Broken Promises – I’m Scared For My Future

Anjali Appadurai, a student at the College of the Atlantic in Maine, addressed the conference on behalf of youth delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban. “It always seems impossible until it’s done. So, distinguished delegates and governments around the world, governments of the developed world: Deep cuts now. Get it done,” [...]

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EPA Green Power Leadership Awards Recognize ACUPCC Signatories

The EPA Green Power Partnership recognized the following ACUPCC signatory institutions with 2011 Green Power Leadership Awards: Allegheny College Franklin & Marshall College Mercyhurst College Santa Clara University University of Central Oklahoma Five of the ten Green Power Purchasing awards went to colleges and universities – all of which are part of the ACUPCC network. [...]

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NRDC: Higher Education Paves a Way Forward on Climate Change

Reposted from Switchboard: The National Resource Defense Council Staff Blog. By Kelly Henderson, Climate Center Program Assistant, NRDC These days, it’s tough to be an environmentalist on the national level. The current “Right-heavy” House pays little to no attention to the health impacts related to air pollution and is too focused on tying EPA’s hands when it comes to [...]

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Crafting a Water Sustainability Plan at the George Washington University

By Sophie Waskow, Sustainability Project Facilitator and Meghan Chapple-Brown, Director, The George Washington University Office of Sustainability (This article appears in the December, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Like many ACUPCC signatories, GW has committed to carbon neutrality and has created a climate action plan outlining carbon reduction strategies. But climate is not the only [...]

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The U.S. National Climate Assessment

By Jim Buizer, Deputy Director for Climate Adaptation and International Development, Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona and Member, Executive Secretariat, NCADAC (This article appears in the December, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Adapting to the impacts of climate changes already underway, and projected to continue to increase over this century, is critical to [...]

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ACUPCC Committee Publishes Report on Preparing for and Responding to Climate Change

By David A. Caruso, President, Antioch University New England and Member, Higher Education Climate Adaption Committee and Abigail Abrash Walton, Assistant to the President for Sustainability and Social Justice, Antioch University New England (This article appears in the December, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) As we sat down to write this article, we reflected on [...]

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The University of Arizona Provides Local Climate Adaptation Assessment & Planning Support

By Joe Abraham, Director, University of Arizona Office of Sustainability and Leslie Ethen, Director, City of Tucson Office of Conservation and Sustainable Development (This article appears in the December, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) The World Meteorological Organization recently reported global atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) levels rose to new record levels in 2010, with the [...]

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Return on Sustainability Investment

By Stephen Mulkey, President, Unity College Over the last decade, Unity College has made great strides in developing its sustainability portfolio by implementing numerous infrastructure projects and sustainable practices into our operations.  Our former president, Mitchell Thomashow, did much to enhance our commitment to sustainability (see our remarkable 90 percent passive dorm, TerraHaus, and our [...]

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