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Phillips Exeter E-Proctor Meeting

by Georges April 27, 2010

Yesterday I shot up to Exeter, NH to speak to a group of students interested in sustainability - more details are available at this Second Nature blog post.

So great to see such smart young people so committed to and interested in sustainability - gives a lot of hope, which we need right now as the release of the Senate climate bill is delayed and its fate looks very uncertain.

UNCF Building Green Learning Institute

by Georges April 15, 2010

Last week I had the opportunity to take part in the first of three Building Green Learning Institutes put on by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and facilitate a workshop on climate action planning.

Read all the details on Second Nature's blog.

Photo credit: Spelman College, via www.campusgreenbuilder.org

Presidents' Climate Commitment 2009 Annual Report

by Georges March 23, 2010

Second Nature released the 2009 Annual Report of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) today highlighting dozens of exciting examples of the various ways ACUPCC signatories are going about fulfilling the pledge.

The press release is available at the Second Nature blog, and a pdf version of the report itself is available here.

To date 680 colleges and universities, representing 5.7 million students, have joined the ACUPCC network, and hundreds of greenhouse gas inventories and climate action plans are available for anyone to search and review in the ACUPCC Online Reporting System.

Fast Company Blog Series on Education for Sustainability

by Georges March 16, 2010

Fast Company just published the last of 4-part series co-authored by Second Nature's president Tony Cortese and myself as part of their Inspired Ethonomics series.

A summary of and links to each of the posts is available at Strategies for Sustainability.

New White Paper on HFCs

by Georges  February 10, 2010

Earlier this month, Kyoto Publishing, as part of its Awareness into Action series released a white paper I authored that takes a look at HFCs - HFCs in Fire Protection Systems: An Invisible and Unnecessary Climate Threat.

While responsible for only a relatively small part of total HFC use, fire suppression systems have the opportunity to employ effective alternatives that pose a lesser climate risk.  As such, I contend that HFCs for fire suppression shouldn't be part of a special set-aside for HFCs used in air conditioning and refrigeration under pending climate legislation. 

Unity College

by Georges January 28, 2010

This week I spoke to students, faculty and staff at Unity College as part of the Lapping Lecture Series.

A detailed account of the event is available at Second Nature's blog.

I also had the opportunity to visit and have dinner in the now completed Unity House, the LEED Platinum certified president's residence.