Dartmouth College Announces Climate Initiative
The university recently announced the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative, a comprehensive approach seeking to integrate academic enterprises, campus operations and community engagement to address climate change. As part of the initiative, the university has earmarked over $500 billion over five years for improvements to the physical plant and campus infrastructure targeting a reduction in emissions and launched a research-focused Climate Futures Initiative.
Nine HEIs Sign PPA on Large-Scale Solar Energy Purchase
Davidson College, Dickinson College, Elon University, Haverford College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Muhlenberg College, Swarthmore College and Wake Forest University have co-signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) on a 150-megawatt solar facility to be located in Pennsylvania.
U Connecticut Publishes Sustainability Action Plan
The recently published UConn Sustainability Action Plan delineates specific actions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 with the goal of being entirely carbon zero by 2040, conserve resources, integrate sustainability across the university’s academic and research activities, ensure equity and engagement, and establish partnerships and support innovation to address sustainability challenges.
Two HEIs Receive Plastics Reduction Bronze Certification
The National Wildlife Federation, in partnership with the Campus Race to Zero Waste Program, has awarded Bard College and California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt a Plastics Reduction Partner Bronze level certification. This program recognizes higher education institutions (HEIs) for taking action to reduce the purchase and use of single-use plastics on campus.
U Hawaii Manoa Receives $1.25M for EJ Initiative
The university's College of Arts, Languages and Letters recently received a $1.25 million grant from the Mellon Foundation that will fund an interdisciplinary environmental justice (EJ) initiative within the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. The funding will help establish two new faculty positions, a humanities lab to develop new teaching materials, and a forum for professional development and the exchange of ideas.
