FROSTBURG — An organization that works with colleges and universities to create a healthy world now and in the future has recognized Frostburg State University for excellence in sustainability and environmental education.
Second Nature’s Second Annual Climate Leadership Award for Institutional Excellence in Climate Leadership was accepted by FSU president Jonathan Gibralter at the Fifth Annual American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment Summit held last week in Washington.
“I’m really proud to accept this award on behalf of Frostburg State University,” said Gibralter. “Our success in making sustainability a central part of our identity and educational mission has involved everything from expanding our academic offerings to helping our students understand how their daily activities impact the environment.”
Award recipients must be a signatory of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment and a member in good standing with the organization. Members nominate each other according to their institutions’ climate leadership efforts.
The winners are selected by members of the Second Nature Board who are not affiliated with the educational institutions, along with the Second Nature staff.
The Climate Leadership Award recognizes FSU’s “Learning Green, Living Green,” which engages students, faculty, staff and community members to develop and coordinate programs that create solutions to environmental, social and economic needs. LGLG and a faculty-led Sustainability Studies Committee have spearheaded a number of campus projects and produced E=(LG)2, the only-known magazine on sustainability that is 100 percent written and edited by college students.
FSU is also home to a wind-solar-energy system and offers renewable energy workshops to the community. The university also was recognized in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges.
Gibralter has served leadership roles on the Maryland Commission on Climate Change Greenhouse Gas and Carbon Mitigation Working Group, the Second Nature National Transportation Policy Task Force and the ACUPCC Steering Committee.
Second Nature is a Boston-based national nonprofit organization.The ACUPCC is a high-visibility effort to address global warming through institutional commitments to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate their research and educational efforts to re-stabilize the Earth’s climate. Launched in early 2007, the ACUPCC is comprised of 674 schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, representing nearly 6 million students and about one-third of the U.S. higher education student population. Learn more at: www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org.
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