I just attended a discussion led by Second Nature's Stephen Muzzy on convicing your president or chancellor to sign the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment.  We talked about the problems students encounter when trying to convince their leaders to sign the commitment, and how those challenges can be overcome.  In particular, we discussed the Five Steps students, staff, and faculty can take:

1. Do Your Homework: Figure out what your president thinks about the ACUPCC.
2. Assuming that the president will not sign on without a little positive pressure, take a minute to devise a strategy that will convince your president to do the right thing.
3. Based on what you choose as your strategy, choose the top three tactics that will help you win. You can always do more if you’ve got the people power!
4. Keep it simple. Plug your tactics in a plan and timeline to keep things straight.
5. Do it! 

Here are some resources that we touched upon during the discussion that are meant to help students (and others) convince their administrations to sign the document:

All of the below resources can be found here.

• *Email template to send to your president or chancellor
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• Five Steps -5 easy steps for a successful campaign**
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• Depauw University's (IN) Successful campaign process-DePauw students document their campaign and process - includes timeline, memos, articles, and press release**

ACUPCC Presentation: http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/html/solutions.php
AASHE's Resource Center

And there are many more resources students can take advantage of, most of which are posted on the site linked to "here," above.  And don't forget, you can always call AASHE or Second Nature for help!