Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.17
Liaison David Fisher
Submission Date April 11, 2014
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STARS v1.2

Maharishi University of Management
ER-T2-1: Student Group

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Leanne Hays
Administrator
Sustainable Living
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Does the institution have an active student group focused on sustainability?:
Yes

The name and a brief description of each student group:

MUM Sustainable Council is the student-run component of M.U.M. that is actively pursuing a culture of sustainability on campus and beyond. The responsibilities and goals of Sustainable Council include: to co-align the student body and Global Student Council, raising awareness about current issues in sustainability by organizing events and workshops on campus; to empower students working on sustainable projects through such means as internships, directed/independent study, work-study, or otherwise by providing a framework and club resources; to harness the power of the student body by acting as a facilitating organism for those who wish to create a coherent, synergistic, transformative and regenerative movement towards campus sustainability.


List up to 4 notable recent activities or accomplishments of student group(s):

Working with Aladdin Foods on the "go trayless" campaign in the school cafeteria

Building a small food forest on campus

Food Forest Design and Implementation for EcoFairfield 2013


List other student groups that address sustainability:
Community Permaculture

The website URL where information about student group(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

March 9, 2012: Updated description with information from Facebook page.


March 9, 2012: Updated description with information from Facebook page.

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