SUSTAINABILITY at Scottsdale CC

Climate Conference in Copenhagen starts today

2009-12-07T13:31:00.002-07:00

Today 1200 delegates from 192 countries are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss not only the world’s future climate policies, but also how much money will be involved to invest in new technologies for the reduction of the human impact on climate change. "Time is up" says Connie Hedegard, Minister for the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen 2009 in her latest blog post. "We can choose to go down the road towards green prosperity and a more sustainable future. Or we can choose a pathway to stalemate and do nothing about climate change leaving an enormous bill for our kids and grand-kids to pay."
We here in Arizona can do our part to help reduce our effect on climate change by making sure we act wisely with the resources available to us. We have established a website at Scottsdale Community College where you can find out how to do that. Got to www.scottsdalecc.edu/green

MCCCD Sustainability Meeting

2009-12-03T23:12:00.004-07:00

Today a group of people from 7 of the 10 Maricopa County Community Colleges (Estrella Mountain, Gateway, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Phoenix, Rio Salado and Scottsdale) that are leaders in their colleges sustainability efforts gathered, to discuss what issues each of the colleges are facing as well as solution ideas to solve those problems. Some of the issues mentioned were lack of support from either Facilities departments or administration, as well as funding and staffing for sustainability programs. The group met at the Green Restaurant, an all vegan restaurant. The meeting will take place again in January most likely at a conference room at Rio Salado College, and from there on will be held on a monthly basis.

Climate Confernence in Copenhagen

2009-12-02T10:56:00.002-07:00

This upcoming Monday December 7th, the United Nations will gather in Copenhagen to discuss the future efforts of the world for Climate Change. Since the United States and other leading industrialized countries such as Germany have indicated that it will be hard to come to any consensus with nations such like India and China, this summit looks like it will not have the renewal effect for the Kyoto Protocol that it originally hoped to replace. Instead political leaders say, that although this will be an important gathering and many tasks will be discussed and brought on the way, that there will be another summit/conference required to make more serious commitments.

WELCOME TO GREEN SCC

2009-12-02T10:13:00.000-07:00

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