Sustainable Buffs

Welcome to the Sustainable Buffs Community!

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.

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Dive deeper into your sustainable journey by joining the Sustainable Buffs Community

As you move through your CU journey, this community helps you work towards becoming a leader in sustainability and having a positive impact on campus and beyond. Joining the Sustainable Buffs Community opens opportunities for self-paced engagement, community building, knowledge and leadership in sustainability.

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Sustainable Buffs LIVE

Explore Sustainable Lifestyle Resources on Campus

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.

Sustainable Buffs CONNECT

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

Participate in events, service projects and workshops.
Participate in Buffs One Read- This year’s selection is In Solito: A Memoir, author Javier Zamora tells the story of his 3,000 mile journey from El Salvador across the U.S. border.
Join the Climate Justice Leadership Program.
The Applied Sustainability Learning Hub was created to facilitate applied sustainability learning at CU Boulder by connecting students, faculty and staff to each other and the resources they need to use our campus as a living lab.

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.

Sustainable Buffs Guide

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