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The children of Rudd Mayer, an influential wind-power activist in Boulder, Colorado are dedicating a windmill at the Thorne Ecological Institute to provide power and environmental education for local school kids.
An Environmental College is being planned at the University of Washington, Seattle institution. This is aimed at promoting environmental research at a time when global warming, toxic contamination, vanishing species and other issues are drawing attention and concern.
The Zerofootprint Micro-credit Initiative and School Feeding Charity Program is being undertaken in Tshivanga, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It aims to create a model that will strengthen the social and economic fabric of the community and protect the endangered habitat of the lowland gorillas living nearby.
“Duke the Dog and the three Toronto Marlies players visited Second Street Junior Middle School to support ‘Going Green’ in partnership with EcoMedia Direct – the largest public space recycling program in the world. Students got a lesson about the importance of preserving the environment and learned ways in which they can reduce reuse and recycle in their own homes and classrooms.”
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will be joining the U.S. educational initiative, Focus the Nation, along with more than 1,000 colleges, universities, high schools and other institutions in an effort to promote and discuss climate change solutions.
Source: Computerworld
IBM’s release of its PowerUp video game aims to encourage kids to become more aware of conservation issues while learning engineering principles and math skills.
The Toronto Zoo is aiming to launch an ambitious $250 million fundraising campaign with a green mandate, which will include an educational centre focusing on biodiversity and sustainability issues.
Source: Harvard Business Review
“The once unassailable notion that corporations exist solely to maximize their shareholders’ returns is crumbling. Without a doubt, the dramatic scale and scope of the challenges presented by climate change will require the next generation of business leaders to adopt a more socially oriented professional identity.”
Mail Tribune
Lately ecologists, educators, politicians, environmentalists, and developers have been touting sustainability. Yet I doubt they would all agree how it is defined or measured. I recently attended a meeting on sustainability at Southern Oregon University. Participants from throughout the Rogue Valley attended, representing a variety of interests. Yet it wasn’t until the meeting was essentially over that someone asked whether anyone knew how sustainability is defined.