SUSTAINABILITY
LINKS
With
Potential Relevance to UNC Strategic
Planning
Sustainability
Links, UNC Campuses
Higher
Education News, Links
Civic
Engagement
TOC
(This
Page)
Higher Education
Action Items,
Events, Statements, Ideas…
Sustainability/Energy
Conservation
UNC
Tomorrow Initiative (Leave this page for UNC
Tomorrow: Commission Report, Phase I
Reports; &
see Links, Campuses, top of this
page)
North
Carolina, Private/Non-Profit
Other
Links/Resources of Note (Additional Links; Monitoring energy use)
Survey
examples (re
Energy Use)
Science
Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/sustainability/
Green Biz
(Daily news; Note
"State of Green Business" report)
Green Business by BusinessWeek
Newsweek, 'Project Green'
http://www.newsweek.com/id/39274
New York Times
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/
Boston.com,
Climate Change
http://www.boston.com/news/specials/climate_change/
International
Herald
Tribune
The Business of Green: A Global Dialogue on the Environment
http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/business/green/
Inside Higer Ed (article, 4/2/08)
"Comparing
Environmental Data"
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/02/sustainable
Action
Items, Events, Statements, Ideas…
Earth Day
Getting to
Green [practical
advice for campuses, Inside Higher Ed]
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/blogs/getting_to_green
NYT Magazine, The Green Issue (4/08)
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/index.html
University Leaders for a
Sustainable Future
(ULSF)
http://www.ulsf.org/programs_talloires.html
The Talloires
(TAL WHAR) Declaration: University
Leaders for a
Sustainable Future
http://www.iisd.org/educate/declarat/talloire.htm
Presidents
Climate
Commitment
http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/html/commitment.php
Creating a
Campus
Sustainability Revolving Loan Fund,
or Clean Energy Revolving Fund (CERF)
Association for
the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
http://aashe.org/resources/pdf/CERF.pdf
Capital
Project
Coordination (NC State) [DOC]
UNC Response to Sustainable Endowment Institute
(Draft)
Campus Climate
Challenge
http://www.uspirg.org/issues/global-warming-solutions/campus-climate-challenge
NC PIRG
http://www.ncpirg.org/advocacy
Campus
Climate Challenge
http://climatechallenge.org/about
SUSTAINABILITY/ENERGY
CONSERVATION/PROGRAMS
National
or Regional, Public or Private (Education focus)
CampusERC
-- The Environmental Resource Center for Higher Education
http://www.campuserc.org/Pages/default.aspx
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
http://www.aashe.org/index.php
AASHE, Curriculum
http://www.aashe.org/profdev/curriculum.php
AASHE, Disciplinary
Associations Network
for Sustainability
AASHE, Higher Educations
Association
Consortium for Sustainability
http://www.aashe.org/resources/profiles/michiganstate2006.php
AASHE Resources
http://www.aashe.org/resources/resource_center.php
AASHE, Campus Sustainability Policy
Bank
http://www.aashe.org/resources/policy_bank.php
Legislative Tracker for 110th
Congress (AAAS)
Climate Change
http://www.aaas.org/spp/cstc/stc/legtracker07.shtml
ASU
Smart
(Smart Innovations for Urban Climate and Energy)
http://www.asusmart.com/
Sustainable Energy
Fellowship
http://www.teachenergy.org/
Created
for Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence, September 2005 [PPT]
http://www.c2e2.org/sustainability/sustainability_indicators.PPT
(Considerations,
Constraints, Sample Reports)
The
The
Business Case for
Renewable Energy: A Guide for Colleges and Universities
(2006)
http://www.nacubo.org/x3554.xml?book=d3d264ed-df66-485e-be28-8b11bc35de69
US
Partnership -- UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (USPDESD)
(Links
to
Organizations, Statements, & Initiatives)
http://www.uspartnership.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=55
N.C. Project Green,
http://www.sustainablenc.org/main/u_officers.htm
UNC
Kenan-Flagler Center for Sustainable Enterprise
http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/KI/cse/index.cfm
UNC Chapel Hill Sustainability
http://sustainability.unc.edu/
The New School (NY), Environmental Studies
http://www.newschool.edu/environmentalstudies/default.aspx
Lewis & Clark College, Environmental Studies
http://www.lclark.edu/dept/envs/
Yale, Forestry and Envrionmental Studies
http://environment.yale.edu/
Yale,
Environmental Resources:
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/subject/forestry.html
Central Michigan
University
http://www.purchasing.cmich.edu/CampusSustainability/Overview.htm
Universities
with Programs in Sustainability
http://uwsustainability.com/resources/universities.html
Public
International
City/County Management Association
Commitment
to Sustainability
http://www.icma.org/main/ns.asp?nsid=3286&hsid=1&scid=25
Labs21®
is
a voluntary partnership program dedicated to improving the
environmental
performance of
http://www.epa.gov/lab21gov/index.htm
National
Governors Association
Natural
Resources Committee
National Conference
of State
Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/home_issues.cfm
Southeast
Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability
The
http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/
Climate
Protection Agreement
http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/agreement.htm
Press
Release: 600 mayors have signed (July 13, 2007), in PDF
http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/climateagreement_071307.pdf
US
Department of Energy
Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Private
1%
For the
Planet
http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/en/
American Council on Renewable Energy
American
Society
of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers
Education for
Sustainability
Energy
Star
Friends
of the Earth
http://www.foe.org/
League
of Conservation Voters
http://www.lcv.org/
LEED
(U.S. Green Building
Council, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
http://www.usgbc.org/
National Geographic, Climate Connections
http://sso.nationalgeographic.com/climateconnections
NPR,
Climate Connections
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9657621
National Wildlife Federation, Campus Ecology
http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/
http://www.nwf.org/campusEcology/campusreportcard.cfm
http://www.secondnature.org/advisory/advisory_overview.htm
U.S. Green Building
Council
http://www.usgbc.org/
Public
NC
Department
of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
N.C.
DENR
Sustainability
Committee
http://www.sustainablenc.org/DENR/Default.asp
SEO Utility Savings
Initiative
http://www.energync.net/programs/usi.html
(And much more…)
NC
DENR
(Division
of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance)
N.C. Energy Conservation
N.C. Project Green
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/07/06568/2001/
University
Environmental Sustainability Reports (2001)
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/07/06568/2001/nframe.asp?page=UNV-UNCA.htm
Private
N.C. Project
Green
N.C.
Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
http://ncpirg.org/NC.asp?id2=25039
NC
PIRG
http://www.ncpirg.org/advocacy
Campus
Climate Challenge
http://climatechallenge.org/about
http://www.northwestpiedmontworks.org/ceds.pdf
NC &
Mountain
Landscapes Initiative
http://www.mountainlandscapesnc.org/
Resources
http://www.mountainlandscapesnc.org/info/resources.html
Project Overview
http://www.mountainlandscapesnc.org/documents/MLIOnePageOverview.pdf
The
Southwestern Commission
http://www.mountainlandscapesnc.org/documents/SouthwesternCommission.pdf
Appalachian
Institute for Renewable Energy
Appalachian
Voices
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/site/av_aboutus/
The
Community Foundation
http://www.mountainlandscapesnc.org/documents/CommunityFoundation.pdf
Haywood
Waterways Association
http://www.haywoodwaterways.org/
The
Lawrence Group (planning & design)
http://www.thelawrencegroup.com/
http://www.mountainlandscapesnc.org/documents/Team_LawrenceGroup.pdf
NC
Farm
Transition Network (NCFTN)
NC
Rural
Economic Development Center, Inc.
Watershed
Association of the
WNC Stormwater
Partnership
http://www.landofsky.org/wncstormwater/
Additional Resources (NPR)
http://sustainability.publicradio.org/resources/index.html
Technology
– Monitoring/Tracking
Optimizing
Energy Usage
Journals / Medical (from Duke)
http://www.duke.edu/sustainability/resources.html
Critical
Dimensions of Sustainability in Higher Education (ULSF)
http://www.ulsf.org/pdf/Critical_dimensions_SHE.pdf
ULSF,
Survey Results (1999)
http://www.ulsf.org/pub_declaration_resvol32.html
http://www.uvm.edu/greening/envcouncil/peercampussurvey.pdf
See
Appendix B
AASHE,
Campus Sustainability Policy Bank
http://www.aashe.org/resources/policy_bank.php
National
Legislative Tracker
for 110th Congress (AAAS)
Climate
Change
http://www.aaas.org/spp/cstc/stc/legtracker07.shtml
EXECUTIVE ORDER 156 (1999) STATE GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY,
REDUCTION OF SOLID WASTE, AND PROCUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERRED
PRODUCTS
http://p2pays.org/ref/03/02221.pdf
NC
S688 AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY AND
WATER USE IN STATE, UNIVERSITY, AND
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S668v5.html
NC
S3 (v.
5) (1) PROMOTE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE STATE…FUEL CHARGE
ADJUSTMENT…CONSTRUCTION COSTS…TAX CREDIT…
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S3v5.html
HOUSE
BILL
1660 AN ACT TO
PROVIDE THAT ANY ENERGY SAVINGS REALIZED BY CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF
THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA...
http://www.ncleg.net/sessions/2007/bills/house/html/h1660v1.html
HOUSE BILL
1826 AN ACT TO
DIRECT STATE
AGENCIES TO EVALUATE AND REPORT ANNUALLY ON THEIR ACTIVITIES AND
RESEARCH
RELATED TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE...
http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1826
SB 402 AN ACT TO
CLARIFY THAT
GUARANTEED ENERGY SAVINGS CONTRACTS INCLUDE CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR
WATER AND
OTHER UTILITIES... LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS...
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S402v4.html
H 864 AN ACT
INCREASING THE
EFFICIENCY OF GUARANTEED
LEGISLATIVE
COMMISSION ON GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE (NON-STANDING COMMITTEE)
http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/committees/committees.asp?saction=viewcommittee&sactiondetails=non-standing_6268
Selected Past Events:
Southern
Energy and Environment (SEE) Expo (Aug. 2007)
http://www.seeexpo.com/exhibitors/conservation.htm
SCUP CAMPUS
SUSTAINABILITY
DAY V -- OCT. 24 2007
Webcast:
Campus
Sustainability Day V (5th Annual)
Building a
Durable Future:
Community, the Campus, and Deep Economy
Wednesday,
October 24,
2007
Noon–1:30 PM
eastern
SCUP Members -
$200
Nonmembers -
$240
http://www.scup.org/csd/5/index.html
Society for
College and
University Planning (SCUP)
Climate Change
and Higher
Education:
Leadership to
Achieve
Climate Neutrality
Webcast:
With
Michael Crow and Billy Parish
New York Times
Knowledge
Network
December 12,
2007
2–3:30 PM,
Eastern Time
Price: $245
http://www.nytimes.whsites.net/knowledgenetwork/learning/scup-climatechange.html
Focus the
Nation
http://www.focusthenation.org/
Colleges and universities
http://www.focusthenation.org/colleges.php
The Project (Organized campus
discussions,
Fall semester 2007 – culminating in a symposium about "Global
Warming
Solutions for
http://www.focusthenation.org/theproject.php
The Resolution
http://www.focusthenation.org/resolution.php