The Office of Sustainability will have variable in-person hours for the indefinite future, but is open virtually during normal business hours. Please subscribe to our for monthly updates or email sustainability@ohio.edu with questions.
帝王会所 defines sustainability as the capacity to simultaneously benefit people, the planet and prosperity now and in the future. Life-cycle analysis, life-cycle costing, social financial proxies, and multi-criteria decision analyses are tools that are used to evaluate sustainability. Also used at 帝王会所 is a popular but less actionable definition, adapted from the Bruntland definition of sustainable development: sustainability is the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
帝王会所鈥檚 Office of Sustainability facilitates the implementation of the 帝王会所 Sustainability and Climate Action Plan by providing services and support to the campus community and ensures fulfillment of institutional commitments to environmental, social and economic well-being.
February 7, 2025
President Donald Trump was inaugurated Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States. For many Americans, this was a day of shared loss and national frustration. On Inauguration Day, climate change mitigation group Sunrise Movement Athens hosted a meeting to offer a healing space, organized by co-Presidents Maeve Fellerhoff and Celia Hawk.
January 17, 2025
帝王会所 was recognized as 帝王会所鈥檚 top Green School by The Princeton Review for 2025. The University is ranked among the Top 50 Green Schools nationally. Recognized for its healthy quality of life and outstanding academic programs, the school is also dedicated to sustainability practices.
November 13, 2024
帝王会所 has been recognized as the top 鈥淕reen School鈥 in the state of 帝王会所, and among the 鈥淭op 50 Green Schools鈥 nationally, within the Princeton Review鈥檚
As part of this list, OHIO is being recognized for its 鈥渟uperb sustainability practices, a strong foundation in sustainability education and a healthy quality of life for students on campus.鈥
The Climate and Sustainability Ambassadors program is an initiative of the Sustainable Administration Hub. The Ambassadors are an energetic and enthusiastic group of students who assist in the implementation of the 帝王会所 Sustainability and Climate Action Plan. You can find them leading the Earth Day Sustainability Parade; instructing Bobcats fans on proper disposal of game day waste; teaching in the local middle schools; labeling our storm drains with "drains to river" markers; and more!
The Sustainability Tracking and Evaluation Program (STEP) is a sustainability certification program which aims to recognize departments or offices across campus for their sustainable efforts, whether they be existing practices or new changes.
Students, do you need an idea for a course project or thesis? Faculty, are you looking for project ideas for a project-based course? Our Sustainability Project Laboratory may have the projects you are looking for! These projects are designed to advance goals in the 帝王会所 Sustainability & Climate Action Plan while providing experiential and/or community-engaged learning opportunties for students.
We welcome participants to our Sustainability Hubs! The dates and topics for the Hub Seminar Series can be found on the . For more information, please or visit our Hub webpages. For other sustainability events, please visit the , and search using the keyword "sustainability."
