University of Colorado Boulder
EN-3: Student Life

Numerous student clubs and groups exist to promote sustainability and environmental action. The below students clubs are duly registered with the university and claim and environmental purpose in their charter: Anderson-Ball Center for Sustained Social & Ecological Progress The ABC for sustained progress weaves & institutionalizes the interconnections between a wide variety of symptoms to undue political or corporate influence and control with grassroots solutions for affordable and diverse education. Biomimicry Club Architecture, Business, Engineering, Environmental The Biomimicry Club offers student-led discussion, research, and innovation through the study of nature's solutions to evolutionary challenges. Colorado Natural Resources, Energy + Environmental Law Review Seeks to publish high quality academic journal of legal articles on relevant natural resources, energy, and environmental law. CU Biodiesel CU Biodiesel is dedicated to advancing the use and knowledge of biodiesel, a clean-burning alternative to petroleum diesel. CU Colorado Ocean Coalition Chapter The mission of the Colorado Ocean Coalition is to create, unite and empower a Colorado coalition with shared values, goals, and actions to promote healthy oceans through education and community engagement. CU Energy: The Student Alliance of the RASEI The CU Energy club aims to connect students to the emerging energy industries through a variety of means. CU in the Garden Our goal is to empower each Colorado student to make small changes that positively impact the world every single day. CU Wild CU Wild is a multifaceted organization dedicated to wild places and their inhabitants. Ducks Unlimited at CU Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America’s waterfowl. ENVS Club To increase involvement of Environmental studies undergraduate students in their curriculum, their community and the environment, and to facilitate communications between nonaffiliated organizations on and off campus with the ENVS department Environmental Law Society - ELS organizes service outreach activities, fundraising events, and outdoor adventures each semester, giving law students opportunities to immerse themselves in the larger natural resources law community that Colorado has to offer. Contact: 303.492.8073 Geology Club of CU Boulder Geology Nerds expands the network of undergraduates to better their graduate and work possibilities. Second Mile Water Second Mile Water is an organization that exists to bring a permanent end to the world’s water crisis. Student to Farm It’s not about farming - it’s about about getting off campus and discovering Colorado through food. By working the land, learning from farmers, and eating the food, we wish to promote healthy lifestyles among students! Society of Environmental Engineers (SEVEN) SEVEN, as a branch of the Environmental Engineering (EVEN) program, is a resource for engineering students to connect and explore applications of environmental engineering. Given the interdisciplinary nature and wide applications of environmental engineering, we value the exploration of different focuses within the industry, including water resources, air quality, remediation, energy, applied ecology, chemical processing, engineering for developing communities, sustainable agriculture, and more. Take Back the Tap Our mission is to reduce and ultimately eliminate single-use plastic water bottles. We hope to educate the CU community on the environmental, humane, and financial issues surrounding plastic water bottles. USGBC Chapter at CU (The) The USGBC is an organization that sponsors Green Building techniques, promotes LEED certification, inspires companies and school to think about sustainably towards architecture and materials. All CU organizations are listed here: http://www.colorado.edu/involvement/organizations

Smiley Court residence hall has such a garden; all organic, non-GMO, chemical-free, and assisted by Boulder County organic gardeners. CU in the Garden is a student group which students have garden plots on campus as well as off campus for applied learning. Student to Farm group immerse students at local farms and ranches to gain experience over fall or spring breaks.

Sustainable CU and the Energy/Climate Fund are both managed by student boards. Sustainable CU is a grant program for innovative projects on campus. ECRF is a 0-interest loan program for energy improvements.

Numerous speakers, films, and events during the school year focus on sustainability. One of the flagship events is Front Range Eco-Social Solutions is free for all CU students to attend and is organized by CU Environmental Center in collaboration with community organizations and features over 30 workshops, field trips and national broadcast plenary speakers. CU Environmental Center has an annual events budget of $25,000 for sustainability programming on campus. CU Environmental Center partners with Cultural Events Board and Distinguished Speakers Board to also bring in high profile presenters. The annual Conference on World Affairs Conference of World Affairs also features sustainability topics and presenters. CWA Week is free and open to the public. It is a festival of ideas featuring 200 panels, 100 speakers and performers, over 5 days, attracting more than 70,000 in cumulative attendance each year.

Inside the Greenhouse: We work to deepen our understanding of how issues associated with climate change are/can be communicated, by creating artifacts through interactive theatre, film, fine art, performance art, television programming, and appraising as well as extracting effective methods for multimodal climate communication. http://www.insidethegreenhouse.org/ CU Presents is the home of performing arts on the beautiful University of Colorado Boulder campus. With hundreds of concerts, plays, recitals and more on our stages each year, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Our performances include: The Artist Series, which for more than 80 years has welcomed world-renowned musicians and dance troupes to historic Macky Auditorium The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, a professional theatre company devoted to the Bard’s works The Takács Quartet, a world-renowned chamber ensemble in residence at CU Boulder The Eklund Opera Program and CU’s New Opera Workshop Select performances at CU Boulder’s Department of Theatre & Dance Major events, master classes, workshops and lectures at the CU Boulder College of Music The Holiday Festival, an annual student and faculty music showcase in Macky Auditorium In 2017, CU Presents hosted The Nile Project: https://cupresents.org/2017/01/25/nile-project/

CU Outdoor Program: This program is nationally known and provides a gateway for students to enjoy the Colorado backcountry and more. The program offers hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, backpacking, scuba diving, ice or rock climbing, rafting, kayaking, fly fishing, avalanche training, a challenge ropes course and more. Each semester more that 50 classes are offered that emphasize skill acquisition, safety, positive group dynamics, environmental awareness (Leave No Trace) and fun.

First Year Experience offers seminars is to provide students with the opportunity to get exposure to topics that are important to student success, while balancing the time focused on academic content. There are 10 different topic seminars offered during the first 8 weeks of the semester. The topics cover a wide range of options including both advising-based and opportunity-based sessions. Each seminar is open to students from any section. Sustainability is one of the 10 topics.

Williams Village North is a LEED Platinum residence hall. There are 2 residential academic programs housed here: SEEDS and Sustainable by Design. Other programs where students learn life skills: Student to Farm program, Biomimicry club. The Eco-Engage Events program seeks to introduce students to all the ways sustainability is practiced and offers a real time look at what it takes and where they might "plug in" to all that is going on. The program is aimed primarily at first and second year students, (although all enrolled CU students are welcome) and features an array of sustainability oriented half-day and day-long field trips - both on and off campus - focused on sustainability. Also, we offer sustainability skills workshops. These applied learning workshops are focused on skill-building along with applied information to improve your understanding in the practice of sustainability. Most workshops are aimed at newcomers and beginners.

The main opportunity is via CU Environmental Center which employs over 100 students annually. Students work on peer to peer outreach, behavior change campaigns, sustainability policy, bike station operations, recycling operations and special events, etc.

Investigating Careers in Environment (ICE) By bringing environmental professionals to campus to share their perspectives on a wide range of environmental careers, the ICE talks provide a unique opportunity for students to enhance their awareness of environmental career opportunities and interact with experts in the field. Each session provides an overview of a specific environmental career path, followed by time for questions and discussion.