WELCOME TO GREENING UM!

Greening UM is a coalition representing all UM sustainability initiatives. It represents every eco-minded initiative on campus from those in the classroom to those in the heating plant. Specifically, this website is maintained and overseen by the Sustainable Campus Committee and the Office of Sustainability. We welcome comments and feedback and encourage all members of the UM community to be a part of Greening UM.

CLIMATE ACTION PLAN

The University of Montana held its first climate action plan public open house in November. There will be a follow-up feedbackmeeting on December 8th at 6:00 pm in UC 330. This session will be a time for public comment. The goal of these meetings are to bring people together to share ideas on how to reduce UM’s greenhouse gases and include sustainability in the University’s academic mission.


Read the Climate Action Plan Draft
View the Open House Presentation
Share your comments: Sustainability Blog
Learn more visit: Greening UM News

UM CLIMATE ACTION WEEK: OCT. 19th-23rd

Saturday October 24th, 2009 was Global Climate Action Day and millions of people took action by forming the number 350 and hosting events all over the world. Check out UM's pictures from 350 Day by following the link on theCurrent Campaigns page.

To learn more visit www.350.org.  

  REVOLVING ENERGY LOAN FUND (RELF)

The optional $4 student fee for the Revolving Energy Loan Fund (RELF) passed through the Board of Regents. This fee will start a campus-wide fund to help pay for energy saving and waste reduction projects. Students from across campus are encouraged to submit project proposals that will address energy savings. Currently the RELF commitee is being formed and a call for proposals from students will be out later in the semester. For more information contact  Erica at asum.sustain@mso.umt.edu

Read all about the vote: Montana Kaimin

Learn more about RELF: RELF

UM FLAT

The UM Forum for Living with Appropriate Technology (UM FLAT) is an experiential live-in resource (house) for UM students demonstrating the practicality of sustainable living. The ultimate goal of the UM FLAT is to encourage the development of efficient and affordable homes for a sustainable society. By retro-fitting an existing home the utility of the UM FLAT demonstration resources could be easily applied to the Missoula community. Watch the UM FLAT video now to learn more!