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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.

Second Nature has selected 15 under-resourced higher education institutions
for Kresge Green Building Fellowship Awards.

May 15, 2009 | Boston, MA
Second Nature congratulates the 15 institutions awarded the 2009 Kresge Green Building Fellowship Awards. With funding from the Kresge Foundation, Second Nature has presented these fellowships as a way to provide under-resourced institutions with information and networking opportunities that will develop champions for green building on campus. There were 82 applicants for the fellowships. Please click HERE to learn if your institution is one of the awardees.
 
New Guidance for Universities and Colleges to Provide Students with Education on Climate Change and Sustainability
May 2009 | Boston
Many in higher education are struggling to determine the right curricula, research, courses, and programs that will train students and faculty to confront the massive challenge of climate disruption and to have the marketable skills needed in a new clean, green economy. To help leaders in higher education meet this challenge, the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment and Second Nature have released Education for Climate Neutrality and Sustainability: Academic Guidance for ACUPCC Institutions.

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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