Literacy and Capacity
Develop institutional awareness and understanding about what sustainability is and why it is important. Cultivate attitudes, values and skills for sustainability that will inspire change and enable action.
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For Students: Incorporate sustainability education into existing curriculum and develop new offerings that are sustainability-focused.
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For Faculty and Staff: Incorporate sustainability education into existing employee training and development programs.
By enhancing sustainability literacy, sustainability leadership and capacity will emerge. Over time, this will result in a dynamic institutional culture of sustainability.
Funding
Develop strategies for funding and incentivizing sustainability efforts of various types and scales. The might include:
Like other institutional priorities, sustainability requires financial support to be successful and resilient. Fortunately, investments in sustainability generate savings and value over time.
Sustainable Development
The Master Planning Process' Sustainability Working Group (2016) created guidelines that Marquette's design, construction and renovation projects should prioritize:
Campus and Community Engagement
Marquette is committed to advancing sustainability both at Marquette and beyond our institutional boundary. By developing and participating in collaborative activities, programs, projects, events and relationships, we will live up to the Jesuit mission and Catholic social teachings that compel us to care for other and the environment.