How Greenopolis can help:

Become an ACUPCC Ambassador

First find out which schools have already signed, by checking the list of signatories by institution.
If the institution(s) you are affiliated with or have some connection to have not yet signed, contact the president(s) or chancellor(s) and encourage them to sign, see general resources.
If the institution(s) have signed, provide positive feedback and/or offer to support the school in implementing the Commitment.
Supporting Organizations

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
www.aashe.org
AASHE is a membership-based association of colleges and universities working to advance sustainability in higher education in the US and Canada.

Judy Walton, Phd, Acting Executive Director
859-402-9272
judy@aashe.org
www.secondnature.org
Second Nature is a non-profit organization that works to develop the national capacity of colleges and universities to make the principles of sustainability the foundation of all learning, practice, and collaboration with local communities.

Anthony D. Cortese, Sc.D., President
617-224-1611
acortese@secondnature.org
www.ecoAmerica.net
ecoAmerica is a environmental non-profit that uses innovative consumer research and marketing to encourage personal and civic choices that are better for American families, communities and our natural heritage.

Lee Bodner, Executive Director
301-379-4200
lee@ecoamerica.net

America’s colleges and universities to go climate neutral

University Presidents

The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment is a high-visibility effort to address global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions, and to accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the earth’s climate.

This is a presidents’ initiative, that is supported by three non-profit organizations: Second Nature, AASHE (the association for the advancement of sustainability in higher education) and ecoAmerica.

Unique Responsibility

Building on the growing momentum for leadership and action on climate change, the Presidents Climate Commitment provides a framework and support for America’s colleges and universities to go climate neutral. The Commitment recognizes the unique responsibility that institutions of higher education have as role models for their communities and in training the people who will develop the social, economic and technological solutions to reverse global warming.

Presidents signing the Commitment are pledging to eliminate their campuses’ greenhouse gas emissions over time. This involves:

Completing an emissions inventory
Within two years, setting a target date and interim milestones for becoming climate neutral.
Taking immediate steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by choosing from a list of short-term actions.
Integrating sustainability into the curriculum and making it part of the educational experience.
Making the action plan, inventory and progress reports publicly available.

Long-Term Benefits

The college and university presidents and chancellors who are joining and leading the Commitment believe that exerting leadership in addressing climate change will stabilize and reduce their long-term energy costs, attract excellent students and faculty, attract new sources of funding, and increase the support of alumni and local communities.