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Environmental Center Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm

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Be sustainable.

The Hub for Student-Powered Sustainability

We catalyze and facilitate student leadership and ingenuity for social equity, economic vitality, and ecological resilience.

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Leadership

Support for 17 active student groups

Over 250 lab, office, and hall Eco-Leaders

Learning

Over 1,500 volunteer hours each year

Over 25 educational events each year

Impact

Over 150 student employees annually

Working in partnership across campus and community

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Regional compost changes to impact some campus composting

Alert: New changes to compost collection guidelines! Food scraps and yard & plant trimmings ONLY! Read more
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Colorado Compost Guidelines Are Changing

Compost guidelines for the Front Range are changing to food scraps and yard & plant trimmings ONLY Read more
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Volunteer With Ralphie's Green Stampede This Season!

Ralphie’s Green Stampede needs volunteers for the Buff’s basketball season this year. Read more
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The do’s and don’ts of campus composting

CU Boulder has been asked by the region’s primary composting facility, A1 Organics, to address what has become a significant challenge for their process—compost contaminated with non-compostable materials. Below are some composting tips to educate yourself on how you can help eliminate compost contamination in our community. Read more
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Ride All Winter Long

Winter in Boulder typically offers weeks of blue skies and dry pavement, but some days... Read more
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Sustainable Travel for Spring Break

University breaks are right around the corner. Whether traveling 10 miles from campus or 1,000 miles from campus, you can do so sustainably. Here are a few quick tips and tricks that benefit you and the environment! Read more
Sustainable Buffs Checklist and Guide

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Applied Learning

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Green Labs

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Sports Sustainability

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Green Office

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Annual Impact

2,900  tons

of recycling and compost diverted from landfills

50 

Zero Waste events produced on campus

5,500 

bikes repaired

2.7  million

student bus trips

200 

off-campus ECO-Visits in student residences

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University of Colorado Environmental Center
207 UCB, UMC 355, Boulder, CO 80309-0207 
To contact us please leave a message at 303-492-8308 or email ecenter@colorado.edu
Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00a-5:00p

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