Sustainable Buffs

 

Welcome to the Sustainable Buffs Community!

 

As you move through your CU journey, the Environmental Center is here to help you develop knowledge, skills and leadership, connect with your peers and network with experts, and make a positive impact on campus and beyond.  If you are looking for ways to get involved with sustainability and climate action at CU Boulder, here is a guide for your journey.

Join the Sustainable Buffs Community

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Sustainable Buffs LIVE

Explore Sustainable Lifestyle Resources on Campus

  • Join the community of Buffs committed to sustainability. 
  • Check out the Sustainable Buffs Guide for more ways to make sustainable choices in transportation, food, shopping and more.
  • Register your bike.
  • Find zero waste stations to recycle and compost on campus and for your home and learn what goes in them.  Play a quick sorting game.
  • Sign up for your Eco-Visit. You'll get an Eco-kit and meet with our student staff to talk about best practices for living green in your residence. 

 

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Sustainable Buffs CONNECT

Connect with other Buffs through meetups, events, service and student groups

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Sustainable Buffs LEAD

Build your ability to lead and your skills to advocate for change

  • Student leaders enact and fund change on campus as part of the Environmental Board.   
  • Share what is inspiring you: make a short story or video and share it. Use the hashtag #SustainableBuffs or mention @ECenterCU on Instagram!
  • Project-based learning opportunities can connect your classwork to help campus sustainability. We have plenty of real-world projects that could advance with student research and study.

Life as a Sustainable Buff

 

Sustainable Buffs Guide

A guide to take sustainable action with daily and common use items.

       

EcoVisits

EcoVisits come with everything you need to start reducing your environmental impact where you live!

 

Sustainable Buffs Pledge

90% of Buffs want to make choices that support a sustainable lifestyle. Join your fellow sustainable Buffs in pledging to make daily sustainable lifestyle choices.

Sustainable Buffs #Goals

Limit food waste

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations website has a range of food topics from food hunger to transforming agrifood systems around the globe that can be useful in aiding overall food waste efforts.

Eat more plant-based meals and snacks

Forks over Knives, This Savory Vegan, Love and Lemons and Rabbits and Wolves are all sites that provide countless free recipes to aid your plant-based eating journey.

Get involved

Get involved with one of CU's Environmental Center programs and more.

Interested in being involved in environmental conservation on an international level? Visit Volunteer FDIP and check out programs that are offered all around the world.

Shift your commute

Our Parking and Transportation site has resources and information about different commuting options to help you travel more sustainably.

Use reusables

Visit the Zero Waste Reduce page to learn how to reduce and reuse items. There is also a Buying Green list of eco-friendly products under the reuse section.

Recycle

Check out our Zero Waste program to learn everything you need to know about acceptable recycling.

Vote locally and nationally

Vote 411 provides all of the election information you need on a local and national level.

Save more energy

IGSEnergy provides information and tips to help save energy at home and at work including a variety of subtopics about energy sources.

Compost

Check out our Zero Waste program to learn everything you need to know about composting.

Keep learning

Explore our site to learn all of the information about sustainability and get informed about everything that the Environmental Center has to offer for your time at CU Boulder and away.