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K-12 and Higher Education Podcasts:
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Higher Education Green Schools: The University of Florida (Dec. 5, 2011) – Ever wonder what makes a “green” campus? What actions do colleges and universities around the nation make to strive toward sustainability? And what steps are they taking to ensure their buildings are helping too? In this podcast, we take a look at the University of Florida as an exemplary green campus. Discussions with some of UF’s biggest players in their sustainability efforts give us a look into UF’s history as a green campus, what they’re doing to lessen their impact on the environment today, and what they’ve got in store for the future.
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The Journey to a Green Campus – Part 1 (Aug. 10, 2010) – In this multi-part podcast series, you'll hear from Heather Hendrickson, Director of the Office for Sustainability at Harvard University, and Jim Cowell, Associate Vice President for Facilities at Harvard University, and Jim Cowell, Associate Vice President for Facilities at the California Institute of Technology, as they share their experiences and lessons learned while greening their campuses. In this episode, Heather and Jim talk about the first step of setting goals for sustainability.
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The Journey to a Green Campus – Part 2 (Aug. 16, 2010) – In the second installment of our Journey to a Green Campus, Heather Hendrickson of Harvard University talks about the challenges and opportunities for getting buy-in from stakeholders.
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The Journey to a Green Campus – Part 3 (Aug. 22, 2010) – The third episode of our Journey to a Green Campus series feature's CalTech's Jim Cowell as he talks about the renovation of a number of buildings on CalTech's campus - including the Robinson Laboratory which dates from the 1930s - and how he envisions eventually having every building on campus LEED certified.
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The Journey to a Green Campus – Part 4 (Sept. 01, 2010) – In the fourth installment of our Journey to a Green Campus series, we'll hear how both Cal-Tech and Harvard share information about their projects in order to allow other schools to learn the necessary information to green their own campus.
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The Journey to a Green Campus – Part 5 (Sept. 10, 2010) – In the 5th and final session of our Journey to a Green Campus series, we wrap up with a discussion with Jim Cowell of Cal-Tech, as he shares his experience with getting financing for sustainability projects.
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The Chartwell School (July 26, 2010) – Watch as members of the Chartwell School's project team share their experience in working on the LEED Platinum Certified project.
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ASU Biodesign Institute April 16, 2010) – Watch as members of the ASU Biodesign Institue project team discuss how they incorporated LEED into the design of their buildings, leading to Gold Certification for Building A and Platinum Certification for Building B. Also highlighted is the ability for students and faculty to track building energy use through ASU's Campus Metabolism program.