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Bridging the Disciplinary Divide: Tackling the Challenge of Educating for Sustainability at the University of MN
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
A major challenge facing the world is sustaining people's productive and meaningful livelihoods and the natural ecosystems on which they depend. Universities have a unique capacity, and an important ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Center for Sustainable Building Research
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The Center for Sustainable Building Research's mission is to lead and support—through research, outreach, and education—the transformation of the regional built environment to provide for the ecological ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
- Research Centers & Institutes
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Master of Science in Science, Technology, & Environmental Policy
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The Master of Science in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (MS–STEP) at the Humphrey School is one of the few programs in the nation to prepare individuals with backgrounds ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master of Urban & Regional Planning
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) degree is designed to produce professionals able to think across fields of expertise to see and act upon the links among environmental ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Graduate Minor Degree in Sustainable Agricultural Systems
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The minor in Sustainable Agriculture Systems is open to students enrolled in any program within the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota. The program provides a curriculum with strong ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Sustainable Agricultural Systems
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Agricultural systems are complex and dynamic. In recent years, questions have been raised regarding the sustainability of energy and resource intensive agriculture systems. While all agriculturally oriented majors of the ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Envisioning the Carbon-Neutral Campus: Planning for Reduced Energy Consumption at St. Olaf College
- St. Olaf College (MN)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Four practices impacting campus carbon neutrality are increasingly common at Colleges and Universities in the United States: faculty and students are engaging in hands-on sustainability curriculum, facilities personnel are analyzing ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Sustainable Seafood at the University of Minnesota
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The ultimate goal of this project is to transform the process by which seafood is purchased and consumed at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Currently, no criteria concerning sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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2.3 MW Wind Turbine and Wind Energy Research Area
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
United States Department of Energy (DOE) officials, energy industry partners, wind energy researchers, political leaders, University administrators and hundreds of local school children watched the ceremonial “flip of the switch ...
- Posted May 18, 2012
- Green Power Projects
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38 kW Rooftop Array: University Office Plaza Building
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities completed installation of a 38.4 kilowatt solar array on the roof of the University Office Plaza Building (2221 University Avenue) in March 2012 ...
- Posted April 4, 2012
- Green Power Projects
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15 kW Rooftop Array: Ralph Rapson Hall
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
On the roof of Ralph Rapson Hall, three 24-panel arrays of photovoltaic solar panels provide electricity to the building. The 15 kW system was formerly on the Science Museum in ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
- Green Power Projects
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The University of Minnesota's Power Police Project: Philosophy, Psychology and Power Strips
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MN)
Power Police student volunteers help campus office workers save power - especially the "vampire" power that electronic devices draw even when they're turned off. Volunteers make simple changes to offices ...
- Posted June 30, 2010
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