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Second Nature, AASHE, and ecoAmerica Receive Prestigious Award
Founding organizations of ACUPCC presented with US Green Building Council’s 2009 Leadership Award.
November 17, 2009 | Boston, MA
Second Nature and UNCF Announce $1.8M Kresge Grant to Boost 'Green Building'
United Negro College Fund, with support from Second Nature, receives grant from Kresge Foundation to help minority-serving colleges and universities build and renovate sustainably.
November 12, 2009 | Fairfax, VA
Financing Sustainability on Campus Book Now Available
Written, edited, and introduced by Second Nature Staff and published by National Association of College & University Business Officers.
November 6, 2009 | Washington, DC
Second Nature Launches Web Portal to Help Colleges and Universities Build 'Green'
Campus Green Builder free, interactive portal provides hundreds of links to green building-related web sites, directories of experts, and resources for training and funding opportunities.
November 3, 2009 | Boston, MA
Second Nature Editorial Published in Sustainability: The Journal of Record
A New Era in Higher Education (PDF) written by Second Nature's Peter Bardaglio and Andrea Putman
Posted with permission of Sustainability: The Journal of Record.
October, 2009 | New Rochelle, NY
Furman University Honored by Clean Air-Cool Planet for Sustainability Efforts
October 7, 2009 | Greenville, SC
Is LEED Worth it for College and University Buildings
Today's Campus Magazine Publishes Article by Second Nature Senior Fellow Peter Bardaglio (p. 18-23).
September, 2009 | Ithaca, NY
Several College and University Presidents Urge US Secretary of Education to Ensure that President's FY2011 Budget Requests At Least $50 million for University Sustainability Program
September 23, 2009 | Washington, DC
Second Nature to Support Sodexo’s Sustainability Efforts on Campuses Nationwide
August 19, 2009 | Gaithersburg, MD
Climate Neutral Campus Report Released by ACUPCC, Second Nature, and Kyoto Publishing
14 August 2009 | Boston
President Clinton Presented Keynote at American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment Summit Aug. 13-14
August 13, 2009 | Chicago
Nearly 250 leaders in higher education attended Climate Leadership Summit and heard President Bill Clinton’s remarks. Other speakers included: Martha J. Kanter, US Undersecretary of Education; S. Richard Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chairman of the US Green Building Council; Peter M. Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline and founding chair of the Society for Organizational Learning; and Janine Benyus, biologist and author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.
Second Nature and Several Colleges & Universities Join the UN's Climate Neutral Network
July 23, 2009 | Nairobi
Six universities from the US, UK, Spain and China have become the first academic institutions to come on board the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net) - an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to promote global action to de-carbonize our economies and societies.
More than
150 College and University Presidents Tell Senators that Education is the Missing Link in Federal Climate Legislation
July 21, 2009 | Boston, MA
Presidents send letter calling on the Senate to help prepare the American people for a clean energy economy by including in the climate bill funds for education - at all levels - to help Americans make well-informed decisions as consumers, workers, business-owners, and investors.
Presidents who would like to add their name to the letter should contact Second Nature by email at policyalert@secondnature.org.
Second Nature Takes Lead in Managing Support of American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment
July 8, 2009 | Boston, MA
Second Nature has taken the lead in managing support of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment as the ACUPCC expands its bold and vital activities to make US higher education sustainable and climate-neutral.
Energy Financing Toolkit now available
April 15, 2009 | Boston, MA
The American Colleges and Universities Presidents’ Climate Commitment and the William J. Clinton Foundation’s Climate Initiative, with the assistance over 35 industry experts, created a best practices toolkit as a resource for ACUPCC signatories interested in learning about and conducting an Energy Performance Contract (EPC). EPC is a contractual and financing mechanism through which building owners can undertake
comprehensive energy efficiency retrofits with minimal financial exposure and maximum energy and financial savings.
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