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SHARE: Open Academys non-credit Solar Energy Basics course on the Coursera platform recently hit a milestone of 50,000-plus enrollments since it launched back in 2019. It puts that course in the top 10 enrollments of SUNY courses on the Coursera platform, out of approximately 60 courses. The course was developed by Dr. Neal Abrams, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry with instructional design and technical support from the Open Academy. The course has a global reach, and has b...

SHARE: Today, the New York State Center for Sustainable Materials Management (NYS Center for SMM), based at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), launched a first-of-its-kind statewide recycling website to address residential recycling confusion and contamination across the State. Visitors to RecycleRightNY.org will learn about the value of everyday materials and why it is important to recycle correctly. The Recycle Right NY campaign was originally launched by the New ...

SOWELA offers FFA scholarship and last updated 2021-04-21 11:22:14-04 SOWELA has announced a special scholarship available to high school seniors who are members of FFA and will graduate this Spring. The scholarships of $500 each will be applied to students’ Fall 2021 SOWELA tuition. FFA members interested in applying for the scholarship can visit www.sowela.edu/apply [schulkens.us11.list-manage.com] to submit an admission application. Any interested applicants must submit an FFA member...

9 ways to make every day Earth Day 13 Apr, 2021 Reduce your environmental footprint in simple and surprising ways Sometimes, Earth Day can feel a little like Christmas. For one day a year, we really focus on giving back to the planet and on the changes in behaviour and attitude that might lighten Mother Nature’s workload. Then, the next day, well, we head to the mall. But, were the analogy to hold, it could also be said we receive something invaluable in return. Each year, April 22 offers...

Credit: ESA (European Space Agency) https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2013/01/Biomass A boost to innovation and competitiveness The joint project researches how increasing the efficiency of forestrys value chain can benefit from optical measurement technology and satellite data. The partners are researching concrete applications and mapping which actors would be able to utilise the new technologies in their operations. - We have noticed that companies in many sectors should speed up the...

SOWELA announces spring semester will begin virtual All Spring semester classes from Tuesday, January 19 to Friday, January 29 will be online only SOWELA and last updated 2021-01-14 16:17:25-05 LAKE CHARLES, La. - As part of a safe reopening plan called "Safe Start," all classes at SOWELA Technical Community College will be virtual for the first two weeks of the upcoming Spring 2021 semester. Classes for the new semester begin online on Tuesday, January 19. The two weeks of online classes will...

All Spring semester classes from Tuesday, January 19 to Friday, January 29 will be online only.

Recently, students from Umeå Institute of Design at Umeå University, Sweden, completed a unique project in collaboration with the Cluster of Forest Technology along with several major stakeholders in the forest industry. But the intended client was not industry, but nature. “In collaboration with these creative and smart students, we have had the pleasure of exploring new ways forward, with nature and man in focus. It is these types of ideas and concepts that are needed to take neces...