Episode 44: Climate Action vs. Decarbonization - Higher Ed. Summit 2024

This episode was recorded live during a session at the 2024 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit co-sponsored by Second Nature and the Intentional Endowments Network in Long Beach, California, in February 2024. Guests from higher education and the private sector discuss the evolving nature of climate action planning and the emergence of decarbonization planning on college and university campuses. If you are a higher ed. sustainability professional trying to make sense of the alphabet soup of plans, strategies, roadmaps, and reports, this episode is for you!

Guests:
Rob Andrejewski
Director of Sustainability
University of Richmond
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Eera Babtiwale
Special Projects Director, Sustainability
Mount San Antonio College
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Ellen Vaughan
Assistant Director of Sustainability for Operational & Strategic Initiatives
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Bob Mancini
Director of Business Development
Ecosystem Energy
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Host: Dave Karlsgodt
Director of Energy and Sustainability
Brailsford & Dunlavey

Resources:

• 2024 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit

• Second Nature

Production Team:

• Dave Karlsgodt

• Trevor Jolly

• Music courtesy of the Gio Washington-Wright Big Band

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