Sustainability

It is the mission of the Office of Sustainability to promote a culture of sustainability at WKU, integrating the principle of ecological integrity into academics, practices, and partnerships. Our goal is to ensure that WKU is an institution that provides innovative solutions to global challenges, prepares students as engaged and responsible citizens, and observes best practices in campus operations and services.

 

Environmental sustainability has been defined as the proper balance between competing needs: our needs as humans to move forward both technologically and economically as well as the the needs to protect our environment. The WKU Student Government Association is partnered with the WKU Office of Sustainability as part of their commitment to finding this proper balance for all Hilltoppers. 

 

In order to place environmental sustainability issues directly in student hands, the WKU Student Government Association has pledged to improve environmental sustainability at WKU through their Sustainability Committee, which focuses exclusively on sustainability issues and is headed by the Student Sustainability Coordinator, who serves as the official liaison between the student body and the WKU Sustainability Coordinator in the Office of Sustainability.

 

 The Sustainability Committee focuses on further improving WKU’s environmental sustainability efforts that include, but are not limited to, recycling, reducing paper usage, incorporating more renewable energy across all of our campuses, offering healthier food options on-campus, reducing our carbon emissions, and assisting the WKU Sustainability Coordinator with conducting Green Tours around Bowling Green campus. Past initiatives have included implementing a reusable To-Go container program in Fresh Foods Co., creating a recycling program for both football games and basketball games, planning WKU’s annual Earth Day Festival, and starting a transition in eliminating plastic bags from Subway locations on campus.

 

To learn more about WKU’s sustainability efforts and the Office of Sustainability, please visit the Office of Sustainability’s official website: https://www.wku.edu/sustainability/index.php