Sarah Brylinsky Email Address

Sustainability Communications and Business Integration Manager

Second Nature works to create a healthy, just, and sustainable society beginning with the transformation of higher education. Second Nature is the supporting organization of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), an intensive partnership among more than 680 higher education institutions committed to carbon neutrality. ACUPCC institutions work to accelerate education, research, and community engagement while setting an example by eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from their own operations.

My work focuses on transforming higher education through operations, strategic planning, engaged learning and research, and living laboratory engagement to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century, and model the transitions necessary to create a just and sustainable society for all. I currently manage strategic sustainability integration & communications for Cornell University and serve on the AASHE Advisory Council as well as several local, regional, and state advisory committees for climate leadership, resiliency & adaptation planning, and applied urban research. As a strategic communications specialist I bring an emphasis on systems planning, project management, and appropriate use of communications technology and web interface to this work - education today happens with transformative pedagogy, resilient technology, and transmedia design. As a consultant on strategic sustainable development I have worked with talented clients around the world including Disney, Xbox, Ebay, Paramount Pictures, former heads of state and numerous educational institutions in the US, Canada, and Eastern Europe.