NOTABLE NEWS
Carbon Pricing - New Resources & Updates
In September 2018, the Carbon Pricing in Higher Education Working Group launched the Internal Carbon Pricing in Higher Education Toolkit at the Global Climate Action Summit.
Over the past year, while colleges and universities have been busy working to accelerate their carbon pricing programs, some schools have also adopted internal carbon prices. The Carbon Pricing in Higher Education Working Group has been busy working to create additional resources for the Toolkit to support the schools through the process.
Some of these new resources include new case studies, and videos. Additionally, the Smith College Proxy Carbon Life Cycle Cost Calculator has been updated to include improvements.
BONUS BULLETIN
New Summit Session Announced
The 2020 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit is quickly approaching, and there is a *NEW* session just announced.
Maintaining Climate Momentum Through Presidential Transitions will focus on the primary challenge for institutional climate action commitments that extend beyond the tenure of the president or chancellor, and how to take that challenge, and turn it into an opportunity to accelerate acton. You will hear from Allegheny College's current president, two past presidents, and a trustee on how they were able to maintain progress through leadership transitions, limited sustainability staffing, budget cuts, enrollment challenges, and a comparatively small endowment. Join us at the conference, so you don't miss out!
Still haven't registered for the conference? Early Bird registration rates will end December 16th!
Attending COP 25? Response Requested
Second Nature President Tim Carter and Innovative Services Manager Ruby Woodside will be participating in the United Nations Santiago Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in December. If you are also attending, Second Nature would like to know so that you can be connected with networking and other potential opportunities while you are there.
You can let Second Nature know by completing this simple, quick form. Please complete the form by Monday, November 4th at the latest.
Second Nature at Building Resilience 19
Second Nature's Innovative Services Manager Ruby Woodside, will be participating as a speaker at Building Resilience 19. Taking place November 7-8 in Cleveland, Ohio, Building Resilience 19 will bring building industry professionals together to focus on building more resilient communities and buildings. If you are also going to this conference and would like to meet with Ruby while you are there, please contact her directly.
Second Nature Is Hiring!
Second Nature is currently accepting applications for:
Manager of Cross-Sector Climate Action
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and this position is open until filled. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Second Nature & Carbonfund Foundation
Second Nature is partnering with Carbonfund.org Foundation on a new project to address the carbon footprint of university air travel. We're creating a tool to calculate air travel emissions and sort them by airline, with the eventual goal of partnering with airlines to offset these emissions. We're looking for schools that can share their air travel data to help build and test this tool. Are you interested in being involved or learning more? Please email rwoodside@secondnature.org.
RELEVANT RESOURCES
Integrating Carbon Offsets into Your Climate Action Plan
RAPID RECOGNITIONS
The University of Toronto has released their Low Carbon Action Plan outlining their five-year plan to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 37% by 2030.
The University of Minnesota is changing the lightbulbs in all 240 buildings on campus to energy efficiency ones, and is part of a grant-funded project to reduce energy in one of their buildings.
University of San Diego and President Dr. Harris signed the Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitment. Welcome to the Climate Leadership Network!
MONTHLY MERIT
The University of Dayton joined Second Nature's Resilience Commitment with the signature of President Eric F. Spina.
As a part of their commitment, the University of Dayton will form a campus-wide council focused on initiating resilience and climate action planning. The council will be named the University of Dayton Climate Action, Resilience, and Environmental Sustainability (CARES) Council.
ONCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
December 9th-12th, 2019: Global Congress for Climate Change & Sustainability Professionals, Chicago, IL
Join hundreds of professionals and organizations - including Second Nature - in the sustainability and climate action industry at this summit. The focus of this summit will be on uniting forces to take action and increase the influence and urgency for climate action.
February 23rd-25th, 2020: Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit, Atlanta, GA
The Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit, presented by Second Nature and the Intentional Endowments Network, is the premier gathering of a select group of higher education leaders committed to driving our nation’s climate action. As the world looks to 2020 to update emissions reductions targets under the Paris Climate Agreement, the Summit will be an opportunity for the higher education sector to take stock of its own progress and explore ways to scale local climate leadership to meet the global goals by working across institutions and across sectors.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
