Mission
Sustainability Studies Program (SSP; organization chart) spawns experiential learning, research, and service activities to implement practical solutions for a sustainable future on campus, the bioregion, and the planet. Sustainability Studies integrates knowledge and methodologies from the Sciences, Humanities, and Arts to provide a roadmap for students that can be applied to the design, selection, and implementation of policies, practices, technologies, and strategies. Sustainability Studies provides a dynamic feedback loop of information and practice.
We take inspiration from the Earth Charter
and the girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes.
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News
As late as 2005 New Mexico had just one LEED certified structure. In a few short years, thanks to state and municipal policies and heroic efforts within the architecture and planning sector, greener buildings are popping up on campus. Read the latest about the new 15,867 square foot, LEED Gold wing of the biology building and 31 other projects over $500,000 that are leading the way.
Just as your body replaces cells every day to give you a completely new set of tissues every 9 years or so, the built environment does the same. Buildings have a turnover time of 50 years which allows green retrofits, combined with new buildings, to achieve Architecture 2030's ultimate goal of carbon neutral buildings within the lifetime of most college students.
Report indicates Cash for Clunkers is a costly way to reduce carbon emissions.
SSP is part of wave of green jobs. Clip.
The latest thinking about sustainable food presents as many challenges as solutions. Where do we go from here?
FoodPrintNM, devoted to enhancing the local, organic foodshed while reducing its carbon footprint, has launched!
Scholarship recipients share their appreciation about the International Xeriscape Conference
Diet change first step in carbon footprint reduction, says Nobel Peace Prize
winner. However, a bigger picture addresses concerns of meat producers.
Taos residents adopt policy of fair trade.
UNM Adopts Campus Sustainability Policy
Get the ultimate guidelines for living greener at home!
Contact us:
Sustainability Studies ProgramMSC 03 2020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
email: sust@unm.edu
phone: 505.277.3325
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