Ecological Sustainability at Unity College

Ecological sustainability is the single greatest problem facing humanity today. Most colleges and universities ignore this problem or merely pander to it, doing students a great disservice. Humanity is gravely threatened by ecological problems, particularly in the areas of energy and climate change. Here at Unity College we make sure that students have the intellectual tools they need to solve the problems of our time. We do this the way we do most things – “hands-on” learning. All students must study sustainability before they graduate, and we try to make our campus as sustainable as is physically and fiscally possible.

Unity’s Sustainability Committee was formed in 2001 to oversee and coordinate the College’s various efforts at improving sustainability, to identify areas where improvement is needed, and to make recommendations. The committee is a group of students, faculty, and staff who meet throughout each semester and work with various members of the Unity community to improve the physical sustainability of the campus.