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.

Goshen College was named one of America's greenest colleges by The Princeton Review and Sierra Club

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, building a solar hot water collection system for our 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

Alex Caskey '10: Uniting farming, wildlife management

August 7, 2017

Alex Caskey '10 is a graduate student at Tufts University who is spending his summer working with Champlain Valley farmers to figure out how agriculture and wildlife can coexist.

Agroecology students share research – on the spot

August 4, 2017

Students in Merry Lea’s Agroecology Summer Intensive (ASI) presented projects on topics such as composting, weed management and pastured chickens in a public forum open to community members.

Maple Scholars explore varied topics in summer research projects

July 19, 2017

Sixteen Goshen College students are participating in the Maple Scholars research program this summer.

Take a look inside Missouri's wildest farm: Katie Hochstedler '05

July 18, 2017

Daryl, Beth, and Nicki Morgan and Katie Hochstedler '05 run HartBeet farm. The family grows produce and harvests wild plants for the Lake St. Louis Farmers Market.

High school students get conservation leadership experience at Merry Lea

July 12, 2017

Eleven juniors and seniors from area high schools recently participated in the week-long Conservation Leadership School (CLS) at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, Goshen College’s 1,189-acre nature sanctuary in Wolf Lake, Indiana.