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Stanford and Beyond

Legal Planet

In May, Stanford grabbed headlines by announcing a billion dollar gift to launch a new School of Sustainability. There hasn’t been much written about the details of Stanford’s effort, or about what other schools are doing along similar lines. school of sustainability in 2006. Columbia has established a new Climate School.

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Drexel Helps Set Climate Resilience Research Agenda for Philadelphia

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Climate Resilience Research Agenda is convened by academic researchers from Drexel and the Academy of Natural Sciences as well as those with relevant community-based, sectoral or policy-related experience from the City of Philadelphia, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and the Consortium for Climate Risks in the Urban Northeast.

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3 Pennsylvania Schools Achieve Green Ribbon Schools Recognition From U.S. Dept. of Education

PA Environment Daily

Three Pennsylvania schools were recognized for their environmental sustainability initiatives by the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Program. Hillendale Elementary School Hillendale Elementary School is a bustling kindergarten through fifth grade school.

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The benefits of making physics a more accessible discipline

Physics World

As I sat in the undergraduate labs on level 5 of the Blackett Laboratory at Imperial College London, my task was to make an accurate measurement of the gravitational constant. When I was studying for my physics undergraduate degree at Imperial, I had to find the right academic assistant to help me with my studies. The right support.

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Meet Maia Bellon: Maia Bellon: The Fearless Lawyer and TNC Trustee Who is a Bridge Between Worlds

Washington Nature

It was tough growing up mixed white and Native: I got grief for not being of one particular race, while there was racism embedded in the school system," Maia said, recalling how the bus that took her and her brother to high school in the 1980s was divided between white children, who sat up front, and Native children, who sat in the back. "My

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Allegheny College To Host Fifth World Symposium on Sustainable Development At Universities June 16-17

PA Environment Daily

Allegheny College in Crawford County will host the Fifth World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2022), June 16–17, 2022. Allegheny College's Associate Professor Beth Choate, Ph.D. chair of the Environmental Science and Sustainability department , and Professor Eric Pallant, Ph.D.

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Register Now! Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available

PA Environment Daily

This encompasses educators in both formal classroom settings and informal environments such as nature centers, parks, camps and after-school programs. In the afternoon, Sherri “Sam” Mason, director of sustainability at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, will deliver the capnote presentation, titled “The Plastic Paradox.”

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