What's in the News?
Thanks to The New York Times and USA Today, there will be select articles from these papers and other sources on the Common Theme focal topics.
If you have an article for us, please send the link to Kanika Warren, at comtheme@iupui.edu.
Nov. 2009, "IUPUI's Sustainability Grade a C-," The College Sustainability Report
Students, faculty and staff can help IUPUI become more sustainable, enter the Common Green Contest
October 26, 2009: "Home Remedy: Household Changes Can Put a Major Dent in Carbon Emissions," Conservation Magazine
October 21, 2009: "Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None," New York Times, Leslie Kaufman
September 15, 2009: Have a nice day," New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman
September 3, 2009: "One Man's Trash...: Turning the Castoffs of a Throwaway Society into Low Cost Housing," New York Times, Kate Murphy
August 13, 2009: "The Sustainable Campus," Campus Technology, Bridget McCrea
August 12, 2009: Green Degrees in Bloom Newsweek, Sarah Kliff
Check out this slideshow of the top 10 green campuses in the U.S., from treehugger.com
August 22, 2009: "In Brazil, Paying Farmers to Let the Trees Stand," New York Times, Elisabeth Rosenthal
August 20, 2009: "Toyota, Hybrid Innovator, Holds Back in Race to Go Electric," New York Times, Hiroko Tabuchi
August 10, 2009: G.D.P. R.I.P., New York Times, A15, Eric Zencey
August 3, 2009: "College Students Are Flocking to Sustainability Degrees", Careers, USA Today, Jillian Berman
Check out Tom Zeller's blog: "Green Inc.: Energy, Environment and the Bottom Line," New York Times. See articles and videos on green homes and other reports on energy efficiency.
July 30, 2009: "White Roofs Catch On as Energy Cutters," New York Times, Felicity Barringer
July 18, 2009: "A New Enforcer in Buildings, The Energy Inspector," New York Times, Clifford Krauss:
July 10, 2009: "Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities," New York Times, Elisabeth Rosenthal
May 29, 2009: "Green Promise Seen in Switching to LED Lighting," By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Felicity Barringer, New York Times
May 23, 2009: "Bill McKibben's Movement," By Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
May 13, 2009: "For Urban Gardens, Lead Is a Concern," By Kate Murphy. IUPUI's Gabe Filippelli, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, is quoted in this article.
April 15, 2009: "Third-World Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight," By Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York Times
March 19, 2009: "Obamas to Plant Vegetable Garden at White House," By Marian Burros, New York Times
March 26, 2008: "Millions of Jobs of A Different Collar," Steven Greenhouse, New York Times
Win some green by helping IUPUI go green!
The deadline for the fall Common Green Contest is quickly approaching.
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Since happiness has increased with income in the past, we assumed it would do so in the future. However, it is a fallacy. McKibben’s aim in Deep Economy is relatively modest. It is to change minds, to present a new mental model of the possible. He suggests more progress toward local economies. His analysis of localization for food, radio, and energy, can be applied to almost any commodity. If we start thinking a little differently we can do the same for our democracy.
Bill McKibben, "Pursuing Prosperity and Local Sustainability"
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