Monday, December 12, 2005

[Schools] Extreme Environmental Makeover: Maize and blue and green On the University of Michigan campus, one venerable building is beginning its second century decked out in a trendy new color. Green. Sunflower seed hull cabinets, bamboo floors, solar panels and composting toilets are among the green -- meaning environmentally friendly and energy-efficient -- components of the recently renovated Dana Building, home to the School of Natural Resources and Environment. [Source: Detroit Free Press] 12:50:22 PM Google It!    [Schools] St. Louis University joins the 'green' building trend Builders of St. Louis University's future research building near the corner of Grand Boulevard and Chouteau Avenue have embraced concepts that may seem foreign to such a large-scale, urban construction project. Dusty parking lots will be replaced by lawn and tree-lined walkways. A vegetative roof will cover a two-story section of the building to reduce storm runoff. During construction, everything that can be recycled is being separated and placed in special bins for cardboard, wood - even gray plastic conduit. [Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch] 12:47:52 PM Google It!    [Schools] High school students collaborate on solar energy project Foran (CT) High School students are researching a prototype solar energy collector, a technology whose future looks bright given soaring oil and gas prices. [Source: Connecticut Post] 12:45:35 PM Google It!    [Grants] HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative HP has launched its 2006 HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative, which will award grants totaling $8 million in cash and equipment to K-12 public schools and two- and four-year universities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. This grant initiative is designed to support K-16 educators who are using mobile technology in innovative ways, and to help identify K-12 schools and higher education institutions that HP might support with future grants. Based on the outcomes of the projects funded through this initiative in 2006, HP may offer grant recipients the opportunity to receive higher-value grants in 2007. Web-based applications are due by 5 p.m. PST, Wednesday, February 15, 2006. 12:31:45 PM Google It!    [Grants] Young People Around the World Invited to Apply for Volvo Adventure Youth Environmental Award Deadline: January 31, 2006 The Volvo Adventure International competition is an environmental award that rewards environmental action taken by young people. The program is intended to give young people the chance to gain international recognition for their local environmental projects and to help support environmental education in schools and the local community. Volvo Adventure is supported by the United Nations Environment Program (http://www.unep.org/). The program is open to young people around the world between 10 and 16 years of age who working with schools and youth and community groups. Groups of young people who enter a project to Volvo Adventure are eligible to win an all expenses-paid trip to attend the Volvo Adventure Conference in Sweden, where they will present their project and practical action to a jury of international experts. Groups selected by the jury will be awarded prizes of $10,000, $6,000, or $4,000 to fund their projects. Groups must be made up of between two and five young people and be represented by an adult. Projects previously entered for the award can be resubmitted provided they show significant and demonstrable progress. Projects will only be accepted by groups registered on the program's Web site. 12:26:29 PM Google It!

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