New UNCF Publication Showcases MSI Efforts and Progress on Campus Sustainability

By Van H. Du, Program Associate, Second Nature The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) recently published Sustainable Campuses: Building Green at Minority-Serving Institutions to showcase the outstanding leadership and accomplishments achieved by many minority-serving colleges and universities in their efforts towards campus sustainability and climate neutrality. Sustainable Campuses is a collection of discussions and case [...]

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Butte College Becomes First in US to Go Grid Positive

Second Nature intern Anne Sjolander writes about this tremendous achievement over on the the Campus Green Builder blog: With the installment of 25,000 photovoltaic panels on campus, Butte College has eliminated the need for outside energy sources and is capable of sending clean energy back to the grid. Anne’s post in its entirety is here, [...]

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We Have 100% of the Student Footprint

Last week, we released a new video that answers the two questions most frequently put to us since Second Nature was founded in 1993: Why is Education for Sustainability so important? Why focus on the higher education sector? Heres’s our answer: Watch the video on YouTube and Vimeo. The Second Nature YouTube Channel View this [...]

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Celebrating the Advancing Green Building in Higher Education Initiative

By Ashka Naik, Director of Capacity Building, Second Nature (This article appears in the January, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Two years ago Second Nature undertook an extensive research project to understand the needs and challenges faced by the U.S. higher education institutions that were disenfranchised from the mainstream “Green Building” movement for a [...]

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Stepping Up for Sustainability: Second Nature’s Kresge Fellows Get Going When the Going Gets Tough

By Vanessa Santos, Advancing Green Building Intern, Second Nature When the economy takes a turn for the worse, all organizations, especially those within the education sector, suffer. However, under-resourced and minority-serving colleges and universities are stepping up to prove that ambition, useful information and timely opportunities can overcome the financial concerns that are often associated [...]

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The ACUPCC and Second Nature: Accelerating Education for Sustainability

By Anthony Cortese, President, Second Nature (This article appears in the December, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) As you know, Second Nature is a non-profit organization whose mission is to transform the education, research, practice and community engagement of higher education in order to foster a healthy, just and sustainable society for all now [...]

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Kresge Fellows at 2010 Greenbuild

While attending the 2010 Greenbuild Conference in Chicago, IL, Second Nature’s Ashka Naik brought together the eleven 2010 Kresge Fellows who attended this year’s GreenBuild thanks to the funding they received through their fellowships. The group shared their experiences as campus sustainability champions over a meal and had the opportunity to discuss their challenges with [...]

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ACUPCC at the COP 16 in Cancun!

By Felicia Davis, Director, Facilities & Infrastructure Enhancement, Institute for Capacity Building, UNCF and Ashka Naik, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Second Nature (This article appears in the November, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) Second Nature, in collaboration with UNCF, will host a special side event during the upcoming COP 16 UN Climate Conference in [...]

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Transitions

By Michelle Dyer,  Chief Operating Officer, Second Nature (This article appears in the October, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) After the ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit in Denver I will be stepping out of my role as Chief Operating Officer of Second Nature, to join Intersection Partners, a private equity investment firm that builds sustainable [...]

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Unity College Joins Bill McKibben in a Road Trip to Put Solar Panels on the White House!

By Vanessa Santos, Advancing Green Building Intern, Second Nature Last Tuesday evening at Old South Church in Boston, MA, you couldn’t turn around without seeing bright white signs that read “Put Solar on the White House!” This is Bill McKibben’s clear and simple message. Mr. McKibben, with the support of 350.org, the students of Unity [...]

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