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You, MSU students, are the future leaders of the world. You can lessen your environmental impact now. Small changes which are easy to make today add up to big savings.
It’s easy. Try this:
REEDUCATE yourself through RESEARCH on climate change. These programs and links can help:
Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment (RISE) is a program for MSU students interested in stewardship of the environment. RISE provides students a community and curriculum focused on the environment as students get their feet wet and hands dirty applying their knowledge to real life problems and projects.
Undergraduate students can search for research opportunities in environmental stewardship and/or sustainability through the VENTURE. Venture is a database of undergraduate research, scholarship and creative opportunities available to MSU undergraduate students.
Faculty
You, MSU faculty members, are educating the future leaders of the world. Your research is solving world problems. You can lead by example by making small, individual changes that will produce global results.
It’s easy. Try this:
Consider ways to minimize the environmental impacts of your RESEARCH and find ways to incorporate the environment into your field of study. REEDUCATE your peers and students with your findings. Enlist the help of the Environmental Stewards in your building. Check www.bespartangreen.msu.edu for more info and share it with others.
Staff
You, MSU staff, make the University run. Your efforts are the key to making it run efficiently while creating ways to positively impact the environment. You can lessen your environmental impact now. Small, individual changes will produce large, university-wide results.
It’s easy. Try this:
REEDUCATE yourself through RESEARCH on climate change. Enlist the help of the Environmental Stewards in your building. Check www.bespartangreen.msu.edu for more info and share it with others.
Center for Global Change and Earth Observations (CGCEO) http://www.globalchange.msu.edu
CGCEO's mission is to foster interdisciplinary approaches for understanding global change at all scales using the tools of both the social and bio-physical sciences. The Center is also committed to applying its research and expertise to inform public and private decision-making on critical global environmental change issues.
Institute of International Agriculture (IIA) http://www.iia.msu.edu
The Institute is home to many of MSU's externally funded international development project activities in the areas of food, agriculture and natural resources. Through IIA, MSU's faculty engage in collaborative research, offer training programs for international scientists and other professionals both on campus and in developing countries, and extend our scientific expertise to improve the lives of impoverished populations of the developing world as well as those in communities and industries in Michigan.
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS) http://www.csis.msu.edu
CSIS's mission is to develop and maintain a center of excellence that integrates ecology with socioeconomics, demography, and other disciplines for ecological sustainability from local, national, to global scales.
Michigan State University has set clear goals to reduce its environmental footprint. By 2015, MSU will reduce: waste by 30 percent, energy consumption by 15 percent and greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent. Track how your building is doing at reducing waste, conserving energy, and recycling on the GIS website.
The environmental stewardship systems team researches topics in environmental sustainability specific to Michigan State University. Research conclusions help the team come up with annual recommendations for improving environmental sustainability at MSU. Research projects have included:
MSU is creating a sustainability specialization. The specialization allows students to understand and appreciate the diverse nature of sustainability, defined as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Students will be challenged use their knowledge for a required field project.
