On yogurt lids and change

By Ulli Klein, Second Nature’s Director of Operations & Communication (This post is part of a weekly series by the Second Nature team about why we do what we do.) “Where does this one go?” That was probably one of the most common question I heard my father ask. It was the mid 80s. Germany [...]

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Leveraging the Private Sector to Advance the ACUPCC

By Anthony Cortese, President, Second Nature and Andrea Putman, Director of Corporate Partnerships, Second Nature (This article appears in the August, 2010 issue of The ACUPCC Implementer) The ACUPCC represents a courageous and unprecedented form of leadership by higher education to lead society to a climate neutral and environmentally sustainable state in order to meet [...]

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The New Prosperity Initiative | Community Dialogue Series

I recently had the privilege of participating in The New Prosperity Initiative (NPi) Community Dialogue Series. NPi, was founded by Jeanne Dasaro and Alexis Schroeder with the goal to publicize the efforts of individuals and organizations working to build social and economic prosperity. NPi brought together four Boston based non-profits with missions focused on food [...]

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Water Wars

by Alyssa Pandolfi, Second Nature Intern I’ve come to realize that this No Impact stuff is a lot harder than I anticipated.  Consumption proved to be pretty easy once I curbed my shopping habits.  Taking the T everyday and walking to when possible were things that I already do.  I buy organic, local food and [...]

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No Impact Week: A few impressions

by Ulli Klein, Operations Manager and Executive Assistant, Second Nature At Second Nature we are very proud to employ Northeastern Co-op students. Now, I always like to say that I am extremely grateful for their presence, as they do the things that I don’t want to do. Come to find out. They are also way [...]

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Amy’s No Impact Week

by Amy Hattan, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Second Nature My participation in No Impact Week is a bit of a flip flop…I’m using the week to examine if my regular lifestyle fits within the concept of having “no impact”, rather than changing my habits for just one week. For example, on the topic of food, [...]

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Farmers’ Market Adventures

by Alyssa Pandolfi, Second Nature Intern Today, Colin, Rima, and I went out to the Farmers’ Market in Government Center to get local, fresh, and absolutely delicious food.  In addition to standard fruits and vegetables, some of the vendors at the Farmers’ Market sell jellies, jams, honey, meat, flowers, and baked goods.  Throughout the harvesting [...]

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Barbara’s No Impact Week

by Barbara Koneval, Program Associate for Education & Training, Second Nature No impact week started on an unfortunate day, the day  I flew back from California from Bioneers and a mini-vacation.  After being inspired by the Bioneers conference, my sister and I drove to Yosemite for some inspiration from nature. A big part of personal [...]

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Farmer’s Market Bounty

by Rima Mulla, Communications Associate, Second Nature I scored some delicious bread, addictive tomatoes, and produce knowledge at the Government Center Farmer’s Market today. (More on our trip from Alyssa coming soon.) I had no idea brussel sprouts grew on stalks. I’d only ever seen them packaged up at the grocery store. Who knew?

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Michelle’s No-Impact Blogging – Sun to Wed

by Michelle Dyer, Chief Operating Officer, Second Nature Sunday was Consumption day.  Our challenge: to live a fuller and happier life by buying less stuff.  This one was fairly easy for me because I generally don’t buy that much stuff anyway (between me and my eco-frugalisto husband we keep our total purchasing in check fairly well.) [...]

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