Posts tagged: strategic planning

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Spotlight: Vice President of Planning and Customer Engagement

GreenerU's Jennifer Haugh leans into the complex. Learn how she believes in the healing powers of stakeholder engagement—and how her background in art and music makes her the perfect fit to lead your climate action planning process.

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A look at Concord Free Public Library’s decarbonization plan

Libraries are finding new and innovative ways to endure, structurally and purposefully, for future generations. Take a look at how this New England library's decarbonization plan is carving a path to a carbon-free future.

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Webinar on navigating the steps to climate neutrality

As any sustainability professional is aware, navigating the steps to climate neutrality is like putting together a 7,500-piece jigsaw puzzle with no edge pieces. Technical solutions abound, but the roadblocks are many: financing, technical feasibility, political will, staffing and bandwidth, and stakeholder support are just a few. On April 14, 2021, GreenerU hosted a webinar on navigating the steps to climate neutrality with representatives from independent schools, public and private colleges, and nonprofits.

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Resilience and energy efficiency can mitigate climate change now

Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, heat waves, drought, and other severe weather conditions have made life more difficult in nearly every corner of the United States. What can we do now to increase our resilience to the elements during a pandemic?

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Part II: lessons from GreenerU’s internal strategic plan process

An internal strategic plan does a great job of helping organizations gain alignment and focus on common outcomes. But one of the trickiest parts about developing a plan is actually implementing it. Here at GreenerU, we put ourselves to the test. This is Part II of a two-part article.

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Part I: lessons from GreenerU’s internal strategic plan process

An internal strategic plan does a great job of helping organizations gain alignment and focus on common outcomes. But one of the trickiest parts about developing a plan is actually implementing it. Here at GreenerU, we put ourselves to the test. This is Part I of a two-part article.

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Sustainability at K12 schools: system change, not climate change

Nearly 4 million people participated in worldwide climate strikes last September, in solidarity with 17-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who made the trek to New York City across the Atlantic by boat. It’s no coincidence that teenagers are some of the most engaged climate activists today. How is sustainability at K12 schools being addressed?

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Thoreauness: Concord Academy develops sustainability plan

Concord Academy embraces the practice of common trust: a deep-seated responsibility towards their community and their world, including the built and natural environments. The independent school for grades 9-12 in the home of environmentalists Thoreau and Emerson is developing a sustainability plan to tie the town’s history and the founding principles of their community for the betterment of their future.

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Process over product? The role of process in success

Great ideas fail because they lack the strong, process-based foundation of diverse perspectives, troubleshooting, idea testing, and consensus that only conflict can unearth.

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Race to zero: higher ed is tackling carbon neutrality through efficiency

Truly serious efforts to get to zero recognize that the obligation starts with lowering demand. Buildings alone use 42% of the nation’s energy. Without tackling excessive building energy use, campuses are not going to hit carbon neutrality.

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