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Recirculating aquaculture to farm fish more sustainably
UMBC’s Dept. of Marine Biotech. is taking on the challenge
Fishing Without a Net In UMBC’s Department of Marine Biotechnology, Yonathan Zohar and his colleagues are creating sustainable fish farms that may revolutionize our notions of fishing and...
February 11, 2013 · 12:42 PM
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Doha 2012: UN Climate Change Conference (COP18)
Many thousands have have traveled to the Qatari capital of Doha for the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). For a primer...
November 30, 2012 · 3:18 PM
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Rio+20 Has Officially Begun
Earlier this morning the official opening of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) occurred amid dreams, hopes and disappointment. The watering down of the language to...
June 20, 2012 · 11:41 AM
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Building and Applying the Discipline of Sustainability
A few weeks ago, AASHE Executive Director Paul Rowland and I were in the nation’s capital for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Symposium: Science, Innovation, and Partnerships for...
May 30, 2012 · 5:43 PM
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AASHE at National Sustainable Design Expo (P3 in D.C.)
AASHE will have a booth at the 8th annual National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on April 21-23. The expo is the final phase of the EPA's P3 program (People,...
March 15, 2012 · 10:02 AM
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Submit Your Ideas for Improving STARS
Building on the Vision for STARS 2.0 that the STARS Steering Committee distributed last month, AASHE would now like to encourage those with ideas for improving STARS to send them to...
March 1, 2012 · 1:26 PM
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Growth of Sustainability Research in Higher Ed
At AASHE 2011 last October, Julie Newman (Sustainability Director, Yale University) and Shana Weber (Sustainability Manager, Princeton University) hosted a workshop on “Framing a research agenda...
February 27, 2012 · 2:31 PM
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Opportunity to Shape the Vision for STARS 2.0
The article below was written by Julian Dautremont-Smith, STARS Steering Committee Chair. It describes the vision for STARS version 2.0 developed by the STARS Steering Committee. With the recent...
January 31, 2012 · 3:57 PM
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AASHE Interview Series: John Robinson, Executive...
Full Title: AASHE Interview Series: John Robinson, Executive Director, UBC Sustainability Initiative John Robinson, the Executive Director of the University of British Columbia's Sustainability...
January 24, 2012 · 4:41 PM
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New Reads for Campus Sustainability Advocates
In between cross country skiing and tasty meals, I hope to catch up on a backlog of reading. In case others are looking for some readings over the holidays I've compiled some recent publications...
December 20, 2011 · 9:30 AM
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