Tag: Education - Page 8
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Australian School Ditches Bottled Water, While Another Becomes First Carbon Neutral School
While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst
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Parents And Teachers Demanding That Schools Dump WiFi
The tinfoil hats are out in Ontario, as teachers, parents and politicians pile on Wi-Fi.. Parents in Simcoe County, north of Toronto, are claiming that their kids are suffering from headaches,
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Madison Childrens' Museum "Focuses on Sustainability from Inside Out"
Ever since Gehry's Bilbao Guggenheim opened, the museum scene turned into a world of crazy starchitect one-upmanship, with lots of flash and not a lot of sustainability. Childrens' museums are a little less flashy and more green; the Brooklyn
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Design Students Create a Brighter Future: SRD Change 2010 Exhibition
For the past seven years now the SRD (Society for Responsible Design) have held their Change design exhibition showing the latest graduate student thinking around environmentally and socially responsible design solutions.
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As Pepsi's Refresh Challenge Rolls On, Green Causes Vie for Funding
In January, we told you about Pepsi's Refresh Everything initiative, giving away $20 million in grants to individuals, businesses and non-profits that are working for change in six categories: health,
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Johns Hopkins Launches Magazine Focused on Global Water Issues
Considering we're diving into Blue August -- our month of intensive focus on all things water related -- we're excited to see that Johns Hopkins University has also taken a keen interest in global water issues and
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Wisconsin School Cuts Crime By Changing the Menu
Whether we like it or not the food that we eat doesn't just affect our waistlines, it affects the way that we feel. If you're mindful of the way you feel after munching on a Hershey bar and a coke then you're less likely to eat junk
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Is Overpopulation a Green Myth?
We hear it all the time, and have heard it since Malthus: That overpopulation is the primary cause of the world's environmental ills. It makes sense in simple logical terms: The more people there are consuming natural resources,
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Free Barnes & Noble App Encourages Students to Use e-Books
While the Kindle and iPad head full speed into education as a market with serious profit potential for e-readers as a replacement for constantly re-printed text books, Barnes & Noble doesn't want to be left behind. The company
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"Free" Solar For Schools: Feed-In Tariff Funds Renewable Education
The Solar4Schools Initiative has already seen hundreds of UK schools fitted with PV panels producing clean, renewable energy. Now, with the launch of the Government's solar feed-in tariff scheme (FIT) we should see a massive
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Prefab Platinum Prescott Passive House Built on a Budget
Dan Rockhill's Studio 804 is such a wonderful idea for teaching architecture. He and his team design, build and then sell a house every year in challenged parts of Kansas City, and each is an innovative mix of design and technology. This year, with the
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National Soda Tax Would Make Americans 4% Less Fat
The USDA has recently been delving into the potential benefits of enacting a tax on sugary beverages like sodas and fruit juices. Clearly, there's plenty to debate about such a tax -- whether it would raise soda prices enough to
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Kids Cycle To School and Parents Risk Being Reported to Social Services
Almost a year ago we asked the question, When Should Tykes Be On Bikes?. Now in the UK the question is being asked, When Should Kids be Allowed to Ride to School -- Alone?
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A $50,000 Portable Recycled House, DIY Solar Electric Car and Instant-On Induction Lighting: Renew Magazine
The Alternative Technology Association has been enlightening readers with Renew magazine on technology for a sustainable future now for 30 years, albeit with a name change from Soft Technology magazine back in
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Marine Debris is Turkey's Problem, and Everyone Else's
There's a conference for everything, including marine debris. The 5th Annual International Marine Debris Conference is planned for March 20-25 in Honolulu, Hawaii. That's one to put on the calendar. And to get ready for it, the National
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Let the Crowds Determine Green Ratings
The wisdom of crowds is urgently needed in assessing the greenness of products and companies. Today, if you want to validate the social and environmental quality of a product or company, you have a plethora of
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Bring Back Home Ec (and Shop Class)
Girls and boys should be taught the basic principles they
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Time to Stop Waiting For Others to Teach Our Kids Eco Literacy
It seems not a day goes by when you hear about school budgets being radically cut, or even closed, and as a result the educational future of our next generation in uncertainty, lacking in depth & breadth. Theater, music, even the always preserved
