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Excellent Links Greening the Campus http://www.aashe.org BCC is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. All employees and students at the college can access the resources by using their BCC email addresses as a user name. The first time you log in, you will be sent a password. This is the premier site for information on all aspects of sustainability at colleges and universities. http://www.efswest.org/resource_center/databases.php Databases containing thousands of course syllabi, campus sustainability initiatives, teaching methods & projects contributed by faculty, staff, administrators and students from across the U.S. and Canada. http://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/greening_cu/index.html#bl ueprint A document entitled Blueprint for a Green Campus is an environmental action plan created by the University of Colorado to create a sustainable campus. http://www.nwf.org/campusecology Part of the National Wildlife Federation, Campus Ecology supports efforts to transform the nation's college campuses into living models of an ecologically sustainable society, and is training a new generation of environmental leaders. http://www.ulsf.org University Leaders for a Sustainable Future -- Includes a searchable resource database of books, articles, journal reports, websites and other resources organized by sustainability categories. http://www.secondnature.org/efs/efs_rec_readng.htm1#she ets Resource sheets covering topics from green buildings to purchasing. The sheets highlight innovative, pragmatic approaches to sustainability taking place on campuses. http://www.c2e2.org/evc MIT’s Environmental Virtual Campus aids colleges in complying with federal environmental regulations and implementing green practices such as recycling, pollution prevention and improving energy efficiency. Sustainability Initiatives at Colleges and Universities Arizona Northern Arizona University - Center for Sustainable Environments www.environment.nau.edu/ Prescott College Sustainable Campus Initiative www.prescott.edu/highlights/sci.html California California Polytechnic State University Campus Sustainability Initiative http://csicalpoly.org/media/csi.swf California State University, Chico - Environmental Affairs Council www.csuchico.edu/eac/ California Technical Institute Environmental Task Force www.its.caltech.edu/~cetfers/ Graduate Theological Union - Theological Roundtable on Ecological Ethics and Spirituality www.gtu.edu/studentgroups/trees/ John F. Kennedy University Green Project www.jfku.edu/advancement/new/GreenDescription.html Occidental College Council for a Livable Campus - www.oxy.edu/oxy/resources/clc.html Eco/Oxy-Eco-LA - http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/eco-oxy Stanford University - Students for a Sustainable Stanford http://sustainability.stanford.edu University of La Verne - Sustainable Campus Task Force www.ulv.edu/sustainability/ Colorado Colorado College Working Group for Campus Sustainability www2.coloradocollege.edu/sustainability/ Fort Lewis College Campus Ecology site http://envcenter.fortlewis.edu/ce/ University of Colorado Environmental Center www.colorado.edu/cuenvironmentalcenter Connecticut Connecticut College C-Green Environmental Program www.camel.conncoll.edu/ccrec/greennet Florida Stetson University Environmental Responsibility Council www.stetson.edu/~rsitler/ERC/ Sustainable University of Florida www.sustainable.ufl.edu Georgia Emory University Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Stewardship www.environment.emory.edu University of Georgia - Students and Educators for Ecological Design and Sustainability (SEEDS) www.uga.edu/seeds/ Indiana Ball State University Green Committee 2 - www.bsu.edu/provost/ceres/g2/0main Council on the Environment - www.bsu.edu/provost/ceres/cote/ Indiana University Bloomington Council for Environmental Stewardship http://environment.indiana.edu Louisiana Tulane University Green.Tulane.edu - http://green.tulane.edu/ Campus Environmental Projects - www.tulane.edu/~eaffairs/ceprojects.html Maine Bates College Environmental Resources http://abacus.bates.edu/admin/offices/environment/ Bowdoin College Sustainability Office www.bowdoin.edu/sustainablebowdon Colby College Environmental Advisory Group www.colby.edu/eag Unity College Sustainability Committee www.unity.edu/sustainability Maryland Johns Hopkins University - The Greening of Johns Hopkins www.jhu.edu/~recycle/greening.htm University of Maryland Campus Ecology Project www.agnr.umd.edu/UMCPEcology Massachusetts Hampshire College Sustainable Campus Plan http://plan.hampshire.edu/ Harvard Green Campus Initiative www.greencampus.harvard.edu MIT Environmental Programs Task Force http://web.mit.edu/environment/commitment/environmental_initiative s/get_involved/task_force.html Mt. Holyoke Center for Environmental Literacy www.mtholyoke.edu/proj/cel/index.html Tufts Institute of the Environment www.tufts.edu/tie Williams College - Campus Environmental Advisory Committee www.williams.edu/CES/activities/ceac/index.htm Michigan Michigan State University Committee for a Sustainable Campus www.ecofoot.msu.edu The Sustainable University of Michigan Initiative www.umich.edu/~usustain/index.html Minnesota Macalester College Campus Environmental Issues Committee www.macalester.edu/~envirost/CEIC/envissues.htm University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Campus Sustainable Campus Initiative - www.cnr.umn.edu/sci/ Sustainable Efforts Guide - www.csbr.umn.edu:16080/umn_sustainability/ New Hampshire Dartmouth University Resource Working Group www.dartmouth.edu/~rwg University of New Hampshire Office of Sustainability Programs www.sustainableunh.unh.edu New Jersey Princeton Environmental Reform Committee www.princeton.edu/~perc/ Rutgers University - Rutgers Sustainable www.rusustainable.org/ New York Clarkson University - Environmental Sustainability www.clarkson.edu/sustain/ Colgate University Campus Ecology Group http://departments.colgate.edu/envir_stud/Newsletter/mar02/campus ecology.htm Columbia University - Columbia Conserves www.columbia.edu/cu/green/ Cornell University - Cornell Center for the Environment www.cfe.cornell.edu/cfe/greening.cfm Daemen College - Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement www.daemen.edu/sites/CSCCE/ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ecological Economics, Values, and Policy Program www.rpi.edu/dept/sts/eevp/front.html http://www.rpi.edu/dept/ess/greening/ St. Bonaventure University http://web.sbu.edu/fcsc/campus%20greening%20pages/campus_gree ning_program_coming_s.htm SUNY-Buffalo UB Green http://wings.buffalo.edu/ubgreen North Carolina Duke University Greening Initiative www.duke.edu/greening/index.html North Carolina State University - Environmental Sustainability www.ncsu.edu/environmental_sustainability/ University of North Carolina, Asheville - Unified Solar www.unca.edu/unified_solar/index.htm University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Sustainability Coalition http://sustainability.unc.edu Warren Wilson College Campus Greening www.warren-wilson.edu/green/ Ohio Greening Bowling Green State University www.bgsu.edu/departments/envh/greencampus.htm Oregon Lewis & Clark College Student Site for Environmental Issues www.lclark.edu/~envag/ Portland State University - Sustainability www.sustain.pdx.edu/ University of Oregon Environmental Issues Committee www.uoregon.edu/~eic Pennsylvania Carnegie Mellon Green Practices www.cmu.edu/epc/ Chatham eCollegie - Chatham College www.chatham.edu/rci/pages/ecol.html Green Destiny Council for ecological responsibility at Penn State www.bio.psu.edu/greendestiny University of Pennsylvania Environmental Group http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~pennenv Rhode Island Brown University Campus Environmental Stewardship www.brown.edu/Departments/Brown_Is_Green University of Rhode Island http://www.uri.edu/sustainability/index.html South Carolina Clemson University Environmental Committee www.clemson.edu/cuec/ Francis Marion University - Sustainable Universities Initiative http://alpha1.fmarion.edu/~sui/ Furman University Habitat Earth - www.furman.edu/~worthen/habitatearth/habfr.htm Environmental Action Group - www- student.furman.edu/users/r/rbrooks/ Midlands Technical College - MTC Green www.midlandstech.com/mtcgreen/ University of South Carolina Environmental Advisory Committee www.sc.edu/EAC/ Tennessee University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Committee on the Campus Environment www.cce.utk.edu/ Texas University of Texas at Austin - Campus Environmental Center www.UTenvironment.org University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston www.uth.tmc.edu/sustainability/ Vermont Middlebury College Environmental Council Index http://community.middlebury.edu/~enviroc University of Vermont Environmental Council http://esf.uvm.edu/envcncl Washington University of Washington - UrSus: Students for a Sustainable UW http://students.washington.edu/ursus/ Whitman College Campus Ecology http://people.whitman.edu/~schwagdj Washington DC The George Washington Green University Initiative www.gwu.edu/~greenu Wisconsin University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus Ecology Program www.fpm.wisc.edu/campusecology University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Sustainability Committee www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/sga/Sustainability/Sustain.htm Take Action http://www.nwf.org/greencalculator Measure your personal impact on the environment. http://www.EarthShare.org Environmental tips on air conditioners, lawn care, pesticides, organic gardening, lead poisoning, & more; Click on News and Resources and then Earth Saving Tips. Earth Share is a federation of America's leading non-profit environmental charities. http://www.coopamerica.org Action alerts & updates, "unshopping" list, money-saving green shopping tips http://www.woodwise.org Online guide to practices and products that help you conserve, recycle, and reuse. http://www.iShareStuff.org Free web site that reduces waste and saves you money by making it easy for you to share stuff with people you know. http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp Calculate how many acres of land are required to meet your resource needs and absorb waste you produce by taking a simple quiz. Calculate Your Ecological Footprint Information on Nature http://www.oceansatlas.org The United Nations online atlas of the oceans provides up to date data on ocean temperatures, icebergs, ecology, fishing, pollution, and much more. http://www.NCSEonline.org/NLE The online National Library for the Environment is a gateway to an array of science-based information on a wide range of environmental issues including air quality, biodiversity, climate change, energy, forests, marine resources, mining, pesticides, pollution, public lands, ozone, waste, water, wetlands, etc. There are also directories of academic programs, journals, foundations, jobs, environmental news, laws, and more. http://www.earthtrends.wri.org/ This online information database, developed by the World Resources Institute, provides free access to global or country-specific environmental data. http://www.EcoPort.org An encyclopedia of information about every known plant and animal in the world developed by the University of Florida, United Nations, & the Natural History Museum of the Smithsonian. http://www.enature.com Field guides to 4,800 plants & animals, complete with photos. Enter your zip code for a field guide to local species. Audio files of bird calls also available. http://www.nps.gov/plants/ Native plant conservation initiative http://www.endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html#Species Lists and provides information about plants and animals on the Endangered or Threatened species list under the U. S. Endangered Species Act http://www.nature.org Profiles 86 conservation projects worldwide of Nature Conservancy. Contains maps, beautiful pictures, information on species, and what you will find when you visit these beautiful wilderness areas. http://www.wildflower.org Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center http://www.nwf.org/habitats National Wildlife Federation backyard wildlife habitat program. www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/FL- http://GUIDE/onlineguide.htm Online guide to Florida snakes Information on Pollution / Global Warming http://www.focusthenation.org A nationwide effort to engage the colleges and schools across the nation in forums on solutions to global warming in January 2008 in an effort to avert massive climate change. http://www.scorecard.org Environmental Defense created this site so that by entering your zip code, you'll see a map highlighting local sources of pollution and information about the effects of those chemicals. You may be surprised to learn what pollutants are being released in Broward County. http://www.broward.org/aqi00100.htm Broward County Dept. of Planning & Environmental Protection's Air Quality Division features air quality index monthly results. http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/index.html Contains links to information regarding the causes and possible effects of global warming, actions that can be taken, and much more. http://earthtrends.wri.org/ Earthtrends: The Environmental Portal sponsored by the World Resources Institute Conservation http://www.tnc.org The Nature Conservancy site has an excellent Science Resource Center that details the science behind their conservation work. A locator map allows you to learn about projects throughout the world and gives you details on how to visit preserves, help restore natural area, take guided walks through wildlife refuges and more. http://www.NCSEosnline.org The National Council for Science and the Environment is a nonprofit organization that works to improve the scientific basis for environmental decision making. http://www.worldwatch.org Researches at this organization are constantly putting out reports regarding the state of our world and possible actions to lead to a more sustainable future. Many excellent resources are available at this website. Everglades Information http://everglades.fiu.edu Everglades Information Network administered by FIU http://www.sfwmd.gov South Florida Water Management District http://www.evergladesplan.org Army Corps of Engineers Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan http://www.envirolink.com Environmental information clearinghouse Environmental News http://www.enn.com Original articles, news from environmental journals, and the day's headlines to help you keep tabs on the state of the planet and ways to live an eco- friendly life. http://www.cnie.org/nle/crssearch/crslinkreturneven.cfm The National Library for the Environment has posted the most recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports online. Covering topics spanning the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species, the conservation Reserve Program, Global Change, Fishery Conservation and Management, etc., these CRS documents report on a wealth of current environmental information. Environmental Careers http://www.ecojobs.com Searchable online database of environmental job opportunities http://www.eco.org Offers listings of paid internships in the environmental sector. Publishes The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers http://www.environmental-jobs.com/ Environmental Career Center web site that contains a comprehensive listing of jobs in the environmental field, career news, employer interviews, and career research reports. Government Agencies http://www.epa.gov U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.dep.state.fl.us Florida Department of Environmental Protection http://www.pbcwater.com/wakodahatchee/ Learn about the wetland plants and wildlife that abound at this 50-acre created wetlands through photographs and a virtual tour. Better yet, visit the site that is two miles north of Atlantic Blvd. on Jog Road in Delray Beach. http://www.floridagreenwaysandtrails.com Maps and descriptions of greenway and trail recreational opportunities throughout Florida. Includes several state parks, portions of the Florida National Scenic Trail, and Florida's designated canoe trails. Environmental Education for Children http://www.earthforce.org Organization dedicated to educating youth so they can discover and implement lasting solutions to environmental problems in their communities. http://www.kidsecologycorps.org Organization that involves young children in encounters with nature to teach environmental stewardship.
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