Curriculum
Administrative Committee
- The Sustainability Task Force encourages and facilitates environmental awareness and action through education and communication.
- The Sustainability Task Force registered Mount Union College to participate in a new sustainability self-assessment tool called STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The program is designed to help gauge the progress of colleges and universities toward sustainability in all sectors while enabling meaningful comparisons across institutions as well as benchmarking within institutions.
Green Building
- Mount Union has committed to having their next major building, an admissions welcome center building, being LEED certified, possibly at the Gold level.
Purchasing
Energy
- The college is installing its first PV array in the summer of 2008
Food
- Weekly farmers market
- Three community gardens
- Campus café has replaced disposable service with washables and is developing a waste oil to biodiesel project for campus
Grounds
- Surveyed academic campus using a protocol called UFORE to determine our tree cover and CO2 uptake and potential
- Owns 160 acres and lease nearly 200 additional acres of protected natural areas that provide habitat and carbon sequestration.
Transportation
- Mount Union’s president has replaced his automobile with a hybrid and security vehicles are scheduled to be converted to hybrids
Recycling
- Mount Union participates in Recycle-Mania. This year they recycled a total of 26,757 pounds (10.5 pounds per person) over ten week period.
- Waste Minimization Policy
Events
Website
Contact
Chuck McClaugherty, PhD.
Director, Brumbaugh Center for Environmental Science
330-823-7487
mcclauca@muc.edu
Student Group
- Students for Environmental Awareness
- Janus (Social Responsibility Group)
Has the President of the College signed the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment?
Yes
