Office of Sustainability
Our goal is to work with students, faculty, and staff throughout the campus community to foster a culture of environmental awareness and social responsibility.
Recognized for Sustainability
Muhlenberg has earned accolades for continued efforts to create a sustainable campus.
Students and Sustainability
Here are some ways students can get involved with sustainability on campus.
Student Organizations
A number of student organizations have missions related to sustainability, including:
- enACT (the Environmental Action Team), a long-running club for community-wide education, action, and engagement for the intersectional environmental movement
- Beekeeping Club, a new organization that helps tend to the college’s hives
- Plant-Based Advocates, a group that works to expand plant-based dining options on campus and spread awareness about how a plant-based diet helps the environment
- Outdoors Club, which coordinates fun and affordable wilderness engagement experiences including but not limited to hiking, camping, and mountain biking
Themed Housing
Students can live in two unique houses that encourage a deeper dive into sustainability practices:
The Tree House
The Tree House is made up of a community of students committed to living an environmentally conscious, socially just, and sustainable lifestyle. Residents of the Tree House focus on energy, food, and waste in their living-learning community. The house composts waste, utilizes a water harvesting system, and derives hot water from a rooftop solar hot water project.
The Garden House
Garden House students manage the Community Garden, host dinners, preserve fruits and vegetables, donate organic produce, and compost waste — and have fun doing it.
Internships
Sustainability interns can gain real-world experience solving pressing environmental, equity and economic issues here on campus while earning course credit. Previous interns have helped develop carbon inventories and climate action plans, implemented behavior-change campaigns, and managed sustainability communications.
Muhlenberg Dining has also hired sustainability interns. Learn more about their work.
Contact Us
Reach us at 484-664-3290 or sustainability@muhlenberg.edu.