Welcome To Ecofoot

Welcome to the official website for the MSU Office of Campus Sustainability, and the University Committee for a Sustainable Campus.

"Our mission is to foster a collaborative learning culture that leads the community to heightened awareness of its environmental impact. We envision MSU as a sustainable community that provides for the social and economic needs of its current and future members without compromising the health of our biosphere."

In 2007, The Office of Campus Sustainability recived the AASHE Sustainability Leadership Award. for more infromation on this prestigious honor click here.

NEWS:

NEW WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

New for 2008, our Website of the Week feature! Each week we will be highlighting a new website that focuses on sustainability. This week's site is a streaming video lecture from the Dalai Lama at University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems.

MSU BECOMES PARTNERS IN CHICAGO CLIMATE EXCHANGE

MSU and the University of Iowa have agreed to a partnership involving the transaction of carbon credits through the Chicago Climate Exchange program. The transaction of 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide credits between MSU and UI is one of the first active steps of MSU’s involvement with Chicago Climate Excahnge (CCX). The CCX gives an allotment of credits each year based on a market-based cap and trade. For more on the story go here.

EARTH HOUR ON THE HORIZON

Earth Hour is on March 29, 2008 so mark your calendars, program your Iphone and PDA. For one hour we all go dark in support of sustainability. For more information please click on one of the posters below and then visit www.earthhour.org.

2007 UN DECADE SPEAKER SERIES CLIPS & DVDs

The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2007 speaker series clips are up! If you missed last year's speeches or want to learn more about sustainability or the various issues covered by the speakers please view some free streaming clips! You will need QuickTime Media Player to view the clips, found here.

If you are interested in obtaining a DVD of one or all of last years speakers please contact Terry Link, via email. Please put "UN DVDs" in the email subject line so that we can recognize them easily!

NEW MEDIA PAGE

On the top navigation bar you may see a new MEDIA button. Click it to see a page dedicated to streaming media clips on sustainability. The page features clips from around the web and clips from MSU faculty and students. So click on over and start watching!

Our website of the week is www.worldonfire.ca.

UPDATED CONFERENCE CALENDAR

Click here for our new Conference Calendar! Features sustainability conferences from all across North America. If you do not see one on the calendar please shoot us a link here!