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Non-Profit Group Second Nature Helps Colleges Teach and Observe Sustainable Building
Kresge Education Program support helps effort on campuses of community colleges and minority-serving institutions.
December 26, 2011 | Troy, MI

New Report Finds Higher Education Has Critical Role in Adapting to Changing Climate
"Higher Education’s Role in Adapting to a Changing Climate" evaluates how colleges and universities are preparing society for a changing climate through their education, research, operations, and community engagement activities.
November 3, 2011 | Boston, MA

$1 Billion 'Green Challenge' Launches
Harvard, Stanford, Arizona State, and other leading universities commit $65 million to innovative energy efficiency financing initiative
The Billion Dollar Green Challenge invites colleges, universities and other nonprofits to invest a total of one billion dollars in self-managed green revolving funds that finance energy efficiency upgrades.
October 11, 2011 | Boston, MA

American Meteorological Society Partners with Second Nature to Implement AMS Climate Studies Course at 100 Minority-Serving Institutions Nationwide
Project will focus on introducing and enhancing geoscience coursework at MSIs nationwide, especially those that are signatories to the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) and/or members of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP).
September 15, 2011 | Boston, MA

Second Nature Invites Nominations for 3^rd Annual Climate Leadership Awards
Partnership with Planet Forward to provide finalists opportunity to feature their institutions' sustainability leadership far and wide.
August 31, 2011 | Boston, MA

Second Nature President Anthony Cortese featured in Bioneers Education for Action Radio Series (audio)
Education for Action: Reinventing Everything features ecoliteracy leaders David Orr and Anthony Cortese as well as social entrepreneur Jess Rimington for an inspiring teach-in on how educators and students are creating a living curriculum for an engaged society that's solving problems while studying them.
July 25, 2011 | Boston, MA

Second Nature and Bioneers partnering to provide access to educational sources
Second Nature and Bioneers are partnering to provide special offerings to all ACUPCC Signatory and Title III & V educational institutions, in service of their shared mission to advance sustainability in higher education.
July 15, 2011 | Boston, MA

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