USGBC Names Winners of Academic Climate Awards

Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2015—Second Nature in partnership with the Center for Green Schools has announced that two academic institutions have been selected to receive the sixth annual Climate Leadership Awards: two-year institution, Western Technical College, La Crosse, Wisconsin and four-year institution, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.

The awards recognize innovative and advanced leadership in sustainability, climate change mitigation and resilience at college and university campuses that participate in Second Nature’s Climate Commitments.

This year’s recipients show leadership through practices, partnerships and initiatives designed to tackle some of the greatest modern challenges. Examples of commitments made by these institutions include ongoing pursuit of green building practices, the development of a campus culture that embraces local sourcing, alternative transportation methods, innovative partnerships with their surrounding communities and cultivation of a sense of individual responsibility among students, faculty and staff.

Award winners will be recognized as part of the 2015 USGBC Leadership Awards luncheon at the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo on November 19 in Washington, D.C.

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