Book: The Green Campus: Meeting the Challenge of Environmental Sustainability

Read this review by Scott Carlson in the Chronicle's Buildings & Grounds Blog:

"This book is about getting beyond all the lip service and horn honking to actually doing something to protect this beautiful planet that is our home," writes Walter Simpson, who is the energy officer at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a prominent advocate for sustainability. With that, the book begins a series of instructive essays from people in the trenches about the nuts and bolts of running a sustainable campus. Mixed in are some more philosophic discussions about sustainability. . . . Overall, the book is a trove of great information for any administrator trying to get on the road to sustainability. It even includes a helpful appendix with a checklist of things to do and a directory of organizations that can help."