Mission Statement:
Ecopax is dedicated to
·Communicating with and between the Goshen College student body, administration, and the greater community on all issues pertaining to the environment
·Promoting and exploring ecologically sound lifestyles
·Taking active steps to change the existing unsustainable practices of our immediate and broader communities
·Fostering enjoyment of and an interest in the earth
through a spirit of hope, passion, and peace.
Existential Values
Means Values
Ends Values
-hope
-environmental awareness
-good communication
-openness
-resourcefulness
-faith
-consistent lifestyles/practices
-intense but not fanatic
-focused but open
-effective
-peaceful
-hardworking
-diverse(people and ideas)
-community oriented
-self aware
-working together
-facilitation
-prophetic voicing
-action
-dialogue
-joy
-informing ourselves
-conscious of all that is affected
-dedication/persistence
-education
-good, active listening
-willingness to teach/explain
-go getter attitude
-research
-anti greed, "enough" attitude
-responsibility
-appreciation of natural world
-unity
-passionate people
-consistent lifestyles
-respect for the earth
-sustainability
-empowering
-inspiring
-self-sufficiency
(what we'd like to see in ten years)
By priority groups:
1)*greener campus/goundskeeping
2)*native landscaping
*composting
*General Education requirement of conservation/ecology
3)*well organized, effective Ecopax club
*sustainable farm
*community awareness
*environmental education program(student run)
*better communication with administration
4)*greenhouses
*cafeteria contracts for locally grown/campus grown food
*solar powered building
5)*less lawn
*vineyard
*snack shop run by Co-op
*Elkhart County doing Wet-Dry recycling
*Collegiate Learning Center at Merry Lea
6)*recycling
*more trees
*greater diversity in Ecopax
By sub-groups:
On Campus Ground
People and Off Campus Ground
-greener campus/groundskeeping
-native landscaping
-less lawn
-more trees
-composting
-recycling
-sustainable farm
-greenhouses
-vineyard
-snack shop run by Co-op
-solar powered building
-cafeteria contracts locally grown food
-Collegiate Learning Center at Merry Lea
-greater diversity in Ecopax
-well organized, effective Ecopax
-community awareness
-better communication with administration
-environmental education program(student run)
-General Education requirement in conservation/ecology
-Elkhart County on Wet-Dry Recycling
