Friday, January 20, 2006

[Schools] Earn a Degree to Implement Renewable Energy A new onsite graduate program from the New College of California in the Bay Area is offering an accredited Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Sustainable Enterprise. Dubbed the "Green MBA," its curriculum comprises basic business fundamentals that provide essential general business skills, courses that focus on sustainability and entrepreneurship, and a core leadership series. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com] 11:29:12 AM Google It!    [Schools] Energy Harvest Grants Fund Public Solar PV Systems Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty joined community leaders and alternative energy experts in dedicating new solar panels installed in the Media Borough public library and elementary school -- a project funded in part by the Pennsylvania Energy Harvest Grant Program. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com] 11:27:55 AM Google It!    [Schools] Two MW of Solar Destined for New Jersey Schools New The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) joined the Bayonne Board of Education and the state Board of Education in dedicating the East Coast's largest installation of electricity-saving photovoltaic (PV) roof panels. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com] 11:24:26 AM Google It!    [Schools] Back to high school Researchers spend a lot of time teaching students in universities, but how many venture into secondary schools? Thanks to the Researchers in Residence programme, more than 3,500 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in Britain have been placed in more than 2,000 secondary schools across the country since the programme began in 1995. They have worked with some 400,000 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18. [Source: Nature] 11:00:54 AM Google It!    [Schools] Dream big Being an astronaut, video-game designer or museum curator may be every child scientist's dream. Kendall Powell talks to the creative scientists who followed the fantasy. [Source: Nature] 10:59:38 AM Google It!    [Grants] Project AWARE Foundation The Project AWARE Foundation is committed to the conservation and preservation of the aquatic environment and its resources throughout the world. The Foundation will consider funding projects that focus on its priorities: coral reef conservation, shark protection, aquatic ecotourism, aquatic education (particularly for youth), and direct conservation activities in both marine and freshwater for up to $10,000. Projects which incorporate public education, grassroots involvement, and research that leads to conservation are examples of the types of projects the Foundation supports. The application deadlines are March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15, annually. 9:51:48 AM Google It!

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