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Five Sustainable Summer Activities

May 1, 2025 by Tracey J. Coronado

By: Tracey Coronado Sustainability Coordinator at Missouri State University Summer is the time that many of us want to be more active both physically and socially. If you’re looking for inspiration on activities that won’t break your bank and are good for the world, check out these five ideas!   1. Get active in the great outdoors There are many ways to … [Read more...] about Five Sustainable Summer Activities

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Building Sustainable Habits

April 11, 2024 by Tracey J. Coronado

Spring has arrived! As the hours of sunlight grow longer and the weather gets warmer, the leaves on the trees and the blossoming flowers are not the only things that are undergoing change. There is a reason we have terms like “spring fever” and “spring cleaning”. The change into spring can feel like emergence from a months-long hibernation of sorts, where shorter days and … [Read more...] about Building Sustainable Habits

Filed Under: Engagement, Resources, Sustainability Tagged With: Environment, Habits, Live better, Natural, Plastic, Recycle, Recycling, Reduce, Reuse, save money, Waste, Water

MSU Receives EPA Pollution Prevention Grant to Support Missouri Manufacturing Companies

January 9, 2023 by Doug Neidigh

MSU has received a $296,424 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to continue to provide pollution prevention technical assistance to Missouri manufacturing companies.  The grant will be managed by Doug Neidigh (Sustainability Coordinator) and co-managed by Dr. Robert Pavlowsky and MSU's Ozarks Environment and Water Resources Institute (OEWRI), and Dr. … [Read more...] about MSU Receives EPA Pollution Prevention Grant to Support Missouri Manufacturing Companies

Filed Under: Academics, Engagement, Resources Tagged With: Energy, Recycling, Waste, Water

Dining Services Rolls Out New Fair Trade Commitment

March 8, 2020 by Rachel Smith

Dining services is one of the central sustainability proponents on Missouri State's campus. Chartwells in particular has made a point to try to be as ecologically conscious as possible. They use their platform as the largest food service to be fair across the bandwidth of sustainability. Chartwells believes in their obligation to support fair food supply and food … [Read more...] about Dining Services Rolls Out New Fair Trade Commitment

Filed Under: Academics, Engagement, Resources, Transportation Tagged With: Energy, Food, Recycling, Waste, Water

Students Represent MSU Sustainability At AASHE

January 24, 2020 by Rachel Smith

Last semester, students and faculty represented Missouri State and the Sustainability Department at the AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) in Spokane, Washington. The students were Kenya Reeves, Biology Major and President of Green Student Alliance, and Talita Primo Menezes, graduate student of Professional Studies and Treasurer of … [Read more...] about Students Represent MSU Sustainability At AASHE

Filed Under: Academics, Engagement, Resources, Transportation Tagged With: Energy, Food, Recycling, Waste, Water

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What is Sustainability?

Sustainability means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
There are three pillars of sustainability: environmental, social, and economic.

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