Climate Change Research Projects

Over the course of this academic year, 2004-2005, this page will be filled with suggested and real-world climate-related research projects. Some projects will have a campus focus, i.e., projects aimed at reducing emissions from college campuses. Others will have a general climate focus. If you have a suggestion for a climate-related research project or need student work on a current climate-related project, please click here to e-mail the NAELS Executive Director. Please include your name, affiliation, and a brief description of your research project.

• Research Resources
• Policy Projects
  

Campus Climate Projects

• Conduct a Campus Greenhouse Gas Audit (resources)
• Compile data on campus campaigns to reduce climate impacts (resources)
  • Clean Energy Purchasing
  • Transportation Initiatives
  • Green Buildings (retrofitting and new construction)
  • Energy Efficiency Measures
• Develop a set of principles for CCN, similar to the Sullivan Principles on Apartheid Issued in 1977
• Non-segregation of the races in all eating, comfort, and work facilities.
• Equal and fair employment practices for all employees.
• Equal pay for all employees doing equal or comparable work for the same period of time.
• Initiation of and development of training programs that will prepare, in substantial numbers, blacks and other nonwhites for supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs.
• Increasing the number of blacks and other nonwhites in management and supervisory position.
• Improving the quality of life for blacks and other nonwhites outside the work environment in such areas as housing, transportation, school, recreation, and health facilities.
• Working to eliminate laws and customs that impede social, economic, and political justice.
  (Added in 1984.)