In the News
11/5 - The New York Times reports that no legally binding Climate Change Treaty will be reached at the Copenhagen Conference in December.
11/5 - The Daily Northwestern covers a host of Green Initiatives, from Campus to Copenhagen.
10/9 - A morning panel on Energy and Sustainability lead up to the Inauguration of Morton O. Schapiro as the 16th President of Northwestern University later in the day. Thomas Friedman, author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded and Mark Ratner, co-director of the Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN) - One Book's host-department this year at NU - were among those on the distinguised panel. Hear an archive of the discussion here. The 10/12 edition of the Daily Northwestern also covered the event.
10/7 - Northwestern scored higher on its 2010 College Sustainability Report Card - largely on the back of improvements in its Food Recycling and Green Building - but still has a long way to go. Make sure to check out NU's survey data to see what goes into the rankings and learn about Northwestern's Sustainability efforts on campus.
10/6 - The Washington Post reports that President Obama has signed an Executive Order requiring for the first time ever that federal agencies measure their GHG emissions and set and achieve reduction goals by 2020.
9/25 - According to the Washington Post, "...Climate change is happening faster and on a broader scale than the world's scientists projected in 2007, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Program."
9/25 - The Daily Northwestern reports on the possibility of a way to green NU's campus...
Science In Society
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NATURE'S BLUEPRINT FOR GOING GREEN 9/11 - Looking at photosynthesis to design the basis for new and innovative solar cells. |
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OUR SOLAR FUTURE 9/11 - How are researchers working to make solar energy less expensive and more widespread? |
Other News
The Daily Northwestern.com reports on author Thomas L. Friedman's visit to campus in October for President Schapiro's Inauguration. ISEN is hosting the One Book One Northwestern program next year, using Friedman's book Hot, Flat, and Crowded. See the Events page for more detail.
Even President Obama is reading Hot, Flat, and Crowded! Read the news on Slate.com.
Read the latest Energy and Sustainability-related Op-Ed column by Thomas Friedman for the NY Times.