Unity College Joins Bill McKibben in a Road Trip to Put Solar Panels on the White House!

By Vanessa Santos, Advancing Green Building Intern, Second Nature Last Tuesday evening at Old South Church in Boston, MA, you couldn’t turn around without seeing bright white signs that read “Put Solar on the White House!” This is Bill McKibben’s clear and simple message. Mr. McKibben, with the support of 350.org, the students of Unity [...]

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Building Capacity to Make Sustainability ‘Second Nature’ For All!

By Ashka Naik, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Second Nature (This article appears in the August, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Within the Advancing Green Building in Higher Education Program, a capacity-building initiative funded by The Kresge Foundation, Second Nature has been building the sustainability capacity of many under-resourced institutions for the past two years. [...]

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Targeting Campus Efficiency, EDF expands Climate Corps to the Public Sector

By Jill Logeman, Energy Program Coordinator, Environmental Defense Fund (This article appears in the August, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) If improving building energy efficiency were as simple as flipping a switch, universities could easily cash in on big cost savings and emission reductions. Instead, limited resources, information gaps, and organizational barriers prevent universities [...]

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Minority Serving Institutions Building Green

By Felicia Davis, Building Green Program Director, United Negro College Fund (This article appears in the August, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Institute for Capacity Building has embarked upon an ambitious endeavor to catapult minority-serving colleges and universities into leadership roles in the transition to a sustainable green [...]

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Achieving Green Schools for Everyone Within This Generation

By Rachel Gutter, Director, The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (This article appears in the August, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) There are more than 3,800 projects participating in the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED green building program on campuses across the United States. In fact, colleges and universities [...]

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Solar Road Trip in Boston Tues. Sept 7th

On this Tuesday night (Sept. 7, 2010), the Solar Road Trip will stop in Boston at the Old South Church in Copley Square, starting at 5:30pm.  Second Nature has teamed up with Unity College, 350.org, Students for a Just and Stable Future, and others to help promote this exciting trip. Author Bill McKibben and a team of [...]

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