SOU Sustainability Council Accepting Applications
Southern Oregon University’s Sustainability Council is accepting applications for the 2018-19 academic year. Students, staff and faculty all are welcome to apply.
Those who are interested in serving may visit the Sustainability Council website to learn more about the Council’s charter, mission and goals, and to access an application for membership.
This is an opportunity for members of the SOU community to have a positive impact on campus. Past Council projects include the Farm at SOU, Bee Campus USA, Tree Campus USA and the Climate Action Fund.
Learn more at https://inside.sou.edu/sustainable/membershiproster.html
SOU is committed to sustainable practices, environmental stewardship and research that advances understanding of local, regional and global environmental issues.
The university broadly defines sustainability as achieving increased well-being for humanity over time through the equitable and sustained use of critical natural capital.
The SOU definition includes sustainability goals set by the U.N. World Commission on Environment and Development (1987 Brundtland Commission), which indicated that sustainable development will “meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The university also observes the “economic, social and environmental elements” that the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education incorporates into its definition of sustainability.