Good morning everyone, I contacted Tim Carter, ED of Second Nature and he shared the following information:
The live list of signers is here and you can feel free to pass this on to the gep-ed list: https://2ndnature.wufoo.com/reports/paris-statement-coalition/ <https://2ndnature.wufoo.com/reports/paris-statement-coalition/> Daita -- Daita Serghi, PhD Programs Coordinator Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education www.aashe.org | [email protected] | (888) 347-9997 ext. 124 > On Jun 2, 2017, at 4:11 PM, Ronald Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > > No there doesn’t appear to be one, which is weird but there you have it. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Wallace, Richard > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 1:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [gep-ed] fwiw - draft letter to a university president > > Thanks to everyone for this thread. > > Is there a publicly visible list of signatories to the new letter? It is not > clearly identifiable to me through the various links that have circulated. > (I’m not referring to the map of all 600+ signatories to the various > climate/carbon/etc. commitments, which I see, but rather to a > currently-evolving list of signatories to the letter that is the subject of > this thread.) > > Thanks, > > Rich > > > -- > > Richard L. Wallace > Professor of Environmental Studies > Ursinus College > 601 E. Main Street > Collegeville, PA 19426 USA > (610) 409-3730 > https://www.ursinus.edu/live/profiles/103-richard-wallace > <https://www.ursinus.edu/live/profiles/103-richard-wallace> > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf > Of Jonathan Rosenberg > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 3:51 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [gep-ed] fwiw - draft letter to a university president > > Thanks to Ron and Rachael. I am proud to say that I forwarded the info to my > university president as soon as Ron made it available and he replied within > 20 minutes that he had signed it. I hope you are all as successful. > > Best, > Jonathan > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Ronald Mitchell <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Colleagues, I drafted the below. Perhaps it can serve, edited, as the basis >> for others wanting to encourage action at their institution. And, again, >> sorry for the Americo-centrism implicit here. >> Although I cannot yet find a list of the institutions that have signed the >> statement from yesterday, more than 600 universities and colleges are >> already members of Second Nature’s Climate Leadership Network – see: >> http://secondnature.org/climate-leadership-network-map/ >> <http://secondnature.org/climate-leadership-network-map/> >> I have all capped (sorry) the text that you should tailor to your university. >> Ron >> ------------- >> Dear Colleagues at MY UNIVERSITY, >> >> I saw the piece in the Times ( >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/climate/american-cities-climate-stand... >> <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/climate/american-cities-climate-standards.html> >> ) about the statement by governors/mayors/university presidents >> re-committing to addressing climate change. I thought I would initate an >> effort to recommit the [MY UNIVERSITY] to addressing climate change by a) >> getting [MY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT] to join this statement or, and perhaps >> better, b) to engage in a longer term commitment to addressing climate >> change in the [MY UNIVERSITY] context. Here is my first, quick draft of an >> email to him. Honestly, I doubt content matters much – [MY UNIVERSITY >> PRESIDENT] either will or will not – but I would appreciate suggested >> improvements. I want it to be NON-antagonistic and framed as an issue of >> education. >> If you have edits send them to me === and if you want to add your name to >> the list, please also send an email saying "I support this statement" >> ------------- >> >> Dear [MY UNIVERSITY] President, >> As you know, President Trump decided yesterday to have the United States >> withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. As you also know, >> many faculty and graduate students at the [MY UNIVERSITY] have conducted >> excellent research investigating issues related to the natural science, >> social science, and humanities of this significant threat to our planet and >> all of its present and future inhabitants. Our institution is a nationally >> recognized leader in the area of climate change research. We write to let >> you know of an opportunity arising from yesterday’s federal action to >> restate the [MY UNIVERSITY] commitment to doing what institutions of higher >> learning do best – educate the next generation about the problems that they >> are likely to face in their lives and provide them with the tools to >> understand and respond to them as effectively as possible. There is an >> immediate opportunity to join 3 governors, 30 mayors, and 80 university >> presidents in signing a joint “Grand Coalition Statement on Paris Agreement” >> the main points of which are: >> In the absence of Federal support, states, cities, colleges and universities >> and businesses will pursue ambitious climate goals, to ensure that the U.S. >> remains a global leader in reducing emissions. >> In the U.S., the actors that will provide the leadership necessary to meet >> our Paris commitment are found in city halls, state capitals, colleges and >> universities and businesses. >> We will remain actively engaged with the international community as part of >> the global effort to hold warming to under 2°C and to accelerate the >> transition to a clean energy economy that will benefit our security, >> prosperity, and health. >> The full statement that was initiated by Second Nature is at: >> http://secondnature.org/wp-content/uploads/final-withdraw-sector-stateme... >> <http://secondnature.org/wp-content/uploads/final-withdraw-sector-statement.pdf> >> You may not recall that [MY UNIVERSITY] joined Second Nature’s Climate >> Leadership Network in March 2007 with a commitment to “take action on >> climate and prepare students through research and education to solve the >> challenges of the 21st century.” Details of our commitment are at: >> http://secondnature.org/climate-leadership-network-map/ >> <http://secondnature.org/climate-leadership-network-map/> >> We hope that you will consider adding the [MY UNIVERSITY] name to this list. >> If you decide to do so, your staff can submit your participation via: >> http://secondnature.org/grand-coalition-statement-paris-agreement/ >> <http://secondnature.org/grand-coalition-statement-paris-agreement/> >> The long-term nature of both the threat of climate change and our responses >> to that threat lead us to also offer to work with you and the [MY >> UNIVERSITY] administration more generally to identify the best way for us to >> incorporate a serious engagement with the issue of climate change as part of >> the [MY UNIVERSITY] major mission of conducting superb research and >> educating the next generation of citizens of the US and the world. >> Sincerely, >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "gep-ed" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > > -- > Jonathan Rosenberg, PhD > Professor of Political Science > Chair, Department of Social Sciences > Illinois Institute of Technology > Siegel Hall 116E > 3301 S. 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