Bowdoin Announces Update to Carbon Neutrality Plan

Check out the following update from Bowdoin College regarding progress toward their target of climate neutrality by 2020. The letter from President Mills is an excellent example of ongoing active involvement and communication from the president; a critically important aspect of climate action planning, to ensure the community understands it is an important, strategic goal [...]

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Share Your Stories for Campus Sustainability Day

Share Your Stories In celebration of Campus Sustainability Day we invite you to share your responses to our event  - Campus Conversations - by posting your feedback, comments, stories, and ideas on the conversation topic – sustainability in admissions, retention, and educational value. Watch the Campus Sustainability Day Webcast A Useful Education: Sustainability in Admissions, Retention, and Educational [...]

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Second Nature at AASHE 2011

The 2011 AASHE Conference, held in Pittsburgh Oct. 9-12, was a great success.  Second Nature was very involved, delivering plenary talks, panel sessions, and more, that highlighted our work supporting the ACUPCC. The following members of the Second Nature staff, fellows and board were in attendance: Peter Bardaglio, Sarah Brylinsky, Tony Cortese, Georges Dyer, Bill [...]

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The Boomerang Project – Tribute to Ray Anderson

Below is a powerful tribute to the late Ray Anderson, created and shared with Ray before his death.  As you can tell from the words of so many people directly impacted by Ray’s leadership, and the stories of the millions of others indirectly impacted, sustainability leadership can be a powerful motivator, providing meaning to our [...]

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The Campus Energy Efficiency Fund, Pennsylvania

On Wednesday, at Drexel University, Pennsylvania State Treasurer, Rob McCord announced the launch of the Campus Energy Efficiency Fund.  Drexel, which recently signed the ACUPCC, will be the first university to participate in the Fund.  A description from the press release states: The Campus Energy Efficiency Fund is a first-of-its-kind investment that can generate as [...]

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Creating an Environment for Growing Green Jobs

By Todd Cohen, Director, SEED Initiative, American Association of Community Colleges (This article appears in the October, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Engaging with the community to build sustainable and thriving regional economies is an important pursuit for higher education. For community colleges, in particular, this quest is also a fundamental part of what they [...]

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What Do We Stand for Now? The Oberlin Project

By David W. Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Senior Adviser to the President, Oberlin College (This article appears in the October, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Adapted from the Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Fall 2011 Historian Geoff Blodgett once wrote that “Oberlin has always been preoccupied with the moral issues [...]

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Leadership by Example: Campus-Community Collaboration on Climate Protection

By Peter Bardaglio, Senior Fellow, Second Nature (This article appears in the October, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) TCCPI, a project of Second Nature, is generously supported by the Park Foundation Embedded in the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) is the notion of leadership by example. By committing their institutions to the [...]

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Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative – September 2011

By Peter Bardaglio, Senior Fellow, Second Nature Welcome to the September 2011 issue of the TCCPI Newsletter, a monthly update from the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative (TCCPI). Welcoming the Winds of Change: Enfield Energy In the works for several years, the Enfield Energy Black Oak Wind Farm project has gained new momentum in recent [...]

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