Westmont students headed for Singapore with help from Goleta-based Deckers

The students are prepping this week with the help of local corporations, including Patagonia in Ventura and Deckers in Goleta. NewsChannel 3’s Beth Farnsworth stopped in at Deckers Thursday as the group was given a crash-course on Corporate Responsibility and Creating an Ethical Supply Chain, …

Submissions now open for global sustainability prize

Submissions are open for the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s preeminent sustainability awards programme designed to celebrate achievements driving impact, innovation and inspiration across five categories. Originally called the Zayed Future Energy Prize, the awards programme has broadened …

Chelsea Sustainability Advisory Committee Meets

By Seth Kinker, skinker@thesuntimesnews.com. The Sustainability Advisory Committee met for the first time on May 1. The one-year committee, formed back in January, is tasked with presenting research findings regarding alternative energy to the city council for further study or action. The city currently …

Asean leading the way in going green

This would ameliorate social and economic inequalities while also shifting to more sustainable development of natural resources. In the Philippines, the government is gearing up for a transition to renewable energy by raising its tax on imported coal by 15 times to US$3 (S$4) a tonne. The end result, the …

Asean leading the way in going green

Sustainability issues are still often seen as long-term concerns, rather than … Malaysia’s green growth pathway involves bringing sustainable and … the government is gearing up for a transition to renewable energy by raising its tax …

Budget cuts dissolve Institute for Sustainable Development

It was announced Wednesday that the Institute for Sustainable Development will be dissolved at the end of May. After a budget crisis meeting Wednesday, the budget for the Institute was cut, according to Mark Stemen, a professor in the Geology and Planning Department. In connection to this decision, …

Planning committee hopes to focus on sustainability

Folks have other news reports, Twitter, Google Alerts — they’re all a part of getting messages out to motorists.” The Northway signs, Viggiani said, are also located at the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge (the “Twin Bridges,” which connect the towns of Colonie and Halfmoon); between Exits 9 and 10; between …