The ENVS faculty are involved with numerous local, regional and national organizations that focus on issues of social justice, sustainability, and environmental science research. Here is a partial list of these organizations.
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| The Gibbs House |
The Gibbs House for Environmental Research and Education (GHERE) is a program of Western Michigan University's Environmental Institute that focuses on undergraduate research and community engagement. Research fellows live at the house and undertake research projects that center around residential sustainability. |
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| Students for a Sustainable Earth (SSE) |
SSE is a an organization of students at WMU who are dedicated to promoting attitudes and practices in the university and the surrounding community that are ecologically and culturally sustainable. Please visit the SSE website for more information about meetings and activities. |
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| Bronco Biodiesel |
Bronco Biodiesel works toward the development of a sustainable urban living model by closing material manufacturing loops, which help sustain the local ecosystem, and by closing economic loops, which help sustain the local economic system. |
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| Kalamazoo Nature Center |
The Kalamazoo Nature Center is located on 1,100 acres of forest and marshland among rolling hills beside the Kalamazoo River just north of Kalamazoo city. The Nature Center offers interpretive trails and a variety of educational opportunities in environmental science and ecology. |
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| Pierce Cedar Creek Institute |
The Pierce Cedar Creek Institute is one of the newest biological field stations in North America, offering students, professionals, naturalists, and novices a wonderful place in which to learn from and experience nature. |
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Kalamazoo Collective
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Kalamazoo Collective Housing provides nonprofit, sustainable housing; empowers people to create democratic cooperatives; and strengthens our community through shared resources and education. |
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| Tillers International |
Tillers is a nonprofit organization devoted to helping farmers in the developing world improve their agricultural productivity and their communities. Tillers promotes the use of economically sustainable and technologically appropriate solutions to farming issues throughout the world. Tillers also offers a variety of classes at the working farm just outside Kalamazoo, where students can learn about farming, blacksmithing, and a range of useful farmcrafts. |
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