What we’re working on

Memorial Hall is BSU’s first LEED Certified building and will set the standard for all new buildings on campus.

Students and Faculty planting BSU’s first native butterfly garden.

Reusable to-go containers are for sale at Lakeside and Wally’s for just $5.25 Bring in your dirty container and change it out for a clean one at no extra charge.

Being on the lake is a privilege as well as a responsibility. That’s why BSU went through and restored its shoreline with a native buffer zone.

Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL) staff installing BSU’s first solar technology; a Solar Transpired Air system on the Lower Union.

Sustainability Office staff planting fruit trees as a part of our edible landscaping project.

Here in the Sustainability Office, we’re always working on something!

The projects we engage with on campus are guided by our climate action plan and typically fit within our six action areas of:

However we also engage with a range of projects that more broadly fit within our overall effort to be good stewards of the earth such as:

Transitioning green space around campus to native and pollinator friendly vegetation
Maintaining a campus garden for members of the campus and community
Divesting from fossil fuels
Limiting pesticide use on campus
Repurposing wood from trees taken from campus grounds
Creating a responsible Bottled Water policy on campus

“Working together, we have proven that sustainable development is possible; that reforestation of degraded land is possible; and that exemplary governance is possible when ordinary citizens are informed, sensitized, mobilized and involved in direct action for the environment.”
~ Wangari Maathai (Assistant Minister for Natural Resources)

Contact

Sustainability
Bemidji State University
1500 Birchmont Dr. NE, #31
Bemidji, MN 56601

Lower Hobson Union, across from the Bookstore
Phone: (218) 755-2560