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The Implementer
May 2023
Accelerate Your Climate Awareness. Knowledge. Action. | Second Nature's Monthly E-Newsletter.
NOTABLE NEWS
Registration is Open -- Help Shape the Agenda
The 2024 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit brings together more than 400 leaders working to address inequality and the climate crisis. Registration is open, and so is a call for content to help shape the interactions, dialogue, and programs at the Summit. Share your ideas about what you would like to see at the 2024 Summit!
OPPORTUNITIES
Save the Date: Fostering Reciprocal Relationships for Climate Action -- A Midwest Gathering
Join us September 11 - 12, 2023 for a Midwest gathering where we are centering the voices of Indigenous, Black, and People of Color to more fully hear the perspectives, knowledge, and wisdom of how we join together to collectively move climate action forward.
Together, we will strengthen our ability to communicate about how climate change intersects with structural oppression to compound vulnerability for specific populations and institutions.
This event is supported by the College of Menominee Nation. Sign up below to receive notice when registration opens next month.
This monthly series is hosted by the Sustainable Endowments Institute in partnership with Second Nature. Limited seats are available in order to allow for each participant to have enough time to contribute to the conversation. To participate in the call or receive the recording and notes after, please register.
Date: Wednesday, May 31
Start Time: 2:00 EST
New 100K Clima Grant Opportunity Announced
Partners of the Americas, along with the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and CAF, Development Bank of Latin America, announce the new 100,000 Strong in the Americas Climate (100K CLIMA) grant competition for higher education institutions in the United States with regional education institutions in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The initiative will expand opportunities for U.S. colleges and universities to build partnerships with education institutions in Latin America.
RELEVANT RESOURCES
Freedom to Invest Webinar Recording Now Available!
In case you missed it, the full recording is now available on YouTube. The webinar, co-hosted by Second Nature and the Intentional Endowments Network (IEN), explores legislation that affects the long-term returns of the higher education sector's endowments and employee pension plans and jeopardizes the commitments of a growing number of U.S. corporations to address the climate crisis and racial inequities. To learn more visit the Freedom to Invest website.
MONTHLY MERIT
Loyola University Chicago announced a partnership with Constellation to purchase solar power from what will be the largest solar farm in Illinois. The move is part of the university's Climate Action Plan towards carbon neutrality by 2025.
The University's carbon neutrality plan emphasizes decarbonization through a number of measures, including purchasing carbon offsets, exploring the feasibility of geothermal energy technology, reducing waste across campus, and supporting research.
Hamilton College has an ambitious plan to jumpstart its goal of reaching carbon neutrality by infusing a culture of environmental responsibility into every aspect of campus life. These plans are outlined in the College's Sustainability Commitments.
RAPID RECOGNITIONS
Carleton College Food Waste Recovery Project: Open for Comments
Students at Carleton College have been working with a partner nonprofit to recover and redistribute discarded food, thereby diverting 300,000 pounds of food from the landfill annually. This work has prompted the student-led development of a methane avoidance project through Second Nature's Offset Network. Once approved, the project will allow Carleton College to offset a portion of scope 3 emissions.
To learn more about the project or to leave a comment on the project description document via the Offset Network read the draft.
Bowdoin College's efforts to upgrade its buildings -- some of which date as far back as the early 1800s -- caught the attention of Maine Public Radio. Bowdoin plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2042, and the major investment in renovations and a new electrified heating system will put the school closer to reaching this milestone.
University of Mississippi Joins the Climate Commitment
UM joins other Southeastern Conference schools, including Auburn University and the University of Arkansas, in signing the Climate Commitment, which acknowledges higher education’s key role in shaping a sustainable society.
Bryn Mawr College Joins the Carbon Commitment
President Kim Cassidy signed the agreement in April, marking another step forward in Bryn Mawr's mission to become carbon neutral by 2035.
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