College of Energy, Environment & Sustainability

The College of Energy, Environment & Sustainability is an online college that provides interdisciplinary courses in sustainability and green tech. The college aspires to educate, train and recruit students and working professionals so we can create jobs, find innovative ways to alleviate growing global demand for energy, and do something about climate change, which is becoming the greatest threat to every nations’ national security. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-39453480-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();

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A Real-Time Bike-Share Map for the Entire World | The Atlantic Cities

If you use a bike-share system, you likely rely on an app that gives you a real-time distribution of the bikes and empty docks in your area. Oliver O’Brien, a researcher with the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at the University College London, has built a map that does this same thing, simultaneously, for bike-shares all over the world.

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Think that fish farming is not sustainable or eco-friendly? Think again! Introducing the Tilapia fish: cheap, healthy, and humanity’s best hope of having lots of tasty fish. cees-edu.org

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The Palouse Wind project in Eastern Washington at sunset a few months ago.

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CEES PROFESSOR DISCUSSES SUMMER 2013 YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS BOOT CAMP

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US Solar Energy Jobs on the Rise!

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During the summer, heat can be oppressive in cities. But a new type of piping can alleviate the sweltering temperatures in urban areas replete with asphalt roads. Hot asphalt can warm pipes with running water a few centimeters under the road. This asphalt then cools, prolonging the road's lifespan, and heats water to be used as is or to generate electricity. Read more: http://ow.ly/k9TSJ Image: The Atlantic Cities

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A bikini ... covered in solar panels ... that can generate power to charge your gadgets. Yep. It exists. Now you can get some vitamin D and some free renewable energy the next time you visit the beach. Now when are they gonna make bathing shorts for the guys? Learn more: http://ow.ly/k9RjR

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The GAO has estimated that 25,000 school buildings are in need of extensive repair or replacement and that thousands of these schools are circulating air unsafe to breathe. The solution? Greener schools. The National Building Museum has an exhibit on green schools through January 14. Click here to learn more:http://ow.ly/k9Ibr Image: Green School exhibit in front of National Building Museum

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And here's the world's first algae-powered building.

Read more: http://ow.ly/k9EIw 

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threshold:

Buzz Aldrin would like a word with you.

And being the badass he is, I think he deserves an answer. All of us do.

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Scientists in the Netherlands have designed a windmill without rotating blades. EWICON, an acronym for electrostatic wind energy converter, uses particle movement to generate energy. Wind moves electrically charged water droplets across a bipolar field in the steel structure, which creates a current that can be transmitted to a grid. Read more: http://ow.ly/k9v4s

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Kansas wants to outlaw sustainability. From House Bill 2366: "No public funds may be used, either directly or indirectly, to promote, support, mandate, require, order, incentivize, advocate, plan for, participate in or implement sustainable development." Dorothy is not pleased. She knows that deadly tornadoes are caused by climate change, which can be reduced through sustainability. Read more: http://ow.ly/jWcXn

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We live-tweeted the Ernest Moniz nomination hearing. One of our staff decided to hastily superimpose Moniz's hair on Obama for our Twitter followers. It's terrifying, but totally appropriate for the strange world of Tumblr.

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Sweat-drenched runners in the Paris Marathon helped generate electricity this year. Pavegen Systems placed 25 meters of energy-harvesting tiles along the course. The tiles flex 5mm when stepped on, converting up to 8 watts of kinetic energy over the duration of the footstep or 8 joules. Find out more: http://ow.ly/jR8tn

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You can pretty much deep-fry anything. But the grease from deep frying has become a problem in the London sewers; the city spends nearly £1 million cleaning the sewers each month because they're clogged with cooking oils. Now a utility company has proposed a plan to power 40,000 homes using this greasy waste at a fat-fueled power station. Learn more: http://ow.ly/jR5Dr

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Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the UK, has died at the age of 87. She once asked Indira Gandhi, the first female prime minister of India, "how do you do it?" "Very early on, we struck up a close rapport, for we both felt the loneliness of high office and it was good to be able to talk to someone who understood," Thatcher said during a 1995 visit to India. Read more: http://ow.ly/jR3FL

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In a severe budgetary rough patch, American public schools are looking to solar power to save money. In Georgia, the Dublin City School District is expected to save $3.5 million over the next 25 years because of a new solar array. Mage Solar is supplying the materials. Image: Proposed Solar Array for a New Jersey Public School Read more: http://ow.ly/jI7EG