Applied Learning
May 8th, 2013
By Meaghan Smith
CSU Capital Planning, Design and Construction
On May 1, CSU Dominguez Hills students in Earth Sciences Professor Judy King’s Natural Resources class were recognized for their achievements in energy efficiency. The GEO 420 students collaborated with campus facilities staff and industry partners in finding ways to reduce energy use in SAC – 2, the building where they held class this semester.
Professor King’s pride in her students was obvious as she gave out the awards.
Students showed off their work in a poster summarizing a portion of the study.
The Living Lab
April 22nd, 2013
By Erik Fallis
CSU Public Affairs
The California State University is funding grants to encourage innovative thinking in the merging of academics and facilities management. The “Campus as a Living Lab” Grant Program combines the CSU’s principle of sustainability with “hands-on” applied learning designed to prepare students to excel in a modern workforce.
The awards will be broken down into individual grants of $12,000 for projects that best demonstrate:
- Development or redesign of a course that ties elements of sustainability into opportunities for learning using the campus physical plant.
- Creation of an interdisciplinary Learning Community, focused on campus sustainability and comprised of faculty, staff, students, and/or community college partners.
Participants are strongly encouraged to incorporate at least one high-impact practice into their proposal. These practices include for-credit internships, service-learning courses, undergraduate research opportunities, student learning communities and first year or capstone programs. More »
This Way for a Healthier Planet
March 28th, 2013
By Erik Fallis
CSU Public Affairs
Chico State students are thinking through the consequences of collective human actions. Much of the evidence is that our species is making poor decisions, utilizing record levels of the earth’s productive capacity while choking that productive pipeline for future generations.
A coalition of students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs and activists are striving for a better path, a healthier path. This Way to Sustainability is an enormous undertaking – a student-run conference that hosts more than 100 speakers and 1,400 participants. This conference brings together those who dare to question the decisions we make today. In so doing, they find many answers about how we might move toward a sustainable future.
Decked out in an elaborate dress of plastic bags, Health Education major Alexandria Gipson (center) quizzes and informs students with trivia about the impact of plastics in the environment. More …
Alum helps others heal war wounds through environmental activism
October 31st, 2012
CSUMB News
Former Marine works to establish Veterans’ Conservation Corps
You could say that being called to active duty following the 9/11 terrorist attacks interrupted Ben Haberthur’s education at Cal State Monterey Bay. Or you might say that his active military service refocused it.
Either way, Haberthur’s work both as a restoration ecologist and a veterans’ advocate received a major boost recently when he was recognized with a TogetherGreen Fellowship Award from Toyota and the National Audubon Society.
Haberthur, who works for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County near Chicago, will use the $10,000 grant on an effort to encourage veterans dealing with the aftermath of their war experiences to work with nature. More…
Cal State L.A.’s EcoCAR 2 Team partners with Southern California Clean Cities Coalition to Promote Clean Energy, Advanced Automotive Technologies
September 28th, 2012
Cal State L.A. News
Left to Right… Student Abraham Vargas, outreach coordinator for Cal State L.A.’s EcoCAR 2 team, Electro-Mechanical Technician Chris Reid, team leader, and student Justin Bower, electrical team co-lead
UPDATE 9/28: CSULA team to debut its EcoCAR 2 vehicle at the Alt CAR Expo Sept. 28-29
After a year of hard work in the three-year competition, Cal State L.A.’s (CSULA) EcoCAR 2 team of engineering students has received its 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, and will now get under the hood to start work converting it into a plug-in hybrid vehicle.
EcoCAR 2: Plugging into the Future, sponsored by General Motors (GM) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), challenges 15 teams of engineering students in North America to design and build advanced vehicles that demonstrate cutting-edge automotive technologies. More…
