2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards Recognizing Innovation and Excellence in Climate Leadership at Signatory Institutions of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment The Climate Leadership Awards highlight campus innovation and climate leadership to transition society to a clean, just, and sustainable future, and are chosen from ACUPCC signatory institutions in good standing [...]
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2012 Climate Leadership Award Finalists Announced
Posted in 2012 Climate Leadership Awards, ACUPCC, Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards, tagged Allegheny College, Arizona State University, Austin Community College District, Carleton College, Chandler - Gilbert Community College, Florida Gulf Coast University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Glendale Community College, Goddard College, Haywood Community College, Luther College, New York University, Planet Forward, Pratt Institute, Spelman College, SUNY Upstate Medical University, University of California, University of Central Missouri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of South Florida, William Paterson University of New Jersey on February 28, 2012 | 5 Comments »
American Meteorological Society and Second Nature Partner to Strengthen Climate and Sustainability-Focused Curricula at Minority-Serving Institutions
Posted in ACUPCC, ACUPCC Implementer, Climate Action, Partnerships, tagged ACUPCC Climate Action Plans, AIHEC, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, American Meterorological Society, ams, AMS Climate Studies, AMS Diversity Project, HACU, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, NASA, NOAA, UNCF, United Negro College Fund on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By James Brey, Director, AMS Education Program and Elizabeth Mills, Associate Director, AMS Education Program (This article appears in the February, 2012 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) The National Science Foundation (NSF) GeoVision report underscores the critical need for increasing public literacy in the geosciences. Daily, Americans learn about threats to the Earth, such as the [...]
Minority-Serving Institutions Championing the ACUPCC
Posted in ACUPCC, ACUPCC Implementer, tagged ACUPCC, Clark Atlanta University, Elizabeth City State University, Spelman College, UNCF, United Tribes Technical College on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By Ashka Naik, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Development, Second Nature (This article appears in the February, 2012 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) This article is based on a chapter in the forthcoming publication, UNCF Sustainable Campuses: Building Green at Minority Serving Institutions. It will be available in April 2012 on the Kyoto Publishing website as [...]
The Future of the ACUPCC and the 2012 Summit
Posted in ACUPCC, Conferences & Events, tagged 5th anniversary, ACUPCC, ACUPCC Summit 2012, Mitchell Thomashow, Unity College on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By Mitchell Thomashow, President Emeritus, Unity College and Second Nature Presidential Fellow Five years ago a small group of visionary college and university presidents gathered to initiate the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). They were motivated by their conviction that higher education had the capacity and responsibility to make a significant commitment [...]
Sustainability Initiatives at the Tribal Colleges
Posted in ACUPCC, ACUPCC Implementer, tagged AIHEC, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, American Indian Research and Education Initiative, College of Menominee Nation, TCU, Tribal College and University on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By Al Kuslikis, STEM Associate, American Indian Higher Education Consortium and Beau Mitchell, Sustainability Coordinator, College of Menominee Nation (This article appears in the February, 2012 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and its Tribal College and University (TCU) membership are actively engaged in promoting sustainability both on their campuses [...]
Energy Conservation at Alamo Colleges
Posted in ACUPCC, ACUPCC Implementer, tagged Alamo Colleges, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, solar energy, Texas State Energy Conservation Office on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By John W. Strybos, Associate Vice Chancellor of Facilities at Alamo Colleges (This article appears in the February, 2012 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) In August 2008, the Chancellor of the Alamo Colleges Bruce H. Leslie Ph.D. signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, as an effort to promote and transform the colleges into [...]
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