Office of Sustainability
The mission of the Office of Sustainability is to be a catalyst for environmentally positive change by educating, connecting, and empowering the members of our community for the well-being of our people, mission, and ecological systems.
What is Sustainability?
Sustainability is a framework that develops and integrates best practices of how to combine partnership, community, innovation, and natural environment in order to responsibly meet our current needs and care for our home while ensuring that future generations are able to prosper.
The mission of the Office of Sustainability is to create innovative programs and initiatives that help our university lead in good stewardship of our resources in our community and state while emphasizing responsibility, respect, and innovative development.
Our office serves to connect our campus with our local environment and community to promote social, economic, and environmental sustainability, learning, and development through encouraging collaboration, emphasizing feasibility, and conserving our natural resources.
Office Publications
Monthly Newsletter
Learn more about the Office of Sustainability's current projects and upcoming events in our most recent newsletter! Rebel Roots features interviews, species highlights, sustainable swaps, and opinion pieces from students.
Annual Sustainability Report
The annual UM Sustainability Report covers faculty research highlights, campus programs, sustainability metrics, and past initiatives from the past academic year.
Our Resources
Our office offers valuable resources available to students, faculty, and staff. Contact our office today to learn more about what we can offer you!
Our office works closely with students of all academic paths to incorporate sustainability into their experience at UM. We offer semesterly student intern positions that are catered to each interns' interests. Our office can host capstone student research projects or connect students with faculty mentors for their research in sustainability.
The Office of Sustainability has many resources available to faculty and staff. Our office can advertise your open research or student worker positions related to sustainability to interested students. The Office of Sustainability hosts the monthly UM Sustainability Forum where faculty and staff can propose new initiatives or provide input to others' proposals. We also offer classroom presentations to introduce our office to students and share our resources with them, or even support class projects to connect with our campus initiatives and ecology.
You can find updates on Office of Sustainability events, volunteer opportunities, or programming through multiple channels.
- Follow our Instagram account: @olemissgreen
- View our most recent newsletter
- Email or call our office using the contact information at the top of the page
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Sustainability News
OXFORD, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has recognized the University of Mississippi for its commitment to sustainability and conservation.