Sustainability Council

• GreenToGo boxes in the Caf
• Bee Campus USA
• Weekly meetings to discuss sustainability on campus and to educate students on pressing environmental issues
  • Partnerships with organizations like Conservation Colorado, Protect the Dolores, The City of Grand Junction, and The Colorado Wildlands Project
• Large scale events to boost student involvement in sustainability initiatives
  • Earth Week
  • Pollinator Week
  • Football Tailgates
  • Movie Nights
• Partnership with New Way Refillery to provide students with up to 30 oz of free laundry detergent or dish soap every month

Sustainability Council is always looking to expand our current programs, reach more students, and connect with more community members. Each and every initiative is aimed at an environmental issue facing the Western Slope.

• Partnerships between Sustainability Council and Facilities are moving forward to increase the availability of recycling on campus, as well as the education students receive to ensure recyclables go where they need to.
  • We are currently working to implement a pilot recycling program into Wubben Hall and Science Center.
• Partnership between Sustainability Council and Sodexo to reduce food waste on campus by composting food waste at the compost facility at CMU Tech.

The Sustainability Council manages a student-run University Garden and Composting Facility.

The University Garden is a student-run garden on the Western Colorado Community College campus. It is open to everyone and is a place for people to come together to share interests, a classroom, and a productive garden that feeds members of our campus community. The garden includes 800 square feet of grow space to generate fresh produce to members of the garden as well as to sell to the student and faculty body.

The Compost Facility is a student-driven initiative that converts university-generated food waste into a nutrient-rich soil additive.