Greener Pockets For Unity College’s Green Campus

For a small college of 500 students located in a rural community of Maine, Unity College has been nothing short of a bright star for its proactive leadership in addressing sustainability and climate actions in the higher education sector. As a result, the institution recently received an anonymous and very generous gift of $10 million [...]

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Innovations in Energy Efficiency Finance

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of attending an excellent event co-hosted by Citi and EDF on Innovations in Energy Efficiency Finance.  As you can see from the agenda below, it was a fully-packed day with an all-star cast of panelists diving deep into the barriers and solutions to financing energy efficiency projects. Upfront [...]

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Campus Sustainability Day Webcast and Interactive Conversation

Campus Sustainability Day October 26th 2011 | Join the Conversation! http://www.secondnature.org/csd Campus Sustainability Day is a time to focus and reflect on the success of the sustainability movement in higher education. Together, we’re moving society forward towards a sustainable future. As individual campuses we are strong, but as a movement we are stronger still, and [...]

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ACUPCC Institutions Save Money by Reducing Emissions

Colleges and universities that sign the ACUPCC become part of a vast network of schools leading society towards climate neutrality by implementing climate action plans that address education, research initiatives, community engagement, and campus operations. On-campus emissions-reducing efforts benefit the environment, the students who gain hands on experience in the field of sustainability, and the [...]

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2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards

Good news! There is still time to nominate your institution for a 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Award –  the application deadline has been extended to November 30th! Application is 500 words or less -get started on your nomination today! Download the application form here Second Nature invites nominations for the 3rd Annual Climate Leadership Awards [...]

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Student Engagement in Climate Action Planning

Engaging students in the process of fulfilling the ACUPCC is a great way to get things done – completing greenhouse gas inventories, creating a climate action plan, implementing specific projects, and reporting on progress.  But more importantly, it provides a variety of excellent experiential education opportunities, exposing students processes and systems that will be in [...]

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UNCF Building Green Helps Minority-Serving Institutions Achieve Sustainability Objectives

By Felicia Davis, Director, Facilities & Infrastructure Enhancement, Institute for Capacity Building, United Negro College Fund (This article appears in the September, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) The UNCF Building Green at Minority-Serving Institutions Initiative has emerged as the coordinating collective for sustainability efforts targeting historically black, tribal, Hispanic-serving and Asian American Pacific Islander, public [...]

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Gathering the Green When Going Green

By Scott D. Miller, President, Bethany College (This article appears in the September, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Financing has been identified as a key barrier to implementing sustainability projects on campus. The ACUPCC Financing Sustainability Committee has been meeting since January 2011 to address the lack of information about available financing resources and to [...]

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Moving Beyond the Payback

By David McInally, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, Allegheny College (This article appears in the September, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Many colleges and universities have rightly celebrated the success of their first-generation sustainability efforts. Now that these initiatives have matured, the time has come for integrating them fully into institutional planning and financial systems, [...]

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