Sustainability at Reed
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Reed News & Events
Sustainability Beyond Reed through Career Services
Reed students have the opportunity to complement their academic studies with a summer internship in the public or non-profit sectors, or design grassroots projects that they will implement during the summer of 2010. Read more.
Call for Grant Proposals for Student Body-President On-Campus Sustainability Projects
Students,
staff and faculty are encouraged to submit proposals that focus on
reducing an aspect of Reed’s environmental impact on the environment. Read more. Deadline extended until October 16, 2009.
New Reedies enlightened with efficient CFLs
Reed Environmental Health and Safety member Chris Cahill passed out compact flourescent lightbulbs (CFLs) to new Reedies during Orientation 2009
Campus Carbon Footprint
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) has begun calculating the campus carbon footprint using the Clean
Air-Cool Planet tool. Check back for updates!
General News
Here's a great blog on Sustainable Campus Practices from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
Podcasts
Here's podcasts from the Ecological Society of America (ESA), who produce three different podcasts, each focused on a different area on ecology.
Additional podcasts
University of Pennsylvania: Penn confronts the Local and Global Challenge
Carnegie Mellon: China's approach to Environmental Sustainability
Stanford University: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals
NJIT: Sustinability at NJIT
Open University: The five principles of sustainability