Sustainability at Goshen College
Goshen College has been recognized as a leader in the field of sustainability among small liberal arts colleges.
We are a community of scholars committed to working for restorative and hope-filled solutions to our world’s sustainability challenges. We are looking for students who share our passion for restoring right relationships with each other and creation. We hope you join us.
Academic Programs
NEW: Majors in environmental & marine science, sustainability management, sustainability studies and sustainable food systems! Goshen College offers a variety of hands-on opportunities to learn about sustainability. Also, check out our Sustainability Leadership Semester, Agroecology Summer Intensive, master’s program and more!
Green Campus Initiatives
In recent years we have taken numerous steps to reduce our carbon footprint: converting 20 percent of lawn space to native plants and prairie restoration, adding a huge solar array to the roof of the Recreation-Fitness Center, and purchasing 100 percent of campus electricity from renewable sources. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Get Involved
At Goshen College, students have initiated all sorts of green projects on campus. Join our environmental club, EcoPax, volunteer with our student-led composting program, plants trees on campus, research with the Algae Town project, oversee controlled burns of the campus’s native prairies, and much more!
Where will you study?
The Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center is a 1,189-acre natural sanctuary located 35 minutes from the main campus and offers access to most of the habitats found in northeastern Indiana. It is home to the first LEED Platinum certified buildings in Indiana.
News & Features
'Place-based Learning for the Plate’ explores relationships with food and land
“How do we integrate places more intentionally into our lives and our lives more consciously into places,” is the question at the heart of Joel Pontius’ first book, “Place-based Learning for the Plate,” which explores 21st century stories of hunting, foraging and fishing for food.
‘Walking in the World’ class takes on new meaning for students in quarantine
From Indiana to New Mexico to Colorado to Virginia, students in the"Walking the World" May term class explored the relationship between human ideas and environmental engagement, all while participating in the act of walking.
Mandira Panta '20: The world isn’t ready for us
Class of 2020 — who have worked hard, and saved, and planned at least the next 20 steps into our future in order to create our own space — are about to enter a world that isn’t ready for us.
Christy Miller Hesed '07: Why Jesus would care about climate change
Christy Miller Hesed '07 most recently directed a research project that engaged rural churches and government agencies to promote coastal resilience to climate change on the Chesapeake Bay.
Students support the Elkhart County Food Council with real-world research
From food council research to on-the-ground food asset mapping, Goshen College students are teaming up with ECFC to promote healthier, sustainable food for everyone in the community.
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