Chatham University receives funding from Second Nature's Acceleration Fund

Second Nature, an NGO whose mission it is to accelerate climate action in, and through, higher education, announced nine Acceleration Fund grants during the 2022 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit, including a grant for collaborative work at Chatham University and among other universities in the Pittsburgh region.

Chatham’s Acceleration Fund grant will support The Higher Education Climate Consortium, which has a mission to actively collaborate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Pittsburgh’s higher education institutions; its vision is to strengthen this region’s position as a leader in climate action by achieving carbon neutrality. Current HECC members are Carlow University, Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham University, Community College of Allegheny County, Duquesne University, Pennsylvania State University’s Pittsburgh Center, Point Park University, Robert Morris University, and the University of Pittsburgh. The Acceleration Fund grant from Second Nature will support one to two graduate student fellows who will help HECC advance as a collaborative over the next year through a variety of data, communication and/or engagement tasks.

“We’re delighted to have received the Acceleration Fund which will help the work of our consortium of ten colleges and universities who are partnering to help build a greener future for Pittsburgh and our region,” says David Finegold, President of Chatham University.

The Acceleration Fund is dedicated to supporting climate action activities driven by colleges and universities, and supports projects that advance decarbonization and/or campus-community partnerships and resilience goals.