About the Committee

This committee advises the college president regarding sustainability issues, promotes sustainability awareness throughout the campus community, promotes local action and global thinking, promotes individual and community responsibility, oversees regular assessment of the sustainability of the college, makes recommendations for changes in college practices that will reduce its impact on the environment, and researches and initiates specific sustainability projects.  Every spring, the committee puts together activities for Sustainability Week.  Sustainability Week challenges members of the Franklin & Marshall community to examine their habits and engage in more sustainable lifestyles.  The committee also chooses the recipient of the $500 annual Sustainability Grant, which is given to a student who proposes and initiates the most progressive environmental goal for campus.