The WSU Campus
& Community Ecology Project engages efforts of faculty, students,
staff, and administrators to:
- Develop and implement a "Green Campus"
and sustainability policy at Washington State University.
- Reduce the
ecological footprint and environmental impacts of WSU and our surrounding
urban communities and rural landscapes.
- Create a living classroom
on our campuses and in our communities for the study and design of
ecologically stable societies.
- Define a just, equitable, and sustainable
future for both humanity and the natural world through research and
education.
Washington
State University has many diverse programs and activities in the ecological,
environmental, and natural resource sciences. The Campus & Community
Ecology Project was created to strengthen and support efforts to expand
the ecological and environmental sciences at WSU and their application
through ecological design in the cities, communities, and landscapes
surrounding our campuses.
Campus & Community Ecology is a forward-looking
project that addresses the positive possibilities for the future of
both humanity and the natural world that enriches and supports us.
Our fundamental goal is to encourage creative thinking and collective
action to transform our campuses and communities into living
classrooms and models for an ecologically sustainable society.
Campus & Community Ecology works to achieve these goals
and accomplishments through a mission encompassing projects and
activities in the areas of:
