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Students from 720 campuses rally for energy, climate change
2013-10-25 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Students from more than 720 campuses and communities attended Power Shift 2013 last weekend in order to discuss climate, energy and environmental justice issues. Power Shift, hosted by Energy Action Coalition, is a biannual convergence of young activists that seeks to help further the movement to end fracking (the process of fracturing rock layers very deep within the earth in order to extract natural gas or oil), create a clean energy future and divest for fossil fuels. For the first time, Power...
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Thousands of College Students Call for Just & Sustainable Food Economy
2013-10-24 16:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Students at 350 of the nation`s college campuses are taking an active part in today`s Food Day observance--and have helped enact better food buying practices at their schools as a result. Nearly 140,000 students in 46 states are participating in more than 450 campus-based Food Day events, which include lectures, documentary screenings and petition drives. Some of these events will make for lasting change: several universities are unveiling new university food purchasing policies as a result of...
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EPA Announces Funding for Students' Innovative Green Technologies
2013-10-24 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
U.S. EPA announced 2013 recipients of its People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Phase I grants. In total, 40 teams of graduate and undergraduate students from across USA will receive $15,000 grant for research proposals that develop solutions to real-world environmental challenges. P3 Phase I teams in 2013 come from 34 universities in 26 states, and their projects cover range of environmental and health topics. Each team will use award to develop their projects throughout academic year. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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Winners of National Manufacturing Day are Students
2013-10-23 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As part of their 2013 National Manufacturing Day event activities, rotary broach manufacturer Polygon Solutions Inc. had a plant tour, tested a new product, and sponsored a Design and Engineering Contest. Each of the students present from Lee Virtual School was eligible for the contest. The winners will receive Best Buy gift cards and have been announced on the company’s website.<br /> <br /> Polygon has sponsored a plant tour for two consecutive years in conjunction with the official ...
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Former Vice President Al Gore urges students to make climate change their cause
2013-10-22 05:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Breeze: Declaring climate change to be the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced, former Vice President Al Gore on Monday exhorted nearly 1,000 high school students to make a generational commitment to save the planet. There is no challenge more important and we need your help, Gore said. While the speech was live, it was shown via a computer that projected the man who has made global warming a personal crusade tinged with an almost religious fervor onto a giant screen at the Warner Grand...
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