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Obama Administration's New Vehicle Standards

August 31, 2012 1 Comment Edit

New vehicle standards have been issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Obama Administration has finalized new standards of 54.5 mpg that will be implemented by 2025.These new vehicle standards in concert with previous Obama administration...

Mitt Romney’s Love Affair with the Fossil Fuel Industry

August 31, 2012 Add Comment Edit

Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s “new” energy plan, relies on 19th century fossil fuel technology. It is but the latest incarnation of a longstanding Republican obsession with oil and gas. Romney’s energy strategy is reliant on Canada’s environmentally disastrous tar sands. He wants...

Car Sharing Programs a New More Efficient Way to Drive

August 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

Car sharing reduces the number of privately owned cars; and a proportional reduction in the number of parking spaces needed. Car sharing that relies on electric vehicles are of great environmental benefit. They have no emissions and fuel costs are typically 60-70 percent lower than comparable fossil...

15 Institutions Offering 50 Green Certificate Programs

August 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

There is a large and growing number of certificate programs that are designed to meet the demand for a wide range of green skills. Unlike many other sustainability oriented degrees these certificate programs are often less time intensive. While many of these certificate programs are part of traditional...

GOP VP Candidate Ryan’s Unsustainable Voting Record on Energy and the Environment

August 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

Paul Ryan is the Republican Party’s pick for VP and he is also an outspoken climate change skeptic. Representative Ryan is an unflinching supporter of the fossil fuel industry who has a very poor voting record on environmental and energy issues. Although he is touted as the intellectual leader...

Energy Managment Tips for IT (White Paper)

August 29, 2012 Add Comment Edit

Energy Aware Planning and Decision Making White PaperFreeform Dynamics Ltd: Energy Aware Planning and Decision Making, Five Imperatives for IT Proactive management of energy consumption is becoming increasingly critical. Businesses rely on IT, and IT relies on energy – often quite a bit of it in...

Historic Opportunities in the Green Economy

August 29, 2012 Add Comment Edit

We have the means to reinvigorate the economy, create millions of jobs, increase energy security and open up vast new exports markets. If we are to keep carbon concentrations below 450ppm, we can anticipate clean energy investments exceeding $13 trillion over the next two decades. These investments...

August 29, 2012 Add Comment Edit

There are a growing number of green masters programs in the US. With a global economy continuing to show signs of weakness people are flocking to educational programs that are associated with the growing green market. Forbes reports that there is already a $6 trillion clean energy business opportunity....

Searchable Environmental Education Resources

Sierra's 2011 List of Cool Green Schools Points West

The Princeton Review's 2012 Top Green Schools Honor Role

Fiske's Top 10 Colleges for Environmental Education

Top Five Green Master Degree Programs

Online Green MBA Programs

US Green MBA Program Directory

World's Best Green MBA Programs

Vermont Law School Online Environmental Master’s Degree

The University of Vermont's Advanced Certificates in Sustainability

Antioch University's Masters Degree in Urban Sustainability

Ashridge Masters in Sustainability and Responsibility

Find Sustainable Education at GreenDegreeDirectory

CareerOneStop’s Environmental Education Finder

Green School Census

The Sustainability Education Series from Green Education Online

Green Education Online Training

Green Training Modules From Green Education Online

Building a Sustainability Strategy Online Course

Social Business at Blue Planet Life

Blue Planet Academy Green Certificate Programs

Blue Planet Academy Environmental Training in the Developing World

Hult International Business School Launches Master in Social Entrepreneurship

Stony Brook University's Sustainability focused BA Degrees

Sustainable Certificates from Irvine Valley College

Harvard Corporate Sustainability Distance Learning Course

Course Descriptions for Green Courses at San Diego State University College of Extended Studies

Green Education at San Diego State University College of Extended Studies

E-Learning Course on the Legal Frameworks of Sustainability

The University of Washington’s Certificate in Green IT

Everblue Training Institute's Comprehensive Green Building Curriculum

ISO Campus 14001 Training: Environmental Safety

Sustainability Officer Courses in Australia (Sydney and Brisbane)

GRI & Sustainability Reporting Framework in Business School Curriculum

August 28, 2012 Add Comment Edit

This paper by Allison C. Lai of the Dominican University in California addresses the rising trend of environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and makes an argument for the GRI as the leading framework in the US. It further examines why students studying sustainable business should learn...