Sustainability

We are the heart and soul of sustainability,

where humanity and nature connect.

Our Sustainability Strategy

A sustainable world is a diverse, safe, healthy, and just world for all planetary life while living within a thriving environment that is ecologically viable over the long term. The College of the Liberal Arts Sustainability Council has three tenets of focus that help the College achieve this goal.  

Education

We are committed to an integration of sustainability into the educational and career development experience of Liberal Arts students both inside and outside the classroom.

Research

We are supporting, bringing attention to, and advancing sustainability-focused research within the College by bringing in scholars and creating labs with a sustainability focus.

Operations

We provide recommendations for how the College can responsibly use natural resources, care for the planet, and work with efforts led by the Sustainability Institute.

Resources that facilitate each of these efforts can be found through our Events or Opportunities pages and on the pages for research, education, and involvement. 

Events and Opportunities

There are currently no upcoming events. Here are some of our past events:
Colloquium on the Environment: Eric Klinenberg
April 9, 2025
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
118 Katz Building
Policy and the Planet: Brianna Craft
November 13, 2024
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
102 Forest Resources Building
“Balancing Research, Collaboration, and the Self: A Scholar-Activist Working for the National Parks System”
November 1, 2024
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Local Environmental Initiatives
October 9, 2024
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
102 Forest Resources Building
Film Screening: “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower”
September 11, 2024
6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
The State Theatre
Investing in Our Climate, Investing in Our Communities
April 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
158 Willard Building
U-Belong Intersectional Environmentalism Talk/Q&A with Diandra Esparza
April 3, 2024
10 Sparks Building
Intersections Sustainable Films – Creating Constructive Climate Action
March 20, 2024
7:00 p.m.
Intersections Sustainable Films – Saving Juliette/Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities
February 7, 2024
7:00 p.m.
Intersections Sustainable Films – Waste and Labor Short Films
January 17, 2024
7:00 p.m.
“The Challenges and Opportunities of Social Organizing: Nonviolence, Storytelling, Satire, and Solidarity”
January 16, 2024
noon
112 Katz Building
Intersections Sustainable Films – Appalachian Flooding Shorts
November 15, 2023
7:00 p.m.
Sustainable Environment and Health Showcase
November 13, 2023
2:30 p.m.
129 Waring Commons
Global Sustainable Action: It Starts with Us Conference
November 5, 2023
9:30 a.m.
Huck Life Sciences Building
“Unthinkable History: The American Settler State and the Political Economy of Plunder,” Michael Witgen
September 14, 2023
4:00 p.m.
Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library

Our events can also be found on the College of the Liberal Arts’s main calendar. For additional information on upcoming opportunities, please visit the Opportunities page.

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