Viewpoints on Sustainability from Second Nature
Institutionalizing Sustainability
Why Public Reporting Matters
The Ultimate Stakes: Climate Change
and the Fate of Civilization
Fast Forward: Latest Climate Science
Institutionalizing Sustainability
April, 2011
Creating a healthy, just, and sustainable society must be central to the core purpose of any organization in the 21st century. In the case of colleges and universities that means educating students and creating new knowledge through research, as well as modeling sustainability in operations and promoting sustainability through community engagement.
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Why Public Reporting Matters
May, 2011
Setting goals, tracking progress and reporting results are standard business practices for any organization, business or initiative — and sustainability efforts in higher education are no exception. Public reporting on progress towards sustainability is a key driver for long-term success, and provides several benefits.
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The Ultimate Stakes: Climate Change
and the Fate of Civilization
June, 2011
Even for scientists, the challenge of global warming can be mind-boggling and complex, but the bottom line is both simple and clear. The change is already under way and hitting harder and faster than expected. And what is ultimately at stake is the human way of life we call civilization.
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Fast Forward: Latest Climate Science Shows Human Society Facing Greater Risks from Global Warming Sooner Than Predicted in 2007 IPCC Report
June, 2012
The steady stream of new evidence about the dramatic physical changes across the Earth makes it harder to avoid urgent questions about what lies ahead for today’s college students. The odds are increasingly slim that their future will be some improved — but largely familiar — version of life as we know it. Given the current trajectory and political inaction, they will likely face challenges we can hardly begin to imagine in a radically altered, unrecognizable world.
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