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An administrator pushes, on a shoestring budget, to move his university and the world toward a more sustainable equilibrium.

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Wind and wave

By G. Rendell
August 13, 2009 8:07 pm

As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the things I noticed on the way to vacation was an increased incidence of wind turbines. I had presumed that it related to the relatively constant breezes ...

The end of which year?

By G. Rendell
August 12, 2009 5:18 pm

Before I got into the higher ed sector, I had a hand in payroll processing for a fairly large corporation. With a lot of different unions. Each with its own contract, and rules, and ...

Respite and radio

By G. Rendell
August 7, 2009 12:30 pm

I went on a week's vacation earlier this summer. Went towards the water, and saw a surprising number of wind turbines along the way. Picked a location which, while not too far away, offers an ...

Follow the money

By G. Rendell
August 5, 2009 3:45 pm

I've been thinking some about structural barriers to change. You know, those aspects of how Greenback's organized, or how it behaves, or its institutional culture (including those questions all ...

The US military - a useful ally

By G. Rendell
August 2, 2009 10:49 am

According to an article in The Guardian last week, new photographic evidence of climate disruption was recently released by the Obama administration. While it doesn't contain anything truly ...

Campus athletics and sustainability

By G. Rendell
July 30, 2009 7:42 pm

AASHE has released the results of a survey of sustainability practices within top-division collegiate athletics departments. It's interesting reading. As everyone in higher ed knows, athletics ...

In the final analysis ...

By G. Rendell
July 28, 2009 9:25 pm

... it may not matter if we (humans) kill our fool selves off. According to research conducted at Arizona State, we're not the most intelligent species on the planet, after all. At least not if ...

Hosts, beneficial parasites, ratios and the like

By G. Rendell
July 27, 2009 9:17 pm

Susan Rogers at SCUP shared with me some data on the membership of that organization, and it turns out that I apparently misconstrued the organization's membership profile. More SCUP members ...

SCUP-44: Wrap-up ramblings

By G. Rendell
July 22, 2009 7:29 pm

Based on the expertise inherent in my observation of Portland over a 3-day period (and most of that confined to a convention center), I can confidently state that there are three broad groups (NB - ...

SCUP-44: Wednesday mid-day

By G. Rendell
July 22, 2009 4:53 pm

OK, the main conference sessions are over, there are some local tours going on this afternoon. A few thoughts on the last sessions and speakers. Two sessions this morning focused on techniques ...

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