Chevrolet Campus Clean Energy Campaign

The Road to A Clean Energy Future

By Sue Hall on 03 Dec 2015 • 26 minute read

As world leaders gather in Paris for COP21, it’s noticeable how progressive climate leadership is now increasingly driven by moonshot commitments from the private sector. Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Coalition reportedly inspired the US government to double its o …

The Tipping Point for Climate Action: Revolutionary Optimism?

By Sue Hall on 15 Apr 2015 • 10 minute read

For 25 years, Mark Kenber, CEO at the Climate Group, has been pursuing his own clean energy vision: to engage business and policy leaders to commit to the clean energy revolution. And, as the international Paris Summit approaches this fall, Mark believes we face a promi …

Learning from a Post-It Wall: Campus Clean Energy Conversations

By Sue Hall on 14 Apr 2015 • 5 minute read

As our #cleanenergyu conversation gets underway again this Earth Month, students from across many U.S. campuses are sharing their vision for a 2025 clean energy future by convening post it wall conversations. Valencia College (FL) has a stunning track record of reduci …

Valencia College students used post it notes to share their ideas for achieving a clean energy future.

Join the #CleanEnergyU Conversation with Students and Climate Leaders

By Sue Hall on 14 Apr 2015 • 4 minute read

The campuses leading Chevrolet's Clean Energy Campus Campaign originally convened the #CleanEnergyU dialogue. As we explored in an earlier series of GBIG blogs, these academic leaders were the first to access a new source of carbon capital to help accelerate their clean …

Why Does Clean Energy Matter? Insights from #CleanEnergyU

By Sue Hall on 08 Dec 2014 • 5 minute read

So what happens when you bring leading universities and their students together with fortune 100 companies, non-profit leaders and climate/energy experts to engage in a twitter conversation via #cleanenergyu regarding why clean energy matters to them? A surprisingly …

Clean Energy: A Chat with 2 UIUC Students

By Sue Hall on 26 Nov 2014 • 6 minute read

Student perspectives on clean energy often push our universities toward innovation at the uncomfortable frontiers, as their passion -- and frustrations with the status quo -- demand deeper leadership. To help our campuses serve as “beacons of progress,” students are …

University of Illinois-Chicago Student Has the Energy to Take on Carbon

By Sue Hall on 25 Nov 2014 • 2 minute read

This year, the University of Illinois at Chicago joined Southern Oregon University to pioneer access for their LEED buildings to US carbon market capital, securing Chevy’s Campus Clean Energy Campaign, funding, in order to accelerate their clean energy performance. …

Universities Can Be Catalysts for Climate Change Action

By Sue Hall on 24 Nov 2014 • 3 minute read

So what would you do if you were President for a day? President of Portland State University, Wim Weiwel, tackles this same question every day as he balances the competing interests on his time and PSU’s leadership. If he prioritizes sustainable endowments, diver …

PSU's LEED Gold Academic Student and Rec Center (Image courtesy of Portland State University).

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Path to Carbon Neutral

By Sue Hall on 21 Nov 2014 • 3 minute read

Enid Cardinal, Advisor to Rochester Institute of Technology’s President, Dr. William Destler, shares a passion with him for biking. RIT’s President pioneered an innovative electric bike design, personally drives a Volt and empowers the “coolest and geekiest" cam …

The Choice to Conserve

By Sue Hall on 20 Nov 2014 • 2 minute read

Joining me today in the #CleanEnergyU conversation is Dave Barbier, Sustainability Director from University of Wisconsin Stevens Point – another campus which recently received funding for their energy-based carbon reductions through Chevy’s Campus Clean Energy Campa …

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