October 9, 2008

News Analysis: Financial Woes May Shelve Sustainability

By Scott Carlson

Recent events on Wall Street and Main Street raise a complicated question: Will the financial crisis help or hurt colleges’ sustainability efforts? Both are possible.

With pundits and politicians talking about how a green economy can save America, it might seem like sustainability’s time has come. After all, sustainability involves knowledge of natural, social, and economic systems, and the recent financial crisis stands as a lesson in system breakdown. The average American

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