Sustainability Office

Contact:

Emily Wright
Sustainability Coordinator
emily.wright@coloradocollege.edu
719.389.6025

The Sustainability Office fosters communication, collaboration and coordination between sustainability stakeholders in the CC community. The Office serves to develop and support campus initiatives, working closely with the Campus Sustainability Council and the student environmental action group, EnAct, to make the Colorado College a model for campus and community sustainability.

The Sustainability Office works to:

Support the College's goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2020.
Coordinate the ECO-Reps and Sustainability Champions programs with resources and tools to localize sustainability efforts campus-wide.
Administer the EcoFund campus grant program for sustainability projects.
Design and implement campus resource conservation campaigns related to energy, water, waste, and procurement practices.

Offices & Services

Sustainability Blog

August 29, 2012 We’re Hiring for 2012-2013!
February 28, 2012 Reuse & Refill!
Last summer, twenty-seven water bottle refill stations were installed in academic buildings and residence halls campus-wide. A counter on each fountain adds up the total number of refills. Since installation, CC’s 27 stations have logged 296,000 refills! The hydration stations cut waste associated with single-use plastics and provide a cheap, equitable, environmentally sound alternative to [...]
February 20, 2012 Students in National Competition to Reduce Energy Use
From February 18th through March 9th, students in Colorado College’s three major residence halls are competing to achieve the greatest reductions in electricity use! This week, Colorado College joins the ranks of more than 100 universities and colleges nationwide for Campus Conservation Nationals. In this competition, participating schools are racing to reduce electricity use. Schools [...]