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Take a Survey To Help Your Campus Champion Sustainability    

   
As mentioned in the January-February issue of Your Campus Green Builder,  Second Nature has recently launched the Education for Sustainability (EfS) Innovation Project -- a capacity-building program that promotes innovation and leadership among financially strained and minority-serving institutions.  To better serve your institution through this project, we request you to complete this survey.

Please submit the completed survey and questions to Ashka Naik, Second Nature. 

Participate in the 4th UNCF Building Green Learning Institute in June 2011  


This year, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) will host its 4th Building Green Learning Institute at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
in Washington D.C on June 16-18, 2011.  The Learning Institute is targeted at college and university presidents and vice-presidents, as well as facilities managers, planners, sustainability directors, business officers and student leaders who are interested in building green on their campus.

To register, please click here.  For more information, please contact Darryl Anne Lai Fang at uncfgreen@gmail.com, or call (404) 302-8607.   

Highlighted Resources

Financial:

Sustainable Endowments Institute's new report, "Greening the Bottom Line: The Trend Towards Green Revolving Funds on Campus," shares information on green revolving fund programs from 52 higher education institutions.  

 

Technical:

Visit the EERE Building Envelope and Windows R&D Program Blog to find the latest information on building materials and technologies.

 

The National Wildlife Federation's new report, "Going Underground on Campus: Tapping the Earth for Clean, Efficient Sources of Heating and Cooling," examines energy savings from ground-source heat pumps, direct geothermal, aquifer and lake-based geothermal electricity, as well as earth-sheltered buildings on higher education campuses.  

 

Educational:

 

Check out the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network and the National Council for Science and Environment (NCSE) Climate Change Education Program for educational resources on climate science. 

 

Join the AASHE Peer-to-Peer Sustainability Outreach Campaigns to get advice and share initiatives on student engagement on campus.   


Blog

"Survey Indicated Rising Demand for Sustainability on Campus"--Van Du, Second Nature intern, discusses the results of the 2010 Higher Education Sustainability Staffing Survey, conducted and released by AASHE.

"Second Nature Grant Awardee Leads a "Sustainability Makeover in Higher Education"--Vanessa Santos, Second Nature intern, highlights Mount Wachusett Community College's sustainability efforts and accomplishments.
   
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Upcoming Events  


NACUBO Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference
[4/3, College Park, MD]

GHG Reduction Strategies: How to Analyze the Financial & Carbon Impacts of Projects
[4/3, College Park, MD]

Designing with Nature
[4/7, Webinar]

Engineering Sustainability 2011
[4/10, Pittsburgh, PA]

Power Shift 2011
[4/15, Washington, DC]

Green Campus and Hands-on Training
[4/27, Webinar]


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is a free one-stop online resource on campus climate action and sustainability planning that is accessible to all higher education institutions.

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