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Transforming Higher Education: Green Campuses in the 21st Century
7/26/2006
Others also see rapid market transformation on the near horizon. Kevin Doyle, of the Environmental Careers Organization, in a posting titled “Remake a Living: Green job market heating up,” did an excellent job recently of summarizing the job market for people with green skills – including information technology specialists. It’s a hot market, simmering and close to a boil with new lines of products and product improvements.
Our campuses, thanks in no small part to their excellent information networks and the bright, systems-thinking people who manage them, are also at close to a boil with the desire for change and the drive to start doing things in greener ways. Sure, part of that is driven by energy costs, but who cares? The changes being made in how we do things are permanent changes and, in the long run, so much better for the planet.
So, let’s get those bright minds thinking creatively and entrepreneurially. What kind of green product can you come up with to ride the coming transformation?Cite this Site
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