Discover(ing) Sustainability

It’s incredible how sustainability in higher education has exploded in the last few years. Just look at the membership list of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) – and the job listings they post in their weekly bulletin – to see what I mean. And in the last few weeks alone, I’ve been asked by current [...]

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Submitted on behalf of Jody Record, editor of UNH’s Campus Journal. By Jody Record, Media Relations June 25, 2008 I finally did it. I left my car home and rode the bus to work. I’d been talking about it even before gas prices tripped over the $4 mark. I wanted to reduce my carbon foot print. Help [...]

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I’m one of those plant junkies. If you see me swerving down the road it’s not likely that I’ve spiked my morning coffee but rather that I just saw something green and blooming and had to stop for a closer look. Perhaps there was a sale at the garden center or the lilacs were in [...]

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Wind, waves, sun, earth … not copy from a vacation brochure, but alternative sources of energy. Tomorrow and Saturday, about 50 researchers, policymakers and industry experts from UNH and beyond (including our own chief sustainability officer Tom Kelly) will share the latest advances in alternative energy at UNH’s first-ever Energy Conference. It’s free, it’s open [...]

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UNH is one of a select group of signatories to the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) whose innovative climate and energy leadership is highlighted in the organization’s 2007 Annual Report and Campus Success Stories Summary. To download the entire annual report (PDF), click here. To download the entire success stories summary (PDF), click here. As UNH President [...]

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I’m breathing a deep sigh of relief as we receive our second day of a nice soaking rain.   Previous to this much-needed precipitation, my boys and the dog would run through the yard after a soccer ball and I could see the topsoil being kicked up and blown away.  I tried to water the [...]

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Today is World Environment Day, and to celebrate the United Nations Environment Program has announced the release of a new guide to climate neutrality. “Kick the C02 Habit” is aimed at everyone from the individual citizen though national governments, and is great general introduction to the issues surrounding climate change. It’s full of excellent graphics. Some of my favorites are [...]

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I don’t know what I’m more excited about:  a new research effort launching on UNH’s organic dairy research farm to study the farm as a sustainable closed agroecosystem, or the fact that organizations are finally seeing the value in funding cutting edge research like this that blurs the lines among disciplines! Yes, I’m that nerdy.  I get [...]

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Early June is the slack season in academia … graduation is behind, but the full crush of summer school and activities is yet to come. But living and learning sustainably has no down-time, as evidenced by a quick scan of some UNH and sustainability-related media coverage from the past week or so. First, pull up [...]

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