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Hamilton, Ontario Green Fleet Plan

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted in May 2005
Source File: http://www.myhamilton.ca/
Description:
Overview
As a large consumer of energy the City has an influential role in developing more efficient vehicle technology that reduces both energy consumption and environmental impact.
Biodiesel for the entire City fleet and hybrid electric vehicles for the Corporate Fleet are being recommended as practical and affordable tactics. Participation in anti-idling campaigns has proven to be successful and this plan includes a new anti-idling policy for City vehicles.
The Green Fleet Implementation Plan is a way to implement affordable and sustainable vehicle technology that clearly demonstrates the City’s leadership role toward reducing its environmental impact. It is a component of Objective 8 in the City’s “Roadmap to Sustainability”, making substantial progress toward the City’s overall plan for improving the environment. It contributes to “VISION 2020” goals for a healthy, sustainable city. It also implements recommended policies from the Transportation Master Plan.
Attachments:
:1. Green Fleet Implementation Plan - May 2005
:2. Green Fleet Implementation Plan Update - August 2006
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Gas-Powered Transportation
Category:Ontario
Category:Policies
Hamilton County, TN Diversity Policy

Type: Policy
Status: Last revised on 10/19/06
Source File: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/titleVI/DiversityPolicy.aspx
Text:
Purpose
To create a productive work environment representative of the citizens we serve and reflective of the demography of Hamilton County.
Diversity represents those human qualities that are different from our own and outside of the groups to which we personally belong. Diversity incorporates the primary characteristics of age, ethnicity, gender, physical abilities and challenges and race. Diversity dimensions also include educational background, geographic location, parental status, military experience, religious beliefs and social, economic and political acculturation.
Statement 
Hamilton County recognizes that diversity and inclusion are prominent factors that can maximize the success of our workplace. Our employees reflect the different cultures, backgrounds, beliefs and abilities inherent in the larger population of the county. Diversity is a global vision in today’s marketplace and Hamilton County realizes that by understanding, respecting and using creatively the differences of our employees we will continue to meet the needs of the citizens we serve. The foundation of our diversity philosophy is to clearly articulate to both our employees and the general public our intention to create a culture that enhances our ability to hire, retain, develop, manage and promote a diverse workforce. We will ensure that our employees and customers are treated fairly, free from intolerance and discrimination. In managing diversity it is our goal to recognize, reward and compensate employees based solely upon the merit of their contributions. The significant cultural, social and economic dividends arising from the diversity of our employee base will ensure in the future our ability to provide sound government to the residents of Hamilton County.
Category:County Governments
Category:Diversity
Category:Policies
Category:Tennessee
Hamline University, MN Cultural Diversity Policy

Type: Policy
Status: Last revised on 8/25/05
Source File: http://www.hamline.edu/shared/policies/university_all/cultural_diversity.html
Text:
Hamline University commits itself to inviting, supporting, and affirming cultural diversity on the campus. All university programs and practices, academic and co-curricular, shall be designed to create a learning environment in which cultural differences are valued. To ensure the achievement of these policy goals, Hamline University is committed to:
* Encouraging all organizations to have, as part of their constitution and by-laws, a cultural diversity policy that states explicitly the organization's commitment to fostering cultural diversity on campus;
* Encouraging inclusiveness in all organizations while respecting the different needs of organizations composed of groups that have been or currently are denied equal opportunity;
* Developing and maintaining academic/co-curricular programs and a university climate that promises a responsible, civil, and open exchange of ideas;
* Educating all members of the university community about diversity and forms of discrimination, such as racism, sexism, and homophobia;
* Maintaining a respectful environment free from all forms of harassment, hostility, and violence;
* Recruiting and working to retain students, faculty, and staff who are members of historically or otherwise under represented groups; and
* Providing the necessary financial and academic support to recruit and retain diverse students, faculty, and staff. 
The University's Diversity Committee shall act as a resource for the implementation of this policy and shall report annually to the President and the University Council. The President shall ensure that activities are developed to implement this policy.
Category:Colleges
Category:Diversity
Category:Minnesota
Category:Policies
Hamline University, MN Hazing Policy

Type: Policy
Status: Last revised on 6/20/05
Source File: http://www.hamline.edu/shared/policies/cla_student/hazing_policy.html
Text:
Hamline University does not allow hazing by any individual or group. Hazing is defined as an activity which endangers or could endanger an individual’s physical or mental health and safety, humiliates, embarrasses, and/or causes personal discomfort regardless of the person’s willingness to participate. For the individual or group to determine whether their activities would qualify as hazing, they should ask themselves the following five questions. If the individual or group is not hazing, they should be able to answer "yes" to all questions.
:1. Will this activity achieve one or more aims of the individual or group?
:2. Would you be willing to perform this activity in front of a university administrator?
:3. Would you be willing to send a photograph of the activity to the parents of the member involved along with written details?
:4. Would you be prepared to go to court to defend the merit of this activity?
:5. Would you be willing to share a written description of the activity for other organizations to use?
This resolution was initiated in the Hamline University Student Congress and is endorsed by the Vice President for Student Affairs.
Category:Colleges
Category:Hazing
Category:Minnesota
Category:Policies
Hampshire College, MA Community Partnerships for Social Change

Type: Program
Status: Established in 1987
Source File: http://www.hampshire.edu/cms/index.php?id=7660
Description:
Since 1987, the Community Partnerships for Social Change program has been a campus resource for students and faculty who wish to integrate their academic interests with their social action / community-based experiences forging a link between the classroom and the community. A primary goal of the program is to facilitate respectful, reciprocal relationships between local communities and Hampshire College students, faculty, and staff.
Community Partnerships offers community-based internship and research opportunities, training seminars, and a variety of resources to strengthen students' social justice organizing skills. Students are encouraged to meet with CPSC staff for advice about making community work a central component of their Divisional work.
CPSC has many resources available to support students, faculty and staff in making the connections between academia and community-based learning:
* Resources for finding local Social Action Agencies.
* Ongoing relationships with local community-based organizations.
* Opportunities to use two CPSC vehicles for off-campus internship placements.
* Summer grants for students working for social justice organizations.
* Sponsor events, lectures, conferences and trainings around a variety of issues including developing reciprocal relationships with community organizations and how interlocking issues of oppression may affect this process.
* Funding for Faculty who want to integrate community-based learning into their courses.
Category:Colleges
Category:Education
Category:Massachusetts
Category:Programs
Hartwick College, NY Composting Initiative

Type: Program
Status: Launched in 2006
Source File: http://www.hartwick.edu/x431.xml
Description:
Waste Not Want Not!
Composting is a process that turns various types of organic material (leaf waste, pre-consumer food waste, grass clippings) into humus. Hartwick currently is beginning a small-scale composting waste operation to integrate pre-consumer food waste into the College's current landscaping waste-management plan. Fall 2006 saw completion of the site where compost will be processed. In Spring of 2007, the College will begin operations.
This material will help maintain the fertility and water holding capacity of garden beds, reduce the cost of buying an off-campus product, and reduce the volume of waste going to regional landfills.
With support from campus facilities staff and student-led clubs, staff and students will work together to help produce a College compost product for flower beds and organic gardens. Facilities will help manage the operation's site, students will help deliver materials from the dining hall to the composting site, and students and staff will help monitor the quality of the compost.
Hartwick has begun working with the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation to help develop outreach information for other colleges looking to develop a similar program, and will be participating in a new state initiative to work with other colleges on similar ventures.
Because of Hartwick's small size, such an endeavor is fairly straightforward to implement and low-cost. The project also will provide hands-on educational opportunities for Hartwick students and the community. Hartwick will be working with the Oneonta school district to educate school children about compost, its benefits, and how it can enhance soil by adding organic matter and nutrients. Compost helps build soil!
At the present time, large-scale recycling of biomass takes place at the Strawberry Fields location above main campus. As seen in the photo to the right, hazard tress, removed from roads and walkways, are later used in landscaping projects around campus and for small-scale building projects. Leaf waste and left-over landscaping wood chips are used in a variety of grounds projects.
Category:Colleges
Category:Composting
Category:New York
Category:Programs
Hartwick College, NY Diversity Statement

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted on 10/10/03
Source File: http://www.hartwick.edu/x13737.xml
Text:
Hartwick College values pluralism: a state in which diverse groups co-exist and interact without necessarily losing their individual identities. We seek to critically address and reduce all forms of prejudice, to foster diversity, and to reduce ethnocentrism and intolerance. Our goal is to increase the presence of underrepresented groups on campus, improve the quality of life of students of racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, and broaden the understanding, awareness, and appreciation of diversity among all members of the Hartwick community.
 
The Hartwick College community is dedicated to uncovering, exploring, critiquing, and overcoming the societal conditions that undermine the ideal of a pluralistic society. We strive to foster democratic values and responsible national and global citizenship. We strive to create a climate that maximizes each individual’s capacity to learn and work, and an institution in which diversity is embraced, valued, and celebrated.
Category:Colleges
Category:Diversity
Category:New York
Category:Policies
Hartwick College, NY Sustainable Food Services Policies

Type: Policy
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.hartwick.edu/x428.xml
Description:
Hartwick College currently contracts for food service with Aramark. Across the nation, Aramark has begun to provide more sustainable food choices for College's and at Hartwick has implemented several great initiatives.
Fair trade, organic coffees are offered in all eateries. All dairy is regional (Byrne Dairy) and hormone free, eggs are cage free and for baking, Aramark uses mostly unbleached four. Regional, organic dairy products (milk, cheese, and yogurt) are offered for purchase in the Table Rock Cafe.
Some local foods are purchased for dining hall use and catering when asked for and/or when available. Due to our regional climate, it is impossible to find any supplier large enough, or farms numerous enough, to provide for all of the College's food needs. When available, the Commons will serve local salad items and in the fall, we serve locally produced cider. Local breweries, such as Ommegang, have been featured at campus events and local meat producers have also been used for BBQ's.
Aramark teams up with the Grass Roots student environmental club to host an all organic (and largely local source) dinner for campus every Fall. To further promote recycling and waste minimization, since 2003, students have been allowed to use their own reusable drink bottles in the Commons.
Increasing vegetarian options across campus via a campus wide "you design-it" sandwich competition during Spring 2007 is one way Aramark has been working with the College on promoting a healthy diet.
Excess food produced in the dining commons is given away to local food banks via the Beyond Boundaries program. The College has created a composting yard and begun collecting landscaping waste for composting. We have also conducted trails of pre-consumer food waste production in order to determine composting recipes for future campus wide pre-consumer food waste composting. The Campus Sustainability Office is currently seeking funds for a small used pick-up truck and front end loader for the student-run operation. To further recycling efforts in the Commons, Aramark uses unbleached, 35% recycled disposable napkins where such items are needed.
Departments and offices on campus hosting events, and using the Aramark catering service, can also help make a "food statement" and promote sustainability. Catering services can provide an entirely local foods and non-disposable items service when asked--several groups are now beginning to ask for such services.
Category:Colleges
Category:Food-Related Policies
Category:New York
Category:Policies
Harvard University, MA "46 Blackstone" Pilot Program

Type: Program
Status: Launched in March 2008
Source File: http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/composting/
Description:
Office Composting: 46 Blackstone Pilot
The office buildings at 46 Blackstone Street, home to Harvard's UOS Department, began composting in March 2008. Small green buckets were placed in every kitchen and kitchenette to collect compostable wastes and composting will take place at all Blackstone barbecues.
What can I throw in the bin?
* ALL food waste (including grains, breads, meat, dairy, fruits, vegetables, tea bags, and coffee grinds)
* napkins
* wooden coffee stirrers
* paper towels (white or brown)
* compostable containers (such as from Whole Foods)
What cannot go in the bin?
Please do not put tissues, plastics, paper plates, sugar packets, or paper coffee cups in the bins.
When in doubt, throw it out!
It is very important that the organic waste is not contaminated with any plastics or non-biodegradable material, so if you are unsure as to whether something is compostable, please throw it in the trash!
What is the process for emptying the bins?
Our fabulous custodian will empty the bins when they are ¾ full or every Tuesday and Friday (whichever comes first). Bins also have charcoal activated filters and snap lids to minimize odors. The bins are lined with biodegradable bags (made of corn) that will break down at the compost facility. The bags are collected and put in the large compost bin outside by the trash.
Where does the compost go?
The compost goes to a local compost facility about 13 miles away. The waste is composted at a high temperature, allowing it to decompose in less than 10 months (and allowing us to compost meat and dairy products, which are not composted at home).
Why should we compost?
* Harvard’s trash is trucked to a landfill in South Carolina, over 800 miles away. Compost will be brought to a local compost facility, which is only 13 miles away.
* Composting supports two local businesses — the hauler and the compost facility.
* Composting breaks our waste down to a usable form of fertilizer; trash sits in a landfill and does not break down.
* Biodegradable material in a landfill breaks down anaerobically to form methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Composting lets waste break down naturally, releasing only CO2 a less potent greenhouse gas and part of the natural biodegradation cycle.
* Methane from landfilling food waste generates over 20 times as much greenhouse gases as composting.
Category:Colleges
Category:Composting
Category:Harvard
Category:Massachusetts
Category:Programs
Harvard University, MA Renewable Energy Policy

Type: Policy
Status: In effect
Source File: http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/cre/
Description:
Clean, Renewable Energy at Harvard
Behavioral changes, green building design, and energy efficiency upgrades can minimize the amount of energy we consume in our day-to-day activities. However, we must still consider the source of the energy that we do consume. Most often, our energy comes from non-renewable fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. Renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal, will be critical in reducing Harvard's environmental impact beyond what is possible from demand-side reductions alone.
Renewable Energy at Harvard
Harvard currently invests in renewable energy by 1) purchasing renewable energy credits (RECs) and 2) installing and operating a number of on-site renewable energy projects. These web pages will help you to explore Harvard's current renewable energy initiatives, learn about how to finance renewable energy for your school or department, and see what technologies we hope to adopt in the future.
The Renewable Energy Fund
In an effort to make Harvard the nation's top university purchaser of renewable energy, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers announced a new, $300,000 renewable energy fund to promote the development of renewable energy on campus. Read the full story, Harvard Gazette, March 10, 2005.
The Renewable Energy Fund has financed the purchase of 14,000 MWh of RECs for the winners of the annual Sustainability Pledge and has funded a full time staff member at the Green Campus Initiative. For the 2007 Sustainability Pledge, instead of purchasing RECs, it gave funding to three on-site renewable energy projects.
Category:Colleges
Category:Harvard
Category:Massachusetts
Category:Policies
Category:Renewable Energy
Hauraki District, New Zealand Domestic Violence Policy

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted on 11/10/07
Source File: http://www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/documents/policies/DomViolencePlcy.pdf
Text:
Hauraki District Council
Domestic Violence Policy
1. TITLE:
Hauraki Domestic Violence Policy 2007.
2. OBJECTIVE:
In 2006, Hauraki District Council was presented with a Violence Free Charter
as part of the Hauraki Community Plan 2006-16 consultative process. The
presenters of this submission felt that the issues of domestic violence were
significant enough in the Hauraki District that Hauraki District Council needed
to take on a greater leadership and advocating role to help reduce domestic
violence in the area.
Elected Members approved this Charter and have taken on board the vision to
Create Violence Free Hauraki and resolved to develop a formal policy on
creating a Violence Free Hauraki.
3. POLICY:
* Hauraki District will take an active role in advocating that Domestic Violence is not acceptable in the Hauraki District Community.
* Hauraki District will work in conjunction with external Domestic Violence Service provider agencies, where appropriate, in a supporting function to help raise awareness of the unacceptability of domestic violence, the impact domestic violence has on individuals and their families; and methods to reduce domestic violence in the Hauraki Community.
4. RELEVANT LEGISLATION:
This policy is voluntarily developed by Hauraki District Council and not required
by any statute.
5. RELATED HDC POLICIES/STRATEGIES OR GUIDELINES:
Hauraki Violence Free Charter.
6. DEFINITIONS:
Domestic Violence: Domestic violence is a general term to describe a range
of behaviour often used by one person to control and dominate another with
whom they have, or have had, a close or family relationship and in which the
abuser operates from a position of perceived power. Domestic violence can
take place against the elderly or against children - it can take place in any form
of close relationship regardless of gender or age of either the victim or the
defendant.
Violence Free Charter: The Hauraki Violence Free Charter is a high-level set
of principles to guide the Hauraki community towards actions that seek a
violence free community.
Domestic Violence Service Provider: Agency or staff member of an agency
that primarily or exclusively provides comprehensive services to victims of
domestic violence.
7. AUDIENCE:
Hauraki Community as a whole.
The whole Hauraki community is affected as any form of domestic violence
affects the social wellbeing of the individuals concerned. The repercussions of
the effects on the individual not only affect families and work places but also
future generations.
8. DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL:
(This information is not being shown here.)
9. IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE:
* This policy will be implemented and reviewed in conjunction with the Hauraki District Council Action Plan on the Domestic Violence Policy.
Category:Councils
Category:New Zealand
Category:Policies
Category:Women and Gender
Hayward, CA Establishing a Nuclear Free Hayward

Type: Ordinance
Status: Adopted on 9/15/87
Vote: In Favor - 6 Opposed - 1
Source File: http://www.ci.hayward.ca.us/municipal/uncodified/Nuclear%20Free%20Hayward.pdf
Text:
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Nuclear Free
Category:Ordinances
Heliophysics

http://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/
The Earth is an island in the Universe where life has developed and flourished. The origins and fate of life on Earth are intimately connected to the way the Earth responds to the Sun's variations.
Understanding the Sun, Heliosphere, and Planetary Environments as a single connected system is the goal of the Science Mission Directorate's Heliophysics Research Program.
https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/focus-areas/solar-science
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
“The Most Brilliant Ph.D Thesis Ever Written in Astronomy” 
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/schlesinger-library/item/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin
Dr. Payne-Gaposchkin found that helium and particularly hydrogen were vastly more abundant (for hydrogen, by a factor of about one million). Thus, her thesis established that hydrogen was the overwhelming constituent of the stars, and accordingly was the most abundant element in the Universe.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliophysics
http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2015/04/07/2014_HelioRoadmap_Final_Reduced.pdf
Category:Heliophysics
Category:NASA
Category:Solar Energy