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Author Rappaport, Ann.

Title Degrees that matter : climate change and the university / Ann Rappaport and Sarah Hammond Creighton.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.73874 R182d 2007    ---  Available
Description xviii, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Urban and industrial environments
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-362) and index.
Contents List of tables, figures, and boxes -- Foreword / Lawrence S. Bacow -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A time for action -- 2. Climate change basics and the university -- 3. The campus inventory and climate goals -- 4. Climate actors and climate advocacy -- 5. Strategy and tactics for climate action -- 6. Buildings and climate change action -- 7. Tackling emissions at the source : climate actions in buildings and central facilities -- 8. Action beyond facilities -- 9. Planning and policies for climate change -- 10. Personal action initiatives -- 11. Climate action in the classroom -- 12. Degrees that matter -- Appendixes -- A. Global warming potential -- B. Information related to climate change and climate change -- C. Elements of an emissions inventory -- D. Emission factors for fuels -- E. Sample projects for Tufts students -- F. Article from the Tufts Daily -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Greenhouse gas mitigation -- United States.
Global environmental change.
Science -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States.
Added Author Creighton, Sarah Hammond.
ISBN 9780262681667 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262681668 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262182577 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262182572 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262182584 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0262182580 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2492398
YDXCP 2492397
YDXCP 2492459
NLGGC 302455019
AU@ 000040933740
NZ1 11121948

 
    
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