Macalester President Brian Rosenberg on Taking a Stand

If your institution’s president is considering signing the ACUPCC, but is unsure if it’s an appropriate stance to take on behalf of the institution, below is a great line of reasoning from Macalester College’s president Brian Rosenberg.  The following is an excerpt from a 2009 essay titled “What Am I Doing Here” that ran in [...]

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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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The Year Ahead for the ACUPCC

By Timothy P. White, Chancellor of University of California, Riverside and Co-Chair of the ACUPCC Steering Committee (This article appears in the July, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) In February 2012, the ACUPCC will turn five years old. At this time five years ago, the initiative was an idea, just starting to build momentum. That [...]

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Getting to Grid Positive: What it Took and Why It’s Important

by Diana Van Der Ploeg, President of Butte College.  This blog article was originally published on the AASHE blog.  My eight-year tenure as President of Butte College ends this week on an exciting note: Butte College is now the first college in the history of the U.S. to go grid positive, meaning that we will [...]

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ACUPCC School Innovations: Arizona State University

The following was authored by Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow for the 2007 ACUPCC Annual Report. View the report in full here. View the school’s progress on the ACUPCC Reporting System. As a founding member institution of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, Arizona State University continues to maintain a strong [...]

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Institutionalizing Sustainability: Shifting Gears, Shifting Culture

By Wim Wiewel, President, Portland State University (This article appears in the March, 2011 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) On my first day at Portland State University back in August 2008, I rode my bike to work alongside Portland Mayor-elect Sam Adams. The ride symbolized Portland State University’s partnership with the city, and both Portland and [...]

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Presidents Make the Case for Climate Neutrality at Council of Independent Colleges Presidents’ Institute

by Richard J. Cook, President Emeritus of Allegheny College and Second Nature Education for Sustainability Fellow In slightly over two years the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) has grown from a compelling idea into a nationwide phenomenon. Almost 700 institutions of higher learning are now ACUPCC signatories. And many others are eager [...]

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