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Our Mission: To inspire, promote, and celebrate sustainability at PLU |
PLU's Commitment to SustainabilityPLU's mission is to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership andcare for other persons, for their communities and for the earth. On April 22, 2004 President Loren Anderson signed the Talloires Declaration, making PLU the first Pacific Northwest University to sign the declaration. In spring 2007, President Loren Anderson joined the President's Climate Commitment Leadership Circle. Our progress as of spring 2008. Mithun Funds Sustainability Fellowships!  Mithun, the architectural firm that worked on PLU's campus master plan, has pledged to support a Sustainability Fellow who works on issues involving the built environment. They have pledged to support one fellow for each of the next three years--Many Thanks to Mithun! Interested in applying? How to apply Proposed Mithun Fellowship projects Congratulations to 2008-2009 Mithun Fellow Becca Krzmarzick!
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2008-2009 Sustainability Fellows Congratulations to Lauren Buchholz and Eric Pfaff! Lauren will work on marketing research for Can-the-Can and SurPLUs. Eric will work on researching and creating a campus bicycle coop. more infoHow is PLU becoming more sustainable?PLU participates in Greenhouse Gas Emission pilot study by SightlinesPLU awarded the Tahoma Business Environmental Award by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, April 2008 Everyday Earth Day by Tamara Power-Drutis Climate Ambassadors work on climate change issues J-term class to explore global climate change. PLU, UWT and UPS awarded Bay Hero Award for Environmental Education by Citizens for a Healthy Bay PLU switches to Pura Vida coffee, triple-seal-certified coffee -- Fair Trade, organic, and shade grown. Pura Vida uses revenue from coffee sales to support children and families at risk in coffee growing countries. PLU Tests Composting Goats chew on invasive species more information PLU Wins Recycling award again Past Sustainability NewsPLU started with Water Sustainability and it has become so much more! |
