The 2019 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit will be held in partnership with the Intentional Endowments Network on February 10-12, 2019 at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, Arizona. Visit […]

Second Nature has partnered with Ceres and the Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) to support and engage campuses on policy and legislative issues that impact climate action goals. Presidents and Chancellors […]

View this first webinar to learn how campuses can use the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, its adaptation planning framework, and Second Nature resources to support local resilience planning. Speakers will […]

View this webinar to learn about financial considerations campuses can include while planning for increased resilience. Participants will learn how to evaluate their school’s physical risk due to climate change, […]

View this webinar to learn strategies for coordinating campus resilience planning through effective partnerships spanning campus and community. Participants will hear how Tufts University is approaching climate resilience, including alignment […]

View this webinar to hear a conversation with Hunter Lovins and Eban Goodstein about the newly published book, “A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life.” Learn how […]

Watch this webinar to learn how to incorporate GRITS, an online platform useful for tracking the energy, financial, and carbon savings data from sustainability projects. It features a library of more than […]

This webinar was put together to help participants navigate the UNFCCC and COP24. View the presentation to learn how to effectively participate in and observe the UNFCCC COP negotiations in […]

Our Impact Report for the year 2017-18 (PDF format) 2017-18_SecondNature_ImpactReport

Introduction This diagram outlines the key steps in Second Nature’s framework for resilience planning. See the Commitments Implementation Handbook for an example timeline for completing these steps for the Climate or Resilience Commitment. […]

This report summarizes the forum’s findings in the context of a broader effort to build strong and connected communities and provides a roadmap for future collaboration in advancing campus resilience across the region.

This funding opportunity is open to all U.S. universities and colleges. Projects can readily determine their eligibility for campus wide project reductions based on CO2 emission profiles that have already […]