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Thursday, July 3, 2008

The Year in Sustainability - AASHE's Latest Digest' Available

The AASHE Bulletin is a weekly email newsletter that documents accomplishments and shares resources related to advancing sustainability in higher education. If you don't subscribe, you should. AASHE has just released the 230-page "digest" of all of its newsletter content from 2007 (PDF, free).
The Digest offers ample evidence of a broadening and deepening of campus sustainability efforts, with more institutions of all types getting involved and campuses undertaking more significant measures than ever before to improve their sustainability performance. Of particular note is the fact that over the course of 2007, 452 presidents and chancellors committed to climate neutrality by signing the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment and at least 35 other colleges and universities announced their own climate commitments and energy conservation plans

Digest stories also document the emergence of ranking and rating systems that compare campuses on sustainability criteria. There were at least 6 separate attempts to evaluate campus sustainability performance in 2007, ranging from the Sustainable Endowments Institute's College Sustainability Report Card to Grist magazine's "15 Green Colleges and Universities." AASHE entered the field as well with the release of the first draft of its Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). 

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