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Join or refer a college today and take advantage of free resources.  

User Testimonial 

"The SEED Summit for the Green Genome Award was truly an outstanding program. The panels were well matched with the audience and provided a wealth of information that addressed the growing green economy and its related training needs."

Read more on the Summit

 

Linda A. Petee

Sustainability & Risk Mgmt Coordinator

Delta College (MI)
Featured Resource

Renewable Energy Maps, GIS Data, & Analysis Tools

 

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

 

These dynamic tools and resources provide educators the opportunity to review and teach on the technical potential of renewable energy for the US in a variety of digital formats.
Read more.
Featured Curricular Materials

Don't Miss, Announcements  

 

Responding to Economic Crisis: What can community colleges do? Read the Report.  

 

Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) launched by the Department of Education. Read More.

 

Fall 2012 Sustainability Salon Discussion Tool released by The Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI).

 

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has updated their Campus Sustainability Database.  

Don't Miss, Webinars

JCCC National Community College Sustainability Webinar: Open Forum 

12/18/12, 3pm (ET)  

 

DOE Green Power Network Webinar 12/18/12, 1pm (ET)

 

Wind Powering America Webinar

12/19/12, 3pm (ET)

Don't Miss, Conferences

  

Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference

1/31-2/2/13, Portland, OR

37th Annual Beyond Sustainability Conference

2/28-3/1/13, Tampa, FL 

Member News 

 

Robeson Community College (NC) launched the "GreenZone." 

 

Sullivan County Community College (NY) is opening a sustainability lab.   

 

St. Claire County Community College (MI) produced videos showcasing its use of green technology to educate students. 

Issue 23, December 12, 2012   

   

Great opportunities as the year comes to a close        

Dear Colleagues,

 

As colleges start the holiday break the SEED Center is inviting its members to partake in two great opportunities. Last week we sent a data collection link to the college presidents of every SEED Member college. If you are with a college please keep an eye out for this email as it may likely get forwarded to you. It will only take 15 minutes and there is an opportunity to win a full stipend to attend AACC's Workforce Development Institute! This is your opportunity to talk about where your college is succeeding and where you need help to continue to build the green economy.

 

Also, don't forget to attend the SEED Preconference Session at the 2013 AACC Workforce Development Institute on January 30. This workshop, now in its 3rd year, is the premiere green workforce and education program in the country, taught by the country's best experts.

 

Happy holidays!

 Bryan Albrecht

    

Sincerely,  

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Bryan Albrecht

Chair, AACC Sustainability Task Force

President, Gateway Technical College


AACC Workforce Development Institute (WDI) SEED Preconference Session

   

The NEW new Green Economy: Charting a Course for Community Colleges (3rd Annual)

1/30/13 - San Diego, CA 

Register Today  

(Stipends Available While They Last

  

Learn from three award-winning college experts who will offer strategies for course and pathway development, engaging industry, assessing the local labor market, and working within the college and surrounding community to implement behavior change for a more sustainable and healthy region. Participants will develop an action plan and be offered the opportunity to join SEED's growing and popular mentoring network.

  • Ginger Clark, Director of Technical Programs, Hillsborough Community College
  • Marcy Drummond, V.P. of Institutional Effectiveness and Innovation, Los Angeles Trade Technical College
  • Roger Ebbage, Director of Northwest Energy Education Institute (and instructor, Lane Community College)
If your college is an AACC SEED member, email enekrasova@aacc.nche.edu for a chance to secure a stipend before they're all gone.  
Applications Due 1/10/13
Apply Today  

 

SEED partner,  the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is encouraging community college students to enter technical careers relevant to the DOE mission by providing technical training experiences at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. Selected students participate as interns appointed at one of 15 participating DOE laboratories. Students work on projects under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists and engineers. Contact the SEED Center for any questions.

National Training and Education Resource (NTER)

Open Source Technology Improves Clean Tech Capabilities
     

The SEED Center wants to help its members best utilize a new open source learning technology tool developed by the U.S. Department of Energy. It was designed to revolutionize how online training and education is created, shared, and delivered. NTER offers an easy to use and free distributed repository and specialized search engine just for education and training.  

 

SEED would like to help you in determining the best way to integrate this platform into the creation and management of your green-skilled education programs. Contact us today to discuss how NTER can best serve you in the delivery of high quality green training programs. We will work directly with Dr. Michelle Fox, chief strategist of Education and Workforce Development for the Department of Energy and her team, to develop a tutorial that will best fit your needs. Also view the webcast recording of the DOE Webinar on NTER from 12/6/12 and read more on this tool at the SEED Center.

Clean Energy Policy: Take Action Now 

  

Community colleges across the nation wait to see what will happen if the federal wind tax credit expires at the end of this month. Coverage of this issue is widespread with discussions on how the  fiscal cliff threatens the wind industry boom and how  expiring the tax credit would curtail renewable development. Projects are being put on hold due to this uncertainty, hitting hard at many renewable energy programs at your colleges.

 

There is no better time than now for you and your colleagues to collaborate with the SEED Center on developing your green-skills programs and figuring out the role of community colleges.  
Central Carolina Community College
Sustainability as a Central Tenet
 

  

As the winner of the 2012 Green Genome Award in the category of Program Design and Delivery, Central Carolina Community College's (NC) holistic approach to renewable energy, energy efficiency, resource conservation, and entrepreneurship has been the hallmark of its green education and training programs. Read More.
Northeast Community College (Northeast)
Quality Education & Rural Revitalization

 
As a runner up in the 2012 Green Genome Award in the category of Program Design and Delivery, Northeast is committed to meeting the needs of northeast Nebraska. The addition of green energy programming helps to fulfill two of the College goals: to provide quality education and to expand partnerships with emphasis on rural revitalization. Read more.

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green economy events/webinars and conferences, and learn more about corporate partnerships.

 

SEED is brought to you by the American Association of Community Colleges and ecoAmerica and

is supported by the Flora Family, Kresge, and Surdna Foundations and corporate partner Pearson Higher Education.

 

 

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