"UCSB student Chrissy Elles has been named the recipient of the Campus Progress award for Best Student Organizing of an Event.
Ellis, who is from Napa, spent her time last spring organizing an Alternative Spring Break that brought students from across California to learn and become active about climate change."
http://www.santaynezvalleyjournal.com/archive/6/28/2338/
Nolan Allen
Issue date: 3/13/08
"A bright, happy sun washes down on anti-death penalty picketers in Austin, Texas, while a soft breeze flows through anti-war Iraq Action Camp. A combination of the sun and wind shines on and blows through the students at the University of Southern California fighting to combat climate change."
http://media.www.thenichollsworth.com/media/storage/paper262/news/2008/03/13/Lagniappe/Alternative.Spring.Break.Party.Later.Save.The.World.Now-3267850.shtml
UCSB Students Host National Conference on Global Warming
Sunday, March 23, 2008
"While most of Isla Vista will resemble a ghost town during UCSB’s spring break next week, a dedicated group of students and environmental organizations will be sticking around for the first Global Warming Alternative Spring Break. Beginning Monday, March 24, the week long conference will include training sessions, workshops, and talks centered on the goal of solving the planet’s climate crisis."
http://www.independent.com/news/2008/mar/23/alternative-spring-break/
For the project to be feasible, the plant would have to be too big and too expensive to be constructed on campus, said Physical Plant Director Phil Gatton. The announcement came as the university released a "fatal flaws" study that was performed to determine whether the university should further pursue the project."
4/24/08 The Daily Egyptian “Last week, students voted overwhelming in support of the $10-per-semester student "green" fee to be used for on campus renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainability projects and research. It's now obvious that students at SIUC are ready to step up and do their part to chill out global warming, battle resource plundering and put an end to injustice by getting serious about conservation, efficiency and renewable energy - in other words sustainability.”
Students looking to narrow their college choices will soon have something new to consider alongside academics and campus life: A “Green Rating” makes its debut this summer in several of The Princeton Review’s popular college guides. Six-hundred college profiles will include a score reflecting factors such as building and transportation policies, food sources, recycling, and availability of environmental courses....For the full article, see:
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/07/08/now-%E2%80%98green%E2%80%99-report-cards-for-us-colleges/
With more than 200 students allowing volunteer valets to watch over their bicycles in a sequestered section of the quad’s grassy lawn, organizers called SF State’s second Take Your Bicycle to School Day a success. One lucky student won a new bicycle by promising to give up driving a car for a year.
The day’s participation virtually doubled last year’s, said Matt Bissell, an environmental studies senior volunteering his time for the event. SF State’s first Take Your Bicycle to School Day last October saw some 130 students bring their bicycles to the quad, according to ECO Students, the campus group of environmentally conscious students and the event’s organizer.
