The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new design competition called the Campus RainWorks Challenge to encourage student teams on college and university campuses across the country to develop innovative approaches to stormwater management. Stormwater is a major cause of water pollution in urban areas in the U.S., impacting the health of people [...]

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By Cathy Cockrell, UC Berkeley NewsCenter Berkeley students are wrapping up an intensive two-month recycling and waste-reduction blitz, spurred by the campus’s first-time participation in RecycleMania. The spirited yet “friendly” contest — involving colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada — takes place over an eight-week period each spring, as students compete to lower [...]

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Bottled water has been kicked-off campus by ten Canadian post-secondary schools as an initiative to protect public water.  Students, staff and faculty have demanded an end to the sale of privatized bottled water on Canadian campuses and are asking college and university administrations to promote investment in accessible public water infrastructure instead. On March 15, [...]

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Join Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California  on March 22 beginning at 11:00 a.m. as they celebrate and raise awareness about the importance of fresh water and the need for sustainable management. There will be an Information Faire in the Campus Center Dining Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with information provided by Hidden [...]

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EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s Tiny House will open its normal-sized door to the public for the first time March 5 to 10 so visitors can feel what it might be like to live life small. Very small. “We designed the house with the motto that the greenest square foot is the one you don’t [...]

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The Rodale Institute, founded by organic agriculture pioneer J.I. Rodale, is a non-profit organization dedicated to regenerative organic agriculture research and outreach to farmers, policymakers, and the general public. QUALIFICATIONS: Have, or are currently working towards, a bachelor’s degree preferably in biology, environmental science, agronomy or a related field  (Preference to those who have completed [...]

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Eco-Comedy – Make People Laugh and Win $1000 Enter the 4th Annual Eco-Comedy Video Competition Sponsored by The Sierra Club and American University Center for Environmental Filmmaking Be Funny! Be Original – Create a skit, song, animation or stand-up routine; Be Visual – Post your videos on YouTube; Be Brief – Under 3 minutes Entry [...]

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New York City resident, Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food, despite living in a tiny apartment. She and a few industrious friends, using trial and error and social networking, developed a system for an indoor window garden growing plants in discarded plastic bottles. Through their social media site, they shared their research and [...]

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Technology + E-Waste + Recycling + Indigenous People = Art + Commerce It began when the “Creative Minds Team,” made up students from Penn State Berks, with their professor Dr. Sadan Kulturel-Konak, traveled to Kenya earlier this year to visit the Children and Youth Empowerment Center in Nyeri, Kenya.  Their goal: to teach youth a [...]

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Think Before you Print from Julie Allen on Vimeo. The “Dude We Can Fix It” video campaign features Chicago sketch comedy group, Schadenfreude. It was designed to raise funds for We Can Solve it– a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore, now part of ClimateRealityProject.org. In addition to [...]

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