*Green Tip of the Week: To help beat summer heat try to prepare foods that require the least amount of cooking as possible and use a microwave where you can. Ensure your range hood exhaust fan is switched on while cooking.

New class offered Fall '09-  LIB 491: Sustainability in Practice
visit our Education and Curriculum page for more information!

Please take time to visit our Community Garden page! The time of year is here again to take action in the Community Garden, but we need your involvement to help the garden grow! We are always accepting donations. We appreciate them greatly!
*Look for the Grand Valley Community Garden page in the 'How We Work With The Community' tab for more information.

** Also please visit our Scholarships, and Education and Curriculum pages for information on great opportunities to incorporate sustainability with your education!
*The Education and Curriculum tab is located in the left-hand navigation bar under 'What You Can Do'.

The Sustainable Community Development Initiative (SCDI)

     The purpose of Grand Valley State University's Sustainable Community Development Initiative (or SCDI) is to provide the necessary skills, analytical tools, and resources to address global, national, regional, and local sustainability issues. The SCDI offers courses, programs, internships, and project activities that promote awareness about sustainable development and how sustainability best practices can be applied to gain progress against these ongoing issues.

Mission
    To provide Grand Valley administration, faculty, staff, students, and community stakeholders with the required skills and capabilities to become better stewards and responsible global citizens in the workforce, communities, and family life.

Vision
    The vision of sustainability is accepted and valued as having an integral role in fulfilling the mission of Grand Valley. This systems integration of sustainability (below) builds the capacity to improve upon global sustainability issues across complex and interrelated - financial, natural, human, social, manufactured, cultural, and community - capital frameworks. 

Get Involved
   Check out the "What You Can Do" link on the left-hand navigation for ways you and the community can be involved with sustainability.