The Implementer

October 2022

Accelerate Your Climate Awareness. Knowledge. Action. | Second Nature's Monthly E-Newsletter.
 

Registration is now open for the 2023 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit. 

The Summit is the premier annual gathering of higher education leaders committed to addressing inequality and the climate crisis. The 2023 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit will be the first in-person Summit since the pandemic. We recognize that returning to “normal” is an inadequate response to the grand challenges facing our global society. At the 2023 Summit, we will engage in dialogue and action planning to further college and university climate, equity, and sustainability goals – focusing on implementation, updating commitments, goal-setting processes, and institutional leadership.

New Partnership Announcement!

Second Nature has partnered with Black Sustainability, Inc. to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the green economy. To learn more about this partnership, or if you, your team, or your institution are looking to expand your hiring practices to be more intentionally inclusive of hiring Black sustainability professionals, please contact: Blythe Coleman-Mumford, Climate Programs Regional Manager, Second Nature.

The new SIMAP public reporting module, developed in partnership between UNH and Second Nature, continues to capture reports. Our goal(s) ahead of the 2023 reporting period are to introduce users to the new reporting process; make sure all relevant historic GHG data is added to the platform, increase the quality and accuracy of data submitted, and to provide useful and consistent data/reporting updates to the Climate Leadership Network.

• 156 of 192 institutions reporting data show a reduction in emission
• 104 institutions reporting a reduction of 25% or greater

Please use the following link to schedule a tour of the new public reporting process. 

Campus Reporting Highlights:

• Emory University - 41% reduction since 2010
• University of Richmond - 77% reduction of scope 1 & 2 emissions

 Couldn't make it to our Speaker to Action Series?

We've got you covered! Check out the recordings here. 

Leaders of Color Summit Session
Planning Committee Calls Scheduled

Members of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community on campuses and in communities are invited to join the planning committee to plan a Summit session for the 2023 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit.  The development of the planning committee, and the work of co-developing a Climate Leadership Summit session aims to bring this community together to create and build long-lasting and meaningful relationships during the Climate Leadership Summit and beyond.

Our meeting schedule is as follows: Biweekly Tuesdays 3:00-4:00pm EST starting November 1st. To learn more, visit our webpage or contact Blythe Coleman-Mumford. 

Alija Blackwell, Climate Justice Fellow
As the Climate Justice Fellow at Second Nature, Alija develops resources to support the implementation and evaluation of equitable and just climate action planning initiatives. Alija also directs the Oneiric Lab, a strategic foresight and multimedia design consultancy. Additionally, they serve as the Next Generation Foresight Practitioner Fellow with the School of International Futures and is a Changing Climate Resident at the Santa Fe Arts Institute. Their background in community environmental planning, data science, and digital media informs their participatory approach to engaging communities in systems design and scenario building towards resilient futures.

Nadia L’Bahy, Solutions Center Fellow
As the Solutions Center Fellow at Second Nature, Nadia develops partnerships with energy reduction service providers, ideates improvements to the Solutions Center’s organization and functionality, and creates resources for the Solutions Center. As an undergraduate, Nadia co-founded and led the UMass Amherst Sunrise Movement hub and co-led her hub in organizing a Climate Strike, canvassing for the 2020 primaries and election, and participating in local strikes, protests, and rallies. After graduating, she oversaw technical support for the nonprofit OpenReview, which is revolutionizing the field of scientific research by providing a flexible free service to enable the peer review process.