The CU Environmental Center seeks committed and qualified students with a passion for sustainability and social justice to work with us in the 2020-2021 school year. Most positions require technical skill and some knowledge of sustainability from 1-2 semesters of previous experience, course work, or training. Work commitments are usually...
We stand with Black Lives. Black Lives Matter. These seem like pretty basic statements—acknowledgements of what should be the most basic of human rights and respect. The environmental movement often finds itself arguing for other basic yet overlooked human rights too—rights to a healthy environment and climate, and free from...
The Environmental Center celebrates our Class of 2020 student staff members. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication! We know you are on to great things! Bike and Bus Program staff Perry Andre Craig Beckfield Akiyoshi Chen Christian Dusbabeck Phoebe Popkin Porter Verfurth Communications, Promotions, Events and...
The Environmental Center is offering free bike maintenance and repair on campus as well as remote DIY maintenance assistance to keep you riding safely! Bike shops are essential businesses and biking is allowed under the Boulder County stay-at-home order. Accessing remote repair on campus Complete the Bike Repair request form...
We were both a lot younger when I started teaching at the University of Colorado 46 years ago. Now we are both older—and greener. The Environmental Center celebrates its 50th anniversary today—Earth Day—as the nation’s first student-led environmental center, founded on the first Earth Day in 1970. The Environmental Center...
Join us for a week of digital events to celebrate #EarthDay2020, the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day on April 22, featuring a Virtual Town Hall with campus sustainability leaders on Monday, April 20. Events throughout the week offer opportunities to learn and contribute ideas to success in sustainability...
It’s a strange time, indeed! Along with shifting most of our daily lives, the various “Shelter In Place” orders have also created a shift in our regular waste patterns. Our web page offers a few resources to help address some of the new regular life habits that have changed the...
The CU Environmental Center awarded $1300 to students who pitched their ideas for sustainability innovations on campus in the first ever Buffs Sustainable Solutions Challenge. An audience of CU students, administration, and friends and family watched Monday night as students pitched their ideas to reduce CU’s environmental footprint via Zoom...
