The Scholarly Format Appropriate For The Field

1. A brief description the research project and issue under investigation and an analysis of best practice in relation to this issue. (2.1 and 2.2).

Since the human history enter into the 20th century, people realize that the finite of industrial production, and the significance of the diversity; therefore, pursuing sustainability is one of the most significant goal for people to make efforts. However, achieving the goal is not easy, many factors have restriction on achieving sustainability, such as economics, politics, and culture. Because of so many restrictions on the achievement of sustainability, coordination is necessary. In these days, many universities try to make the sustainability happen. The university of British Columbia has been working to explore the sustainability for many years, and plan to advance the sustainability on their campus and beyond. To make the success of the environmental sustainability, they treat their campus as an interconnected system. They plan to transform the campus into a sustainable lab room because they believe that sustainable is not only a word to define but also a way to interact with the world. They want to become a social test-bed for sustainability. It required the coordination of the entire campus to meet their commitment. The transportation management, green building design, sustainable residential community and engaging students, staff, and faculties all work together to achieve their goal.

Mirroring the strategies being developed in the state of Israel, CYJ Texas has begun making strides to incorporate new conservation techniques and infrastructures that will stimulate environmental wellness, reduce our dependence on energy and water resources, and decrease overall waste production. At this time, CYJ Texas has already implemented a recycling program and recently finished the construction of our new Experiential Learning Center (ELC). This facility operates using a number of sustainable technologies; including solar panels to offset energy use, a butterfly rain-catchment roof system, and rainwater collection cisterns that provide water for the ELC’s living roof to help insulate the building.

“The Campus Beautiful” is a phrase coined to describe the plan that has been implemented to sustain Eastern’s campus, community, and classrooms. Goals set within the plan impact students learning and living atmosphere and can be greatly influenced by their decisions. The initiative lead by University President Michael Benson ensures environmental prosperity and sustainability. Eastern Kentucky University’s campus is changing, and students are witnessing their school shift in real time.

A summary of your project. Identify your topic and describe what you will be looking at in terms of the topic. Include some key terms and additional questions that will guide your research.

While part of these school’s successes in the realm of sustainability can be attributed to their location, they also take advantage of new technologies they have invested in.

Studies show that education, training, and incentives are causing university students to become more concerned with their environment and the environment of the next generation (Levy and Dilwali, 2000). Providing the opportunity to live in a sustainably built environment has become an important differentiating factor among universities around the world and is becoming increasingly important to students in terms of both how they adopt sustainable practices and their choice of a university. The majority of students and their parents are making acceptance decisions based on a university’s environmental commitment (Princeton Review, 2012). If the University of Central Arkansas would raise the facility fee, then the higher percentage rates

The drought in the western United States is a nationwide concern that directly affects every person in California. It is every person’s responsibility to use water sustainably and no college, including the University of Southern California, is an exception. Rather than lagging behind sustainable water usage, USC should be at the forefront of it. On the surface of USC’s environmental sustainability campaign, it seems as if they are making sweeping changes; however directly under the first layer of facts there are holes in their plan. If USC made small changes to both their resident hall and landscaping water use, they could not only save money but also better USC’s environmentally friendly status. Regardless of whether or not California is in a drought, USC should still strive to be a model for water sustainability because it would not only better the school’s reputation of being a green university, but it would also save money.

The University of New Hampshire has tried to change the mindsets of its students to think and act greener. Oberlin College and Northland College both built green buildings for environmental studies. Middlebury College has an almost entire administration that is dedicated to green, sustainable living. Noel created this list to show that care for the planet should be a factor in a student's college

Therefore, information in this article is still useful today. This article is also not yet 10 years old or older; it still has recent and useful information on how some universities are participating in environmental sustainability. Like how it shows that it is some universities policies that are showing more of a drive toward integrating environmental sustainability into universities “rather than that [of] state, national, or international [policies]” (Ralph and Stubbs

As planning for the new Barrett Complex had just begun, they went to the Dean and presented their idea for a sustainable residence hall at Barrett. The Dean was very receptive to the idea and formed the Sustainable Living Community to be part of the planning for the new complex (History of BSC 2013). While Construction kept getting delayed, students in the interim formed the Sustainability House at Barrett as a club to establish a series of short term and long term goals until they could have their own residential community on campus. Together, the students developed the final mission statement for the Sustainability House at Barrett:

In general terms, there are two types of people in terms of scientific competence. To appeal to each type of person, there are similarly two types of scientific writing. For the well-educated scientist, there are scholarly scientific articles which follow a specific form and give immense amounts of information about a specific study executed by other scholars. These types of articles can be used as references in other scholarly articles, and can be used as the basis for the other type of scientific writing: popular science. The majority of people who are interested in scientific study would struggle to comprehend scholarly articles and would prefer not to take the time out of their day to

Paul Campus is that the more energy we produce on campus, the faster we can work towards reaching carbon neutrality. Xcel Energy is only 34% efficient at getting heat to the UMN campus (1). That is 66% of the heat being lost during transfer (1). The more energy we produce ourselves the better off we will be as a campus and as a community. The University has decreased its energy demand from Xcel from 400 KW/h to 360 KW/h in just the last five years (1). If we continue to implement sustainable practices that conserve energy, we will meet our 2050 goal of carbon neutrality. The more energy produced on campus, the greater likelihood for the University to achieve its 2050 goal of carbon

“Germany’s energy poverty: how electricity became a luxury good” by SPIEGEL Staff is about how electricity in Germany has become more expensive than the consumer can afford. Germany expansion of wind and solar power has come with a hefty price tag for consumers and it’s negatively impacting the poor. German consumers are paying the highest electricity prices in Europe. The government is failing to get the costs of its energy policies under control, thus leading to increases in prices. After the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan two and a half years ago, Chancellor Merkel quickly decided to begin phasing out nuclear power and lead the country into the age of wind and solar (SPIEGEL Staff, 1). The Germans are now realizing that this policy is not working and it is affecting the relationship between the public and the government. In the near future, an average three person will spend about 90 euro a month for electricity that is twice as much as in 2000. Two-third of the prices increase due to new government fees. The reason why most people are very upset with the policies and the rising prices is mainly because the government pensions and social welfare payments have not been adjusted. This is making it hard for them to

The main theme of the research paper is whether Germany will continue to lead the revolution in carbon emission reduction. As the leading country in fighting climate change, there is an abundance of researches and reviews about the German Energy Transition, or “Energiewende”. In this research, Energiewende, the most ambitious energy transition program among industrial nations, will be discussed in details. The current energy usage in Germany will also be compared with that of United States and China, two of the largest energy consumers. By analyzing Germany’s success, a conclusion will be formed on whether the country can reach its goals by 2050.