Green Education
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The word “Jesuit” doesn’t usually conjure images of recycling cans and sustainability slogans. But at Saint Joseph’s, the only Jesuit University in Philadelphia, both students and faculty alike are trying to change that.
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SCA Posts “Green Your School” Contest
The Student Conservation Association, an environmental service organization for high school and college students, is sponsoring a national “Green Your School” contest for high school students. -
Green in Higher Education: Recycle
The most common “Green” program in place is recycling. When recycling was the only leg of the “being green” spectrum most institutions took it seriously. There is a national college recycling competition called Recycle Mania. Local institutions involved include: Arcadia, Drexel, St. Joes, Temple, UArts, and UPenn. -
Green in Higher Education: Transportation
As a hotel offers an airport shuttle, they not only make traveling more convenient, they decrease auto emissions but putting more people in one vehicle. Most universities also offer a shuttle or transportation around and between campuses. For those with a larger commuter population they offer many other “green” commuter benefits. -
Green in Higher Education: Energy Management
In our region there are many institutions of higher education with “Green” policies. The three institutions that seem to have the most adaptable and most rapidly implementable programs are Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, and Drexel University. Each has a Sustainability Department with some level of authority in enforcing energy policy. -
Green in Higher Education
Finding the right employer in this market is now taking the form of finding the employer who is most stable and will outlast our economic turmoil. Recent events have us looking for a stable employer over the greenest or most socially responsible one. Not too long ago that was a key factor for many job seekers.
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Get in Line to Ride on the Magic School Bus
The big yellow bus, or “The Cheese” as today’s youths call it, is a mainstay of most Americans youth. Whether you took the bus to school or not, you’ve seen them, you’ve driven behind them, and, at one time or another, you’ve peeled yourself off the hot sticky vinyl.
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Get in Line to Ride on the Magic School Bus
The big yellow bus, or “The Cheese” as today’s youths call it, is a mainstay of most Americans youth. Whether you took the bus to school or not, you’ve seen them, you’ve driven behind them, and, at one time or another, you’ve peeled yourself off the hot sticky vinyl.