Sustainability

Welcome

Our committee is dedicated to addressing how the graduate school can implement more sustainable practices while providing graduate students with practical and affordable solutions to sustainability.  We work collaboratively with various stakeholders within the University and South Bend, including but not limited to the undergraduate Student Government, Office of Sustainability, GreeND, and Grad Life.  We are also part of the University Sustainability Standing Committee responsible for the Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy.  This committee looks to the future of sustainability work for the campus.  We believe that by engaging with different stakeholders, we can leverage our collective efforts and resources to drive meaningful University policies and initiatives to tackle the environmental issues affecting our common home.  The current changes in our climate call upon our University and us as graduate students to find ways to commit to a clean energy transition, sustainability investment, and more sustainable lifestyle, as well as foster new ways of engaging with our environment and its resources.  As your co-chairs, we hope to inform you about our ongoing initiatives, valuable educational resources, upcoming events, and ways to get involved.  You are welcome to be part of our committee and bring your diverse ideas and approaches to the sustainability conversations.

Committee Chairs

Abiodun Oyelere (aoyelere@nd.edu)
Matthew Fink (mfink4@nd.edu)