Middlebury College
Middlebury College as a liberal arts institution is committed to environmental mindfulness and stewardship on all its activities. This commitment arises from a sense of concerned citizenship and moral duty and from a desire to teach and lead by example. The College gives a high priority to integrating environmental awareness and responsibility into the daily life of the institution. Respect and care for the environment, sustainable living, and intergenerational responsibility are among the fundamental values that guide planning, decision making, and procedures. All individuals in this academic community have personal responsibility for the way their actions affect the local and global environment.
Adopted by Middlebury College Trustees, June 1995
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is committed to developing and maintaining a sustainable and environmentally responsible mode of operation, within the context of its educational mission, fiscal constraints, and responsibilities to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the local community. Dartmouth’s commitment to environmental responsibility is intended both to educate the Dartmouth community about environmental issues and to minimize the College’s adverse impacts on the environment.
Bowdoin College
As a liberal arts college in Maine, Bowdoin assumes a particular responsibility to use nature as a resource for teachings and engaging students — notably to help them obtain a broad sense of the natural environment, local and global, and the effects and the role of human beings regarding it.
Connecticut College
In 1997, Connecticut College became a signatory of the Talloires Declaration, a pledge taken by university leaders from around the world to put their resources towards creating “an equitable and sustainable future for all humankind in harmony with nature.” Sustainability has been defined as human activities that do not deplete or degrade natural resources upon which present and future populations depend.
Connecticut College recognizes that restoring balance between human health, economic viability and ecosystem well-being is the means of achieving greater stability of social and natural systems. To this end, all departments and all individuals within the college are asked to incorporate ideals of sustainability into everyday choices, including purchasing, transportation, energy and water usage and disposal of waste.
The college acknowledges its responsibility to teach environmental stewardship, not just in the classroom, but in all campus operations as well. By striving to make operations more efficient and environmentally-sound, Connecticut College can serve as an environmental model while also saving money and resources. All members of the college are enlisted to do their part by to REDUCING consumption, REUSING whenever possible and lastly, disposing of waste by RECYCLING designated materials and putting hazardous material in its place.