Exeter E-Proctors Value Commitment to Sustainability

by Georges Dyer, Second Nature Yesterday I was up at Phillips Exeter Academy talking to a group of ‘e-proctors’ – sustainability champions in each dorm who help green initiatives run smoothly from ensuring dorm-mates put materials in the proper recycling bin to getting the word out about visiting lectures and campus-wide events. Most were juniors [...]

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Second Nature at 2010 GreenTown Lake County Conference

by Michelle Dyer, Chief Operating Officer, Second Nature On March 17th, I had the honor of addressing an audience of higher education professionals at the Greentown Lake County conference. The panel, entitled “Greening of the Campus: How Educational Institutions Combat Climate Issues,” kicked off with a welcome from representatives of our host, College of Lake [...]

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HBCUs Building Green, Building Community

by Georges Dyer, Second Nature On Thursday, April 7th, 2010, an historic event took place in Atlanta, GA – Spelman College, on their Founders Day, unveiled the first LEED certified building for new construction on an historically black college, achieving a LEED Silver rating. Dr. Beverly Tatum (President), Art Fraiser (Director of Facilities Management), and [...]

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“Stable Climate: Thriving World?” Second Nature President Anthony Cortese at TEDx Greenville

by Rima Mulla, Communications Associate, Second Nature Last month, Second Nature’s President Anthony Cortese delivered a rousing talk entitled, “Stable Climate: Thriving World?” at TEDx Greenville. Some of the highlights from Dr. Cortese’s speech: 1:05 Staggering statistics about population growth, energy consumption, declining living systems, and political and economic instability worldwide. 3:57 “How did we [...]

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Climate Days at Bowdoin College

by Georges Dyer, Second Nature Bowdoin is gearing up for Climate Days – a series of lectures, art installations, and performances that will engage the entire campus community in the process of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Bowdoin has submitted its climate action plan to the ACUPCC and is aiming to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions [...]

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University of Louisville Sources Food Locally – Reaching 24% in 2009

by Mitchell H. Payne, Associate Vice President for Business Affairs, University of Louisville (This article appears in the April, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) The University of Louisville has successfully launched several local food related initiatives that have helped the university to achieve two of its strategic goals: increasing sustainable practices on campus and [...]

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Students Advocating for Healthier Food and Farms

by Josh Viertel, President, Slow Food USA® (This article appears in the April, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) We are what we eat. Human beings are made of food. Yet we rarely stop to appreciate where our food comes from, how it was grown or why we’re putting it into our bodies. And if [...]

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Challenges and Options for Food Waste Reduction

by Bonny Bentzin, Director – University Sustainability Practices, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University (This article appears in the April, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) In today’s sustainability conscious world, there has been much discussion about food waste reduction options.  At Arizona State University (ASU), in conjunction with our Carbon Neutrality goal, we [...]

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Getting Ready for Charting Emissions from Food Services (CHEFS)

by Jennifer Andrews, Director of Program Planning and Coordination, Clean Air-Cool Planet® (This article appears in the April, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) You want to reduce the carbon footprint of campus dining—but first you need to have a better understanding of what that impact is, and what is driving it.  What’s worse: the [...]

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The Digital Cathedral

by Georges Dyer, Second Nature Peter Bardaglio, Second Nature Senior Fellow, author of Boldly Sustainable, and coordinator of the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative, has just published a very interesting article on the evolution of social media and democratic sustainability at Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments. In the article, “The Digital Cathedral [...]

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