Resources

Minnesota State Mankato

• Environmental Committee
• Campus Sustainability Plan - December 2010 (PDF)
• Campus of the Future (PDF)
• Campus Master Plan - 20 Year (PDF)
• Good to be Green (PDF)
• Memorial Library Materials and Resources
  • MnPALS Search
  • Sustainability Resources (PDF)
  • Power Check Energy Meters Available (PDF)
• Minnesota Center for Engineering & Manufacturing Excellence
• Center of Renewable Energy (CORE) Research Lab
  • International Renewable Energy Technology Institute (IRETI)
  • Minnesota Center for Automotive Research
• Water Resource Center
• Applied Research Centers
• Minnesota Modeling and Simulation Center
• Research & Sponsored Programs
• MSU Students for Sustainability (meet Thursdays at 3pm in the Student Activity Center in the CSU)
• ITS Going Green
• Faclities Master Plan
• Connect by Hertz
• eRideShare.com

Bicycle Friendly Campus

iTunes

• the GreenRoom

iTunes U

• Sustainability
• Environment
• Go Green

Apps

• Green
• Our Beautiful Planet

Podcasts

• Sustainability
• Environment
• Go Green

Buildings, Benchmarks & Beyond Project - State of Minnesota

MnGreenCareers.org

Associations, Conferences, Expos, Publications

• Living Green Expo
• Minnesota Grown
• Green Schools List-Serve
• Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability(UMACS)
• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
• AACSB Sustainability Conference
• Building Dashboard - Lucid Design Group
• Minnesota GreenStep Cities
  • Mankato
• RETAP
• Pollution prevention: Technical assistance programs

• energystar.gov
• The College Sustainability Report Card
• leduniversity.org
• Campus Technology
  • The Green Campus
  • Green IT Shapes the Campus
  • Green Articles
• greenstudentu.com
• College Planning & Management
  • The Annual Green Issue - April 2011
  • Facility Improvements for Energy Efficiency - October 2010
  • Urban Sustainability
• NACUBO - Financing Sustainability on Campus
• The National Academic Press
  • Energy and Energy Consumption
  • Environment and Environmental Studies
• The Princeton Review - Green Colleges
  • Listing
  • The Center for Green Schools
    • Roadmap to a Green Campus

Schools - Sustainability

• Bemidji
• Winona
• Carleton College
  • Custodial Sustainable and Green Initiatives
• St. Olaf
• University of Minnesota
  • It All Adds Up
• Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University
• Pacific Lutheran
• University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Dashboard
• University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Resource tips
• University of Notre Dame

Mankato Area Related Information

• City of Mankato - Sustainability
• City of Mankato - Garbage and Recycling Collection Service
• Plastic Recycling to Grow in Mankato
• Mankato Area Environmentalists
• Greater Mankato Growth - Sustainability
• Envision 2020
  • Energy Conservation
  • Green Infrastructure
  • Greater Mankato Bike/Walk Advocates
• Mankato Farmers Market
• Mankato Food Co-op
• St. Peter Food Co-op
• Mankato Schools' Organic Turfgrass Project

• Blue Earth County Enviromental Services
• Household Hazardous Waste Facility and Product Reuse Center
• City of Mankato Garbage and Recycling Collection Service
  • Trash tour puts garbage under spotlight
• 2 Sort Recycling Guide (PDF)
• Minnesota Waste Processing Company
• Xcel Energy - Wilmarth Generating Station
• Calpine - Mankato Power Plant
• Green Tech Recycling
• LJP Waste & Recycling
• Waste Management Recycling Services

• Bend of the River Million Tree Project
• rebike.org
• keycitybike.org

• Mankato YMCA pool water
  • Moss in the pool can be a good thing

Competitions

• Campus Conservation Nationals 2010
• recyclemaniacs.org

Wind Turbines

• What are they
• Wind Farms
• List of Large Wind Farms
• St Olaf Wind Turbine
• Carleton College Wind Turbine

Power Usage/Purchasing Tips

• upenn.edu/computing/greenit/
• upenn.edu/computing/provider/docs/hardware/powerusage.html
• purchasing.upenn.edu/green-initiative/index.php
• sustainability.georgetown.edu/
• Sustainable UF

Power Management Software

• Edison
• Surveyor
• EZ GPO
• PowerSave
• Powerwise
• Apple Remote Desktop

Apple

Online Software Tutorials/Training (efficient use of Operating Systems and Applications)