Once upon a time, I used to buy 24 packs of bottled water from Costco before I learned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the exponential growth of landfills around the world. I too mistakenly threw away CFL bulbs in the garbage before understanding the health and environmental implications of the released mercury. I am beginning [...]

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These two inspiring videos track the work of a group of students in Colorado State University’s Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA Program, which seeks to provide sustainable enterprise solutions to create a better world.   Colorado State University’s Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise Tweet

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Harpy Eagles return signals success for Belize’s bird conservation Fauna & Flora International – Georgina Kenyon Scientists recently discovered a Harpy Eagle nest in the Bladen Nature Reserve, located in the southern Maya Mountains of Belize in central America. The eagles were thought previously to be extinct in the country. More trees than there were [...]

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Guest Post by David Schejbal, dean of continuing education, outreach and e-learning at the University of Wisconsin-Extension and member of the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors. We have spent a lot of time debating the number of green jobs likely to be created in the future. What will they be? By when? How many? [...]

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Helping the Environment, Healing a Region, Congo University New York Times – Carol Mann KISANGANI, CONGO — In the city once known as Stanleyville, the theater of some of the bloodiest African wars in recent times, educators are hoping that a new university initiative will help heal the country as it struggles to attain peace [...]

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