Our Perspective

• Sustainability is focused on the future
• Sustainability is a global and local issue
• Emcompasses the major challenges of our time (national security, arable land, clean water, energy crisis, climate change, population growth, etc.)

UMC Sustainability Committee Charge

The University of Minnesota, Crookston Sustainability Committee's charged with providing overall leadership for [sustainability] work, while at the same time encouraging broad participation from across the campus, community, and region. It is our responsibility to demonstrate our committment to sustainablity by what we do, and how we do it. The success of our sustainability efforts depends on building broad based support.

Learn more about:

• Initiatives & Goals
• Crookston Students for Sustainable Development (CSSD)
• Sustainability Connections to Departments, Program Areas & Other Entities at UMC (pdf)
• University of Minnesota Sustainability Web site

"What you do to the earth you also do to your children."
- Red Lake Nation