New England Campus Sustainability Forum

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) promotes greater educational opportunities and services for the residents of New England. In pursuit of this mission, we work across the six New England states to:

• Engage and assist leaders in the assessment, development, and implementation of sound education practices and policies of regional significance.
• Promote policies, programs, and best practices to assist the states in implementing important regional higher education policies.
• Promote regional cooperation and programs that encourage the efficient use and sharing of educational resources.
• Provide leadership to strengthen the relationship between higher education and the economic well-being of New England.

Learn more at: www.nebhe.org/.

Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP) works collaboratively with campuses, communities and corporations to pioneer and scale-up innovative solutions aimed at reducing carbon emissions and preparing for climate change. Their Campus Carbon Calculator™ is used by thousands of colleges and universities as a tool for tracking and cost-effectively reducing their campus carbon footprint.  CA-CP also works to build support for environmentally effective and economically efficient national climate policies. Learn more at: www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/.

Second Nature works to create a healthy, just, and sustainable society by transforming higher education. Second Nature is the lead supporting organization of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, a growing network of over 675 signatory higher education institutions in all fifty states that have made a public commitment to transform the educational experience for all students so they are prepared to solve the climate crisis. Learn more at: www.secondnature.org.

GreenerU partners with colleges and their students to solve the campus sustainability and energy management challenges of today and tomorrow. The company believes that colleges and universities are uniquely positioned to be leaders in mitigating climate change and accelerating sustainability, and GreenerU’s mission is to help them.

No two campuses are alike, and GreenerU meets the challenges of each college with a flexible approach and a breadth of solutions. We implement energy efficiency, cogeneration, and renewable energy projects paired with people-oriented solutions, such as sustainability integration, behavior change programs, and student/campus engagement initiatives. In addition, schools often engage the company to develop energy and sustainability master plans, climate action plans, and financing approaches for large-scale implementation programs. GreenerU’s holistic approach is uniquely tailored to assist colleges in meeting their sustainability and energy goals, often by using energy savings to pay for the programs. Learn more at: www.greeneru.com/.

Colleges of the Fenway is a collaborative effort of six neighboring Boston-based colleges, Emmanuel College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Simmons College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Wheelock College.

This collaboration was created to add value to student academic and co-curricular opportunities while seeking innovative methods of investing in services and containing the costs of higher education. Learn more at: www.colleges-fenway.org/.

The Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC) was established in October 2004 to advance education and action for sustainable development on university campuses in the northeast and maritime region. Organized around the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, the NECSC members have committed to an annual meeting that advances campus sustainability by providing close networking opportunities, professional development, and access to the areas vibrant and growing college and university sustainability practitioner community. The NECSC represents more than forty institutions of higher education from the northeast United States and Eastern Canadian Provinces. Learn more at: http://sustainability.yale.edu/necsc.