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Education for Sustainability: An International Affair
Collective Initiatives: The need for the higher education sector to seriously address climate change is being realized around the world. Effective initiatives inspired by or in-line with the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) are currently underway in countries such as Scotland, UK and Australia. A few of the established programs dedicated to climate commitment are the Universities and Colleges Climate Commitment for Scotland (UCCCfS), the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability Association (ACTS), and the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges in the UK (EAUC).
Individual Actions: Also, on October 10, 2010, when more than 30,000 students from over 200 universities in China came together and launched a nationwide program for climate action, the University of Babylon in Iraq also installed the first solar panel on its campus! Read our blog to learn more about the individual actions by students around the world participating in the "10/10/10 Global Work Parties" campaign.
ACUPCC at COP16: This year, the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted in Cancun, Mexico. Second Nature, in partnership with UNCF, will participate in this international meeting to share how ACUPCC model could prove effective in building sector-wide movement for climate action in other sectors and countries. To read more about the ACUPCC's participation in the COP16, please click here.
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Highlighted Resources:
The U.S. Department of Energy's New Guide to Financing EnergySmart Schools provides guidance on the processes involved in financing energy efficiency projects at K-12 and higher education institutions, and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of financing mechanisms.
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), in partnership with ecoAmerica, recently launched the SEED Resource Center. AACC will host a webinar titled "A Primer on AACC's New SEED Resource Center." To learn how your college can take advantage of this new resource, please sign up.
AASHE is hosting the Sustainability Across the Curriculum Leadership Workshop for faculty members from all disciplines who are interested in developing programs around sustainability. This 2-day workshop will take place in January 2011, at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
USGCB's Center for Green Schools recently released Hands-On LEED: Guiding College Student Engagement, which discusses how faculty and staff can involve students in green building projects and LEED certification process on campus.
Regional Opportunities:
The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association is offering a $10,000 award for a building that can demonstrate net-zero energy use, high comfort level, affordability, and reliability. To be eligible for the award, buildings must be occupied and document net-zero energy use for one year. The competition is open to qualified buildings in the Northeast--the six New England states plus New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
EPA's latest Funding for Environmental Education Outreach Programs is requesting proposals for projects that aim to create and manage environmental education programs for K-12, undergraduate and graduate students located in the U.S-Mexican border region.
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Financing Renewable Energy
[11/10-11/11, Washington, D.C.]
Greening Facilities and Greening Campuses
[11/10, Webinar]
BECC 2010-Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference
[11/14, Sacramento, CA]
Build Boston 2010
[11/17-11/19, Boston, MA]
2010 GreenBuild International Expo
[11/17-11/19, Chicago, IL]
Sustainability 2011-2021: Local, Regional and Global Implications
[11/18, Tempe, AZ]
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