practical vision, and innovative thinking.
Contact: Kirby Brady, Research and Communications Coordinator
Download application (.pdf)
Events
Call For Papers: Sustainability: The Journal of Record