The Put A Price On It campaign is seeking endorsements from college and university presidents in support of carbon pricing, as an effective and pragmatic solution to climate change. The campaign, led by the non-profit Our Climate and the National Geographic series Years of Living Dangerously, works with student leaders across the country to build support for carbon pricing, and elevates the importance of the policy through film, celebrity endorsements, and social media. The president endorsement letter can be found online here, and questions can be directed to Page Atcheson at page@ourclimate.us. Learn more.

Chaplains for Earth is a collaboration among United States Deans and Directors of college and university religious and spiritual life departments. Their initial and immediate task is to gather signatures on an open letter to President Trump, Secretary of State Tillerson, and EPA Administrator Pruitt calling on them to honor U.S. commitments made at the 2015 United Nations Climate Conference in Paris. Their goal is to collect signatures representing all 50 states by April 22, 2017. The letter will be released in time for and in solidarity with Earth Day and the March for Science.
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Our ability to achieve an energy-efficient, low-emissions future will depend on achieving significant materials advances over the coming decades. This panel event, co-organized by MRS Energy & Sustainability—A Review Journal and the MRS Focus on Sustainability Subcommittee, will convene top experts (including Climate Leadership Network schools like University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Maryland) to discuss the fundamental materials R&D needed and the geopolitical and international supply-chain implications of possible pathways to realize this vision. 
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This event, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings Initiative, is a national meeting where leading organizations across key sectors showcase solutions to cut energy intensity in their buildings portfolio-wide by 20% over the next ten years. It's designed for partners and stakeholders to exchange best practices and highlight demonstrated market solutions with an equal emphasis on discussing future opportunities for greater energy efficiency in America’s homes and buildings. It will take place from May 15-17, 2017 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC.
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The launch of the Worldwatch Institute's 2017 State of the World report, titled "Rethinking Education on a Changing Planet," will be hosted by Appalachian State University (Climate Commitment signatory and winner of the 2015 Climate Leadership Awards in the 4-year category). It will be a full day event, consisting of short, punchy talks, and panel discussions.

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The Carbon Commitment signatory Smith College formed a study group in the fall of 2015 to facilitate a campuswide examination of how Smith, as an educational institution and a residential college, could most effectively respond to the challenge of global climate change. The Study Group on Climate Change spent a year conducting research, consulting experts and gathering input from hundreds of Smith College community members to develop a series of recommendations that allows Smith to contribute to climate solutions, locally and globally. They recently realesed a report which contains their findings and recommendations.
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