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Campus Sustainability

Contact Information:

UCCS Office of Sustainability
1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy CSB 207
Colorado Springs CO 80918
sustain@uccs.edu
Telephone: 719-255-3089

Linda Kogan
Director, Office of Sustainability
1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy CSB 207
Colorado Springs CO 80918
lkogan@uccs.edu
Telephone: 719-255-3757

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Sustainability Tours:

Members of the UCCS Sustainability Office are available to lead campus tours that highlight sustainability initiatives. Highlights include a focus on LEED certification and high performance buildings, including the Recreation Center and Science Engineering, introduction to our single-stream recycling program, and a visit to our organic garden. Please call us at 255-3089 so that we can design a tour that meets the needs of your group.

SEAS founders enjoy organic apple dish.SEAS founders enjoy organic apple dish - Campus Sustainability Day 2006

Compact fluorescent light bulbs use 75% less energy and last 10-13 times longer than standard light bulbs.

UCCS is a charter member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
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UCCS is a signatory to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment
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Sustainability Vision

An engaged learning community demonstrating leadership in our policies, programs and practices toward local and global ecological integrity, social equity, and economic vitality.

UCCS Announcements

2010 College Sustainability Report Card Science & Engineering Wins Colorado Sustainable Design Award

ColoradoBiz magazine, in partnership with the American Institute of Architects, Urban Land Institute, and the U.S. Green Building Council, presented the Colorado Sustainable Design Award, Commercial Category, to the Science & Engineering building.

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2010 College Sustainability Report Card UCCS Earns a Grade of 'B' on the College Sustainability Report Card

The Sustainable Endowments Institute awards UCCS an overall grade of 'B' on the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, including A's for the subjects of 'Administration' and 'Investment Priorities'.

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Archived Announcements

Events

RecycleMania 2010

RecycleMania!

UCCS
January 17th - March 27th, 2010

RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Help UCCS win this competition! For more information about the competition and how you can help, contact recycle@uccs.edu.

Franke James, Environmental Artist

Franke James: Nuture Your Inner-Alice-In-Wonderland for a Sustainable World!

UCCS Kraemer Family Library, 3rd Floor Apse
March 2, 2010, 12:15 pm

Franke James is an artist, photographer and writer whose mission is to do something 'green' and document it. Franke is an entertaining and persuasive advocate for the environment.  Her lively presentations demonstrate her ‘rare skill of presenting important abstract concepts with immediacy and relevance through her art.’


Past Events