Higher Education’s Role in “Fixing Capitalism”

Yesterday’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook on Boston’s WBUR featured a lively discussion on “fixing capitalism” between Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard University, and former Labor secretary Robert Reich. Porter’s argument for reforming the traditional US business paradigm includes the view that business education must evolve to become more interdisciplinary in [...]

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An Education in Green Living, DownEast

The latest issue of DownEast Magazine includes a great article called An Education in Green Living about education for sustainability efforts going on at Maine’s colleges and universities. The article notes that fifteen Maine institutions have signed the ACUPCC – that’s about half of all of Maine’s the colleges and universities, and they represent about [...]

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ACUPCC Co-Chairs Support the Better Buildings Initiative

Last week, in a speech delivered at Penn State University, President Obama announced the Better Buildings Initiative, which aims to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs. This factsheet provides more details on the announcement. The Co-Chairs of the ACUPCC Steering Committee have issued the following statement in support of this initiative: — On February [...]

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What You Need to Know about Carbon Offsets

By Joel Levin, Vice President for Business Development, Climate Action Reserve (This article appears in the February, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) I once heard a speaker at a conference define a carbon offset as the absence of a colorless, odorless gas. Try explaining that to your grandmother! No wonder there is so much confusion [...]

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ACUPCC Program Planning for 2011

By Toni Nelson, ACUPCC Program Director, Second Nature (This article appears in the February, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) The support team at Second Nature has developed a plan for 2011 that will provide information and resources on key topics related to the implementation of climate action planning and sustainability education, as well as opportunities [...]

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The Carbon Offset Potential of Campus Forests and Other Land

By Jennifer Andrews, Director of Program Planning and Integration, Clean Air-Cool Planet (This article appears in the February, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) One of the questions that CA-CP still gets quite often as we support schools in their GHG inventories and climate action plans is, “What about our forests?  Can’t we count them as [...]

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Carbon Offset Research & Education

By Tim Stumhofer, Senior Program Associate, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (This article appears in the February, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) There is no shortage of opinions on the concept and application of carbon offsets. The fervent debate these wonky mitigation instruments whip up runs an impressive multidisciplinary gamut from questions of morality to marginal [...]

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Carbon Offsets 101: What colleges and universities can learn – and teach – about GHG offset quality

By David Antonioli, CEO, Voluntary Carbon Standard Association (This article appears in the February, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Curbing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions is an environmental challenge, but it is also an opportunity to enhance American security and economic competitiveness through innovation and change. Colleges and universities are uniquely positioned to help drive the [...]

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Support Federal Funding for Higher Ed Sustainability Programs

By Jim Elder, Director, Campaign for Environmental Literacy (This article appears in the February, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Winter brings the beginning of the annual federal budget battles, and we are again seeking help and leadership from college and university presidents.  You were instrumental in convincing Congress to create and partially fund a new [...]

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