2012 News

Partnerships Power a Clean Energy Future

(2/7) Commercializing clean, sustainable home-grown energy is one of America’s most pressing challenges. The Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment has jump-started promising research by building collaborations with an eye toward bringing the best ideas to market. Read more

Mindy Lubber to speak March 1 on incorporating water sustainability into business practices

(2/2) Mindy Lubber, an international leader in efforts to advance environmentally sustainable business practices, will deliver a free lecture, “Investing in Sustainability: Building Water Stewardship Into the Bottom Line,” March 1, 7 p.m. in St. Paul. The lecture, sponsored by the Freshwater Society and the University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences, will include a panel discussion with Tim Smith, director of the NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise at the Institute on the Environment. Read more

NorthStar Initiative launches free corporate sustainability webinar series

(2/2) The NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment is launching a free quarterly webinar series aimed at identifying new challenges and opportunities for advancing corporate sustainability through research. The first webinar, “Procurement in Sustainability: From Buying Green Products to Creating Green Solutions,” will be held Tues., Feb. 21, 1–2 p.m. CST. Read more

Stories From a Changing Planet: 2nd Annual Sustainability Film Series Starts Feb. 2

(2/2) Beginning Feb. 2, the University’s Bell Museum of Natural History and Institute on the Environment are inviting visitors to explore sustainability issues through the powerful medium of film. From China to Brazil and Europe to Appalachia, this year's four-part Sustainability Film Series takes a global look at the impacts of large-scale human activities on four landscapes and the people that inhabit them. Read more

U.S. and India student teams compete to launch environmental social ventures

(1/31) – Twelve international teams of student entrepreneurs mentored by Acara, a program of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, will present business plans for initiatives that address global societal challenges at the Acara Fall 2011 Challenge Finals Feb. 2 and 3 in St. Paul and India. The St. Paul event is open to the public, and presentations will be webcast live around the world. Read more

Momentum looks at what it would take to solve Earth's biggest challenges

(1/31) What would it take to solve Earth’s grand environmental and sustainability challenges? For our first-ever special issue, Momentum magazine invited more than two dozen experts from around the world to give us their take on how we might craft solutions to some of our planet’s biggest problems. Check out M. Sanjayan’s suggestions for stemming the loss of biodiversity, Peggy Liu’s perspectives on supplying global energy needs with renewables, Alex Steffen's vision for sustainable cities and lots more. View the magazine

Earthducation Expedition 3 explores ecology and education down under

(1/31) Earthducation Expedition 3, the third in a series of seven-continent explorations investigating the intersection between education and sustainability, begins Feb. 27 in Australia. Led by IonE resident fellow Aaron Doering and colleague Charles Miller, faculty in the College of Education and Human Development, the team will discover how education and sustainability intersect on the driest inhabited continent on Earth. Read more

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