Past Newsletters

Humboldt's Green Campus publishes a newsletter each month in order to keep interested and related parties informed of our actions.

Past newsletters are available here in PDF format (Get Acrobat Reader ):

April 2008 - Green Campus Hosts the Redwood Regional Sustainability Retreat, HEMI Residence Halls Energy Competition, HSU Provost's Office Audit

March 2008 - Alliance to Save Energy 2008 Energy Efficiency Summit, Demystifying CFLs, HSU MBCx Projects, Focus the Nation-The Humboldt Experience

February 2008 - Green Campus Teaches Spring 2008 Energy Efficiency Course, Big Projects and Even BIGGER Savings, The Power Strip that does the Work for You, Meet the Newest HSU GC Program Coordinator

December 2007 - Green Campus attends CSU Facilities Management Conference and receives an award, Chico Sustainability Conference, 1250 CFLs given away in October

October 2007 -Green Campus presents Verdiem proposal to campus President, Phantom Hunter shown on Grist Magazine List, Housing and Dining hires new Housing Energy Management Intern

Summer 2007 - Sustainability Conference, HSU's First Sustainability Coordinator, Health Center Goes Green, Green Campus Works with Students and Teachers

May 2007 - Harry Griffith Hall Audits, GC at SLAM fest, Farewell to Jeff and Ben, Humboldt General Plan

March/April 2007 - TEDs are installed!, GC Audits the president, Blackout bash, Guerrilla audits,

February 2007 - Last Semester's Audits, Mid-Year-Meeting, Kitchen Audits, Inconvenient Truth and Panel

December 2006 - "12 days of savings" display, website visitor sources, "saving more than just energy" (CFL exchange results), more Office audits, Energy Management Interns interview, Spring '07 plans

November 2006 - The Energy Detective, CFL exchange, Captain planet wrap-up, Power strip give-away, Campus Sustainability day, AASHE Conference, website hits

October 2006 - Advisory council, global visitors to GC's website, captain planet announced, New intern biographies

September 2006 - Office certification, Move-in week powerstrip giveaway, New website design, CFL exchange, Advisory Council, Coalition, hiring new interns, CA greenhouse gas restrictions 

July/Aug 2006 -  Eureka Housing Authority audit write-up, GC End-of-Year Meeting, Google-Analytics installed on website, lessons learned from office audits, Dr. Mark's 10 points

June 2006 - Eureka Housing Authority audits, Krystal and Andrea depart GC 

May 2006 – SLAM fest, GC T-shirts, sustainability related staff members retiring, Office audits completed, Housing agrees to parts of proposal, UC/CSU sustainability conference, 

 April 2006 – Fossil Fool's Day, Eco-cycle, Focus group on energy competition, Energy Ninjas,  energy display update, Lumberjack energy savings,  clubs office audit status

March 2006 – Green Rush, CalPIRG, Coalition, institutionalizing sustainability, lumberjack office audit, energy competition corrections, putting energy consumption on display

February 2006 – Mid-year meeting, End of Suburbia, State of Energy Consumption (commentary on Bush's state on the Union), Weekly Meetings, Future Plans, Clubs Fair.

January 2006 – About new interns, LEDs for rural poor, plan for semester

December 2005 – Energy competition results, Chico sustainability conference, Energy action summit, farewell to Nate and Pat

November 2005 – LEED series reviewed, CFL/powerstrip stats, phantom busters, Advisory council, take the stairs day, campus sustainability day, facilities management

October 2005 – Renew CSU, Car Free day, green cup competition, oil on ice review

September 2005 – Sticker Contest results, energy competition announced, CFL distribution, LEED lecture series progress, Oil on Ice announced

August 2005 – Green Campus Awarded, LEED lecture series announced, total kWh reduction from Redwood Manor, Krystal Returns to GC