Ruminations at the end of the semester
May 04, 2012 by Daniel Asia |
I have recently returned from a trip abroad. In receiving my peanuts, pretzels and drink during the flight, I also received two napkins.
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Rick Santorum Is Right
Mar 07, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reviews the presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s controversial remarks about higher education.
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The Reverse Metamorphosis of Sustainability: Nature
Jun 22, 2011 by William H. Young |
In the second of four articles on the goals of the sustainability movement, William Young examines its impulse to return to a pre-rational, mystical experience of Nature.
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Video: Terry Anderson on Sustainability and Free Market Environmentalism
Apr 18, 2011 by |
A professor emeritus of economics makes a case for markets as the true path to future generations' prosperity.
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Are Organic and Green Products a Scam?
Dec 13, 2010 by Alex B. Berezow |
More and more scientific research is showing that organic and green products don't live up to expectations--or even to the label, for that matter.
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For Goodness Sake: Sustainability Ponders Ethics
Jul 21, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
“Being sustainable has become more-or-less synonymous with being good,” two professors write. But even sustainability can be either virtuous or vulgar, depending on your motive.
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Encyclopedia of Sustainability, 4th Edition
Jul 08, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
A 4th edition of the NAS 'sustainapedia' of the key names, terms, books, colleges, and organizations in the campus sustainability movement.
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Dust Bowl Dust-Off
Jun 21, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
Do errors and bias distort the findings in a key environmental history book? An expert investigates.
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Sustainability News 5-17-10
May 17, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
This week’s news includes a debate at small college over whether to sign the ACUPCC, a free sustainability issue of NAS’s journal Academic Questions, student eco-reps who work to change their peers’ behavior,… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Radio Segment on ‘Indoctrinate Our Kids and Green My Parents’
Apr 30, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
A discussion on the consequences of urging children to monitor their parents' energy and water use in the home.
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Indoctrinate Our Kids and Green My Parents
Apr 27, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
Today kids are taught to be eco-warriors...and re-educate their parents.
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Earth Day Thoughts on the Campus Sustainability Movement
Apr 22, 2010 by Peter Wood |
Is everything really connected to everything else?
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Earth Day and Sustainability News
Apr 21, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
This week's stories include Green My Parents, Earth Day's observance by college students, sustainability college rankings, and how to help your pets do their part for the environment.
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Ark of Hope for the Earth Charter…No Comment
Apr 07, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
The UN sustainability manifesto endorsed by many U.S. colleges and universities has its own 200-pound "ark" for transportation.
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Going Green is Part of Social Integrity? No Comment
Feb 23, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
"An Honor Code must link social integrity with ecological sustainability," says a student. Is that really so?
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