Off-Campus Partners

UM campus groups work with these off-campus partners in building sustainability:

AASHE -- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

Alternative Energy Resources Organization --working for sustainable energy & agriculture

Center for Resourceful Building Technology -- minimizing resource use in construction

Free Cycles Missoula -- free bike shop -- build your own bike

Garden City Harvest -- helping the Missoula community grow its own food

Harvest Clean Energy -- renewable energy technologies for rural communities in the Northwest

HomeWORD – affordable green housing in Missoula

Home Resource--reducing waste by salvaging building materials

Loken Builders --energy & resource efficient construction & consulting

Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation -- safe, equitable, & environmentally sound mobility

Missoula Urban Demonstration Project -- how to live lightly in the city

North Missoula Community Development Corporation -- affordable and desirable neighborhoods

Montana Greenpower -- renewable energy news, education & design information

Montana Natural History Center -- no child left inside

Montana Native Plant Society -- conservation of Montana's native plants

Montana Smart Growth Coalition -- reducing the impact of growth through planning

National Center for Appropriate Technology -- promoting more sustainable technologies

Northwest Connections--field courses accredited through UM

Sustainable Business Council of Missoula -- working towards a sustainable economy in Western Montana

Sustainable Living Systems -- Sustainable rural communities & ecovillages

Sustainable Systems, LLC

Way to Go Club -- more sustainable transportation options

Wild Rockies Field Institute--field courses accredited through UM

An even longer list of community groups working on a variety of conservation issues is here.

If you feel other groups should be on this list, send justification, link, etc, to Chair of the Sustainable Campus Committee (scc @ mso.umt.edu)