If you or someone you know is going (back) to School, it would be worth considering the schools sustainability practices. Why? Because in the long run, the greenest campuses will be the most profitable and the others will incur greater costs. For example its important to know if your campuse will be able to survive the next unexpected flood, or the next earthquake or the next hurricane, or the next drought or the next epidemic. Those are all likely scenarios as the earth's climate changes. If a campus is already geared up to say get electricity from onsite solar generators or draws from a grid that uses renewable energy, there is less risk of an extended outage when oil based energy sources go down!
There are several noteworthy surveys of the greenest campuses out there. I will be adding and updating the list below as I find new stuff. So consider subscribing/following this blog/blog post to stay up to date when the content changes.
- http://greenreportcard.org/media - Covers 332 colleges in US and Canada and offers universal access to 1,100 survey responses! The Survey includes 48 indicators in the following 9 categories: Administration, Climate Change & Energy, Food & Recycling, Green Building, Transportation, Student Involvement, Endowment Transparency, Shareholder Engagement and Investment Priorities.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
DIY: Buyers Guide to Green Products. Get the most green back for your green(back)
This post is going to be edited from time to time, so bookmark it and check back once in a while.
What I want to do here is provide links to sites that help you decide where to spend your dollars so you get the most green back for your green(back). These sites will help you develop your own standards for sustainable living.
- http://www.goodguide.com/ for safe healthy and green products for the home, health, personal care, food and more
- http://www.eatwellguide.org/ for organic restaurants, stores, farms and more
- http://sfapproved.org/ for products that meet San Francisco's Health and Environmental Requirements
- http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/
What I want to do here is provide links to sites that help you decide where to spend your dollars so you get the most green back for your green(back). These sites will help you develop your own standards for sustainable living.
- http://www.goodguide.com/ for safe healthy and green products for the home, health, personal care, food and more
- http://www.eatwellguide.org/ for organic restaurants, stores, farms and more
- http://sfapproved.org/ for products that meet San Francisco's Health and Environmental Requirements
- http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/
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