Sustainability Involves Everyone Our campus commitment to sustainability involves regular workshops on environmental issues as well as campus-wide working groups, including the sustainability assessment.
		Farmer's Market Campus projects, like our seasonal farmer's market, bring sustainability 'home.'
		Challenges The challenges on the UMass Dartmouth campus mirror those of the wider community as we move toward sustainability. How do we take infrastructure created when energy was not an issue and retrofit it with conservation in mind? How do we model a systems approach to dealing with issues of resource and waste?

		Courses Our sustainability classes afford students the opportunity to participate in real-word applications including assessments of our campus and local communities. Topics of Sustainability classes look at resource issues through the lens of five disciplines. See our upcoming summer and fall course listings.
		Student Projects Students in sustainability classes often work on team research projects which directly benefit the campus.
		Programs Sustainability is woven throughout UMD's curriculum. Students can engage in various ways, including the sustainability minor and certificate programs. Many departments, including Mechanical Engineering, Policy Studies, and the MBA program, have environmental/sustainability tracks or certificates in place or in the works.

Sustainability involves the reinvention of the world as we know it: new processes for business and industry, new methods of treating wastewater, and new ways of partnering across disciplines. University research is at the forefront of this revolution-- from materials crafted through biomimicry through ocean chemistry, climate science, and estuaries, to work on sustainability indices and new methods of governance. Many of these involve students and multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research.

• Biofuels
• Business Practices
• Climate Change
• Energy Efficiency
• Food & Agriculture
• Health & Nutrition
• Marine Renewable Energy: Wind, Wave, Tidal
• Smart Transportation Choices
• Solar Power
• Water Resources

		Summer Camp Sustainability embeds the university in the community, and vice versa. During the summers, students of various ages, including middle-schoolers, come to campus to learn about sustainability at our sustainability camp.
		Green Jobs The Seagreen Jobs Network, an outgrowth of our weatherization Task Force, is bringing disparate regional groups around the table for important discussions...
		Regional Sustainability A partnership with The Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development Department (SRPEDD), the Regional Sustainability Council will help to catalyze sustainability discussions in numerous ways.

How to Get Involved

There are many opportunities at UMass Dartmouth to learn about and participate in activities related to sustainability. Here are links to some ways you can get involved. Join our campus working groups to learn more about sustainability topics, exchange ideas, find partnerships, and advance solutions.

• Sustainability Working Groups
• Climate Commitment
• Transportation
• Agriculture/Food
• Recycling
• Renewable Energy
• Curriculum Change

Do you have an idea for an event or project? Questions about sustainability? Contact the Office of Campus and Community Sustainability at (508) 910-6484.

• About Sustainability
• A Brief History of "Sustainability"
• Sustainable Living Links

Learning Center

Academics	Agriculture	Climate
Community	Ecosystems	Energy
Recycling	Sustainable Living	Transportation

		Green Navigators Join the Green Navigators and help to make our campus sustainable.
		Green Living Guide Created by students, for students, the Green Living Guide is chock-full of tips for living and working in a greener way.
		Student Groups Student groups like MassPIRG and Net Impact

		Green Campus Award Dr. Jerry Blitefield, Rich Legault, Lauren Watka and the Facilities Department take home our first Green Campus Awards.
		Get involved on campus Faculty and staff can engage in working groups, learn sustainability principles and practices, or enjoy films and other presentations.
		Get involved with academics Cross-list your courses or get information about how to include sustainability in your curriculum...

		South-Coast Community Garden Coalition Community Gardens are greening the South Coast.
		Sea-Green Jobs Network The Sea Green Jobs Network brings together regional partners to raise awareness and increase collaboration.
		Almanac Find out what's happening on the South Coast...

Mailing address

Office of Campus and Community Sustainability
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Textiles Building, Room 206
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747

Email

Susan Jennings, Director - sjennings[at]umassd.edu

Staff by last name
Nate Byrnes - nathan.byrnes[at]umassd.edu
Kathleen Christianson - kchristianson[at]umassd.edu
Tom Paine - tpaine[at]umassd.edu
Dan Schemer - dschemer[at]umassd.edu
Dean Williams - dwilliams[at]umassd.edu

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Phone: (508) 910-6484
Fax: (508) 999-6941

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www.umassd.edu/sustainability

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