| Helping Higher Education Move from
Good Intentions to Strategic Action
SN Initiatives
Since 1993, Second Nature (SN) has worked with over 4,000
faculty and administrators at more than 500 colleges and universities
to help make the principles of sustainability the foundation
of all learning, practice, and
collaboration with local communities. Today, in order to help
higher education move from simple good intentions to
strategic transformative action, Second Nature focuses its
energy on initiating, advising, and supporting select high-leverage
national and regional education for sustainability (EFS) activities
for which there is a clear need and committed support.
Past initiatives have included advancing EFS networks at
the state, regional, and national levels; building the nationally
respected online clearinghouse for Education for Sustainability
information; and conducting a multi-million dollar, ten year
advocacy and outreach effort that was instrumental in launching
the higher education EFS movement.
Current initiatives include:
Second Nature can help you and your college, university or
association develop, advance, and achieve a vision of a truly
sustainable higher education institution, one that fully prepares
its graduates for the challenges of the 21st Century. Led
by SN’s founder and President, Dr. Anthony Cortese,
SN has conducted hundreds of powerful consultations on various
aspects of education for sustainability, as well as over fifty
workshops on topics such as:
- institutionalizing sustainability education and practice
- faculty and curriculum development
- sustainable planning, operations, and design
- sustainably preferable purchasing
- collaboration with local and regional communities
We can work with you to help overcome conceptual, economic,
structural and cultural barriers to sustainability within
your institution. For further information, read SN
Advisory Services or contact us at info@secondnature.org.
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