Sustainability Initiative
Earth Month 2012 at Edmonds Community College
Keep up with campus sustainability projects! |
| See updates from the college Sustainability Council. |
We’re committed to thinking, teaching, and living green. Join us at events focused on sustainability.
Join us for May events!
- Get garden ready: Spring Plant Sale and Garden Soil Giveaway | May 11-12 | Greenhouse and Parking Lot A (next to RLH on campus map)
- Bike to Work Day | Friday, May 18
- Celebration of Food Festival | 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. May 20 | Lynnwood Convention Center
- Sustainability around the World Panel | 3 p.m., Wed., May 23 | Woodway 202
See all the upcoming events!
Enter the Go Green Contest
Stressed out trying to find a parking spot? Find out the benefits of using Community Transit and all the cool prizes you can win by taking the bus, riding your bike, walking or carpooling this month. We’ll have a weekly drawing throughout Earth Month for students and staff—anyone who uses alternative transportation is encouraged to enter. Enter online!
Campus Green Fund: Apply for Grants by May 18
The Campus Green Fund, funded by the Associated Students, provides resources to further the Sustainability Initiative on campus with awards to students, staff, and faculty for projects that model environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable practices in the campus community.
The 2012-2013 grant application cycle has begun! Applications will be accepted by the Campus Green Fund Committee until Friday, May 18. Get the application!
What is the Sustainability Initiative?
Edmonds Community College incorporated sustainability into its Philosophy Statement in June 2006:
"Edmonds Community College is a community of learners, which upholds integrity and high educational standards and affirms the value of lifelong learning and sustainability."
Mission Statement
In fulfilling the Edmonds Community College Mission and Philosophy, the Sustainability Initiative strives to infuse sustainable practice throughout all aspects of the college's operation and facilitates preparation of our students and community for sustainable careers, citizenship and quality of life.
What do we mean by sustainability?
We like the Washington Center's Curriculum for the Bioregion definition:
“Sustainability encompasses four intertwined ideals: economic wellness, social justice, human health, and biodiversity and ecological integrity. It is a systemic concept, relating to the continuity of economic, social, institutional, and environmental aspects of human society.”
What does a sustainable college do?
It helps students become more environmentally literate and motivates them to seek environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable practices while modeling these same values and practices in its operation.
Check out the links to learn about sustainable practices at Edmonds Community College and see how you can get involved.
The Sustainability Initiative website is maintained by a staff member of the VP for Workforce Development's dept. Please contact the webmaster if you see a problem with this particular website.
