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September 2021
Accelerate Your Climate Awareness. Knowledge. Action. | Second Nature's Monthly E-Newsletter.
NOTABLE NEWS
The October Milestone is Here!
The Climate Action Pursuit October milestone (October 7-8) is just one week away. Now is the time to:
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Even if you were unable to join us for the February kick-off and/or the June milestone, you can still register to join us at the October and December milestones.
Questions? Michele Madia (mmadia@secondnature.org)
Are You Attending COP26?
Second Nature will be leading a small higher education delegation to COP26 in November. If you, or someone from your higher ed institution will also be attending in-person, please do let us know!
This will help us with our event planning and networking opportunities. If you have questions, please contact Tim Carter and Steve Muzzy, the Second Nature team leading the delegation.
MONTHLY MERIT
Get a Sneak Peek from College of Menominee Nation
Earlier this month College of Menominee Nation Sustainable Development Institute released a teaser trailer about their campus climate project that we awarded Acceleration Fund money for this summer.
RAPID RECOGNITIONS
The Top 20 Coolest Schools 2021
September 9, 2021 | Source: Sierra - the Magazine of the Sierra Club
16 out of the 20 are Climate Leadership Network Signatories!
Course Helps Students Make a Difference in Environment
August 19, 2021 | Source: Gonzaga University News
Indigenous Academics Gather Over Restoration for Ecosystems and From Injustice
August 10, 2021 | Source: PlanetForward at GW
University of Dayton Hanley Sustainability Institute Strategic Plan
August 2021 | Source: University of Dayton
Powerful Ripples In The Environment: The Effects Of University Sustainability Action
September 2, 2021 | Source: Forbes
Davidson College Combats Climate Change With Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
September 3, 2021 |Source: Davidson College News
New Course to Cultivate Ideas About How to Expand Campus Sustainability Efforts
September 7, 2021 | Source: Northeastern University
UB Ice Scientist Among Authors of New IPCC Climate Change Report
September 7, 2021 | Source: University of Buffalo News Center
Global Climate Change and the University of Michigan’s Path Forward
September 9, 2021 | Source: Office of the President, University of Michigan
PSEG and Montclair State Partnership Accelerates Sustainability Solutions
September 9, 20201 | Source: Montclair State University Press Room
Oregon State to host international, United Nations-sponsored training academy on climate change
September 13, 2021 | Source: Oregon State University Newsroom
Ohio State Plans New Round of Energy Efficiency Projects
September 16, 2021 | Source: Ohio State News
UConn Joins Forces with University of New Haven to Help Local Manufacturers Adopt Sustainable Practices
August 19, 2021 | Source: UConn Today
Macalester College Board of Trustees Announces Policies That Reduce Oil and Gas Investments
August 2021 | Source: Macalester College News
UMaine Will Join Orono and Bangor on Regional Climate Change Planning
September 15, 2021 | Source: Bangor Daily News
UArizona Launches Center to Advance Resilience of Native Nations, Address Environmental Challenges
September 13, 2021 | Source: The University of Arizona News
Boston University to Divest from Fossil Fuel Industry
September 23, 2021 | Source: BU Today
Furman Plays Role in $5 Million NOAA Grant, Spurs Climate Resilience
September 23, 2021 | Source: Furman University News
Portland State University Partners with the University of Washington and Other Organizations on a $6.5M Grant Establishing the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative
September 27, 2021 | Source: Portland State University News
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OPPORTUNITIES
Happening Today! You Can Still Register:
Webinar: Climate Interactive: A Tutorial on the En-ROADS tool
2PM EDT
Join us for a webinar featuring Andrea Frank, an ambassador for a climate change solutions simulation tool developed by Climate Interactive, Ventana Systems, and MIT Sloan known as En-ROADS. This tool is a transparent, free climate solutions simulation model that provides users a chance to design their own scenarios to limit future global warming.
Funding Opp: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund
The American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP) is accepting applications for the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Fund that they have established this year (2021). The purpose of the Fund is to provide funding to adaptation professionals' engagement and capacity building activities and to pay for the time of those who are contributing their expertise, knowledge, and labor to ASAP's programs. For more information including about deadlines and how to apply, click on the button below.
Conference: Washington Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference
March 2-4, 2022
We are proud to be a community partner for the Washington Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC), taking place March 2-4, 2022 at South Seattle College (there's virtual access as well).
As a WOHESC Community Partner, we're able to offer you a 30% registration discount as well! To access the discount, click on the "Register Here" button to the right.
BONUS BULLETIN
Please Meet Noa Dalzell!
We are excited to introduce you to Noa Dalzell - the newest member of the Second Nature team! Noa is our Climate Policy Associate, which is a brand new position here at Second Nature. In this role, Noa will provide support for, and add capacity to, our climate advocacy efforts as we continue to accelerate that work.
With Noa's knowledge and experience in similar efforts - including her State Climate Policy Network role at Climate XChange - we are happy to have her as part of our team!
Welcome to Our Team Noa!
Thank You Alex Maxwell!
Anyone who had the opportunity to work with Alex Maxwell, one of our Senior Managers of Climate Programs, will understand how bittersweet it is to announce that Alex has moved on from the Second Nature.
We are excited for Alex's the next adventure, and he will greatly be missed here at Second Nature!
Thank You for Everything Alex!
RELEVANT RESOURCES
Blueprint 2030
America Is All In (AIAI) - a coalition that we are a part of - recently released their Blueprint 2030 report during Climate Week.
The focus of the report is on an "all society approach" for reaching the goal of a 50% emissions reduction by 2030.
September Policy Update
Haven't had a chance to read the September issue of our Monthly Policy Update? No problem, click on the button below to do so.
planning process. This feature was selected as one of three winners from this past summer's GRITS Gold Medal Challenge, and will provide a valuable new capability to help colleges and universities with climate action plans and strategic energy management plans.
In celebration of Campus Sustainability Month in October, SEI will fully cover a SIMAP® Tier 1 subscription for any institution who subscribes (or renews an existing subscription) to GRITS Unlimited. Current SIMAP® users can also take advantage of this opportunity to extend their access.
The SIMAP® Sync feature is now live and available to all GRITS users including all Second Nature Climate Leadership Network signatories who automatically receive free basic GRITS access due to the partnership between Second Nature and SEI/GRITS.
Note: We (Second Nature) have a very exciting announcement coming soon regarding our partnership with SIMAP®. . .stay tuned. . .
Thank You for Helping Us, Help You, Accelerate Your Climate Action.
The colleges and universities listed below are Climate Leadership Network signatories and/or University Climate Change Coalition (UC3) members that financially reaffirmed their commitment to climate action this year. Second Nature is thankful for their financial support that allows us to offer the resources, relationships, credibility and knowledge to accelerate climate action in, and leverage the strengths of, colleges and universities.
Bowie State University*
Florida Gulf Coast University*
Spelman College*
Lewis & Clark College*
Dallas College - Richland Campus*
Eastern Connecticut State University*
Chatham University*
Arizona State University*
University of Minnesota-Morris
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Eastfield Campus - Dallas College
Dallas College - Mountain View Campus
Dallas College - North Lake Campus
Dallas College - Brookhaven Campus
Dallas College - Cedar Valley Campus
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Glendale Community College (AZ)
Mesa Community College
Rio Salado College
University of Minnesota-Crookston
Estrella Mountain Community College
Phoenix College
Gateway Community College (AZ)
Scottsdale Community College
South Mountain Community College
Paradise Valley Community College
University of Minnesota-Rochester
Mills College
University of Utah
University of Arizona
University of Connecticut
The Ohio State University - Columbus Campus
University of Maryland Baltimore County
California State University-Sacramento
Framingham State University
California State University-Northridge
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Towson University
University of Maryland Global Campus
University of California, Merced
University of California, San Francisco
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Frostburg State University
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
California State University-Fullerton
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
San Francisco State University
California State University-Chico
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
California State University-Los Angeles
California State University-San Bernardino
California State University-East Bay
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
University of Wisconsin-Stout
California State University-Channel Islands
Salem State University
Humboldt State University
Sonoma State University
Worcester State University
Miami University
Bates College
University of Lynchburg
Albion CollegeUniversity of North Carolina at Asheville
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Agnes Scott College
Earlham College
Colorado Mountain College
Bluefield College
Loyola University Chicago
University of New HampshireBall State University
Stockton University
Bellevue College
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Shasta College
Delta College
Mt. Hood Community College
Gateway Technical College
Dallas College
North Iowa Area Community College
Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University
Thomas Jefferson University
State University of New York at Buffalo
State University of New York at Albany
Duke University
George Mason University
The George Washington University
Georgia Institute of Technology
New York University
Northeastern University
Northern Arizona University
Ohio University
Mississippi State University
Portland State University
Cornell University
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Cincinnati
University of Louisville
University of Miami
University of Mississippi
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Southern New Hampshire University
University of Pittsburgh
Syracuse University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Western Michigan University
Georgia Southern University
Appalachian State University
Boise State University
Weber State University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Tulane University
University of Dayton
American University
Case Western Reserve University
Tufts University
Eastern Kentucky University
Eastern Washington University
University of San Francisco
University of Denver
University of Southern Mississippi
Villanova University
Shippensburg University
State University of New York College at Geneseo
State University of New York College at Oswego
Gonzaga University
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
University of San Diego
State University of New York College at Cortland
Ithaca College
Loyola Marymount University
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Pratt Institute
Radford University
University of St. Thomas
University of Southern Maine
Brandeis University
Butler University
Loyola University Maryland
Portland Community College
Drake University
Franklin & Marshall College
Furman University
Gettysburg College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sewanee: The University of the South
Smith College
Vassar College
Lafayette College
Oberlin College
Macalester College
Pacific University
Claremont McKenna College
Clarkson University
Colby CollegeEmerson College
Pomona College
Rider University
Colgate University
College of the Holy Cross
Colorado College
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Davidson College
DePauw University
Union College
University of Puget Sound
University of Richmond
Carleton College
Bentley University
Bowdoin College
Bucknell University
Calvin University
Kenyon College
Swarthmore College
Washington and Lee University
Eastern Mennonite University
Emory & Henry College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Illinois College
Springfield College
Kalamazoo College
Morehouse College
Lasell University
Life University
Luther College
Coe College
Centre College
Rhodes College
University of Mount Union
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Augsburg University
Austin College
Black Hills State University
Southern Oregon University
Southwestern University
Concordia College-Moorhead
Whitman College
Ursinus College
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington & Jefferson College
Wofford College
Western Colorado University
Whitworth University
Howard Community College
Oakton Community College
Milwaukee Area Technical College
College of Lake County
William Rainey Harper College
Washtenaw Community College
Truckee Meadows Community College
Lane Community College
Goshen College
Hollins University
Paul Smith's College
Colby-Sawyer College
Randolph College
SUNY Orange
Shoreline Community College
Jefferson Community College
Lewis and Clark Community College
Broome Community College
Santa Fe Community College
Western Technical College
Iowa Lakes Community College
Kankakee Community College
Chesapeake College
Institute of American Indian Arts
Northland College
College of Menominee Nation
College of the Atlantic
Unity College
Wells College
Quinebaug Valley Community College
Bay de Noc Community College
Alamo Colleges
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Maricopa County Community College District
State University of New York (SUNY)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Boston University
Queen's University
*Honor Society
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