Today is Blog Action Day and the focus this year is climate change. Since my main focus is colleges and universities, I wanted to highlight an organization that is working to bring green habits and education to our campuses
The Alliance to Save Energy, headquartered in Washington DC has a “Green Campus” program. Here’s their website http://www.ase.org/content/article/detail/3037
“Our nation’s institutions of higher education spend a significant portion of their annual operating budgets on utility services, diverting funds from valuable programmatic and community-building activities. The Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program is leading the way towards campus sustainability by bridging the divide between students and institutional energy costs. Through Green Campus, students are working to save energy on campuses by building general campus awareness, incorporating energy conservation and efficiency into course curricula, and implementing projects targeting energy use, student purchasing decisions, and operational changes.”
