Archive for July, 2008
An Hour Well Spent
Our new fiscal year at Rice began on July 1, and with it, a new reality of energy prices that have blown a multi-million dollar hole in our budget. Like many of you I’m sure, we’re now drafting a campus energy policy, we’re identifying and implementing various energy conservation measures, and we’re preparing a set [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Putting Recycling in Perspective (A Perspective on Recycling)
I spend a lot of time in the classroom. Often when I’m making my first appearance in front of a particular class, I will begin by asking the students to “grade” Rice’s sustainability efforts. After I’ve tallied the votes for the various letter grades, I will then ask for comments for why people voted [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Water Efficiency, LEED, and the Attack of the Naysayer
“This LEED stuff doesn’t work, and it will cost you more!”
One of the challenges that campus sustainability professionals face is that we are charged to create change. Our very position requires that we suspend the status quo, and convince others to do so as well. Within any organization, there will always be those who are [...]
