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August 31st, 2010 - 12:25 AM § in Campus, Coal, Renewable Energy, Solutions

Dirty Energy Dooms Midwest’s Schools in Sustainability Rankings

According to the results of Sierra Club’s latest “Cool Schools” rankings, Midwestern institutions of higher education lag far behind Western and Northeastern schools in the pursuit of sustainability.

The region stretching from North Dakota down to Kansas and across to Ohio has just one representative in the top 22 most sustainable campuses: Wisconsin’s Northland College, at number seven. Out of all 162 schools in the rankings, 34 are in the Midwest. Out of the list’s top 50 schools, just six come from the Midwest.

The Midwest still surpasses the sordid South, which has 24 schools on the list. The West has 46, and the Northeast leads the way with 58.

The Midwest’s fatal flaw is its addiction to dirty energy.  read more

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August 22nd, 2010 - 11:45 PM § in Campus, Climate Justice, Coal

Beyond Coal @ Ohio University, Athens

Hello friends and collaborators, Thanks to Erika, Gabe, Nora, Phoebe, Justin and everyone else who has been working on this website and other OSEC evolution stuff. OU Beyond Coal is going to rock the house this year. We will have our own website soon, where all our updates will be posted. For starte[...]


August 16th, 2010 - 5:56 AM § in Breaking News, Climate Justice, OSEC, Power Shift, Power Vote, Solutions

Interactive OSEC Time Line

Want to learn more about OSEC history? Maybe check out a couple photos or a video of past highlights? Like Power Shift, OASES, a steering committee retreat or the recent Power Vote electoral training? Well now you can: Tweet This Post[...]


August 16th, 2010 - 3:29 AM § in Climate Justice, Energy Efficiency, OSEC, Power Vote, Solutions

Cleveland Summer Project — A Huge Success

The summer project (aka The Urban Defense Project) was totally rockin’, if I do say so myself! As some of you may remember, during spring semester Tim Krueger (the OSEC coordinator at the time) and some members of the steering committee decided we wanted to have a summer internship program.  [...]


August 16th, 2010 - 1:34 AM § in Breaking News, Commentary, OSEC

Welcome to the OSEC blog!

That’s right people, the Ohio Student Environmental Coalition now has a blog.  Welcome!  What is it for, you might ask?  Well, I’ll tell you: I imagine that the blog will be used for a number of things.  For one, it’s a great place for campus and community organizers to post up[...]