In case you haven't heard, Al Gore addressed students across the country tonight in a live webcast from the Energy Action Coalition and the PowerVote campaign, asking young people to continue the work they're doing to change the way we think about and use energy, and make climate issues the driver of their vote in this election.

It's a short broadcast (less than 30 minutes), but one worth watching, especially if you haven't heard Gore weave together the economic, energy, and climate crisis.

Watch the Gore-Cast

Since its launch, WorldChanging has been known for its innovative and game-changing solutions, and this week they're having a look at colleges and universities.

The feature on School Sustainability is worth a look, as it breaks down some good choices for study in Environmental Law, Sustainable Engineering Conservation Biology, and other sustainability-focused programs both in the US and abroad. There's even a (very short) discussion of "Generation-E," which we've addressed before, student activism, and a quick note on the race between colleges themselves in becoming sustainable as institutions. 

While I'm sure a few more posts are coming down the pipeline in the next few days, so far I think the undergrad and grad school listings are the most valuable, particularly for students looking for top-tier training in environmental work. Deeper analysis of institutional sustainability can be found all kinds of places, and youth activism, whatever its stripe, is nothing new around here.

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Speaking of campus activism, have you signed the PowerVote pledge yet? Nothing scary (you're not signing away your future children, I promise), it's just a way to show your commitment to clean energy in the looming election.

If you're visiting for the first time (perhaps linking over from DotEarth, a blog we follow regularly), welcome!The Campus Ecology program here at NWF promotes climate leadership and sustainability among colleges and universities by providing resources, creating networking opportunities and organizing education events.

In that spirit, we have many resources for schools, such as coordinator support, publications, national events and broadcasts. Many are designed to help campus staffers (such as the Report Card or the Guide to Climate Action Planning) while others are motivated largely by students, such as our annual Chill Out competition.

This blog, where you should feel free to browse and comment, is not to break news, but rather to discuss campus sustainability and track trends in climate work on campus. Blogs are always more meaningful as participation grows, so I'd like to hear from you on individual posts and even on the kind of thing you'd like to read in future.

Finally, if you ARE looking for news, check out ClimateEdu, our twice-monthly online newswire. We do our best to cover interesting campus projects that are breaking new ground in climate action, but are always looking for new stories, so feel free to contact one of the editors with ideas. Look for changes on the landing page in the near future, as it's a new publication and we're still working out a few programming bugs.

As always, glad to have you around. Let me know in the comments or by email if there's more we can do, projects we need to cover, or interesting developments in the campus scene that we can discuss here.