The University of St. Thomas

Sustainability at UST

News and Events

Oct 17 '09 Fall Mississippi River Cleanup!  
             Join the Green Team in the annual fall community cleanup of the banks of the Mississippi

Sep 28 '09 Global Warming: Making a Difference with Rep. Betty McCollum, Prof. John Abraham,
              & the Sierra Club at the 3M Auditorium, OWS 150, 6-8 p.m.

Apr 24 '09 Final results for Recyclemania Competition

Apr 23 '09 Green Research at UST: Environmental Research Across the Disciplines

Apr 15-25 '09 UST Earth Week Celebration!

Mar '09 Campus Scope: Recyclemania!

Video report on Recyclemania at UST including video of the Recycling room and its operations.  Report can be found from 10:24 to 13:15 on the March Scope production.

Recyclemania!  Feb-Mar '09

Recyclemania is a college and university recycling competition to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over a 10-week period, schools across the nation report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate. With each week’s reports and rankings, participating schools watch their results fluctuate against other schools and use this to encourage their campus to reduce and recycle more.  Pitch in and show the nation what UST can do!

 Dec '08 Campus Scope: Paperless Campus

Video report on the University's progress and lack of progress in reducing paper usage.  Report can be found from 11:15 to 14:24 on the December Scope production.

Hard Rain Project - Oct 17 - Dec 15 '08

The Hard Rain Project is an open air photographic exhibit illustrating the lyrics of Bob Dylan's song "A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall".   Artist, Mark Edwards, in an open letter to world leaders described his exhibit: " Bob Dylan’s piercing words accompany photographs that illustrate the issues that are defining the 21st century – climate change, pollution, poverty and habitat loss. Essays by leading scientists and thinkers in the environmental movement explore the steps we must take to prevent global collapse."  The Hard Rain Project has been exhibited to critical acclaim at the United Nations and is on a continuing world tour.  The exhibit will be displayed on the UST quad and will be the first in Dylan's home state of Minnesota.

 UST Board of Trustees approves new Mission Strategic Priority:
            "Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability" - Oct '08

St. Thomas Magazine: Sustainable U - Fall '08

A feature report on how sustainability is changing how we live, learn, and work at St. Thomas

President's Academic Convocation - Sept '08

Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, spoke to faculty and administrators at the annual academic convocation Tuesday, Sept. 2, in OEC Auditorium. In the President's prefatory comments, he announced his signing of the Presidents Climate Commitment.  

Sustainability Contest Winning Videos - April '08

University of St. Thomas students, faculty and staff were invited to compete in a "Sustainability Contest" to win prizes of up to $300.  The contest was part of the "Great Conversations on Sustainability and Care of the Environment," which Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, sponsored this semester.

Here are links to the contest winning videos:

First Place:  UST Bike Commuters
Second Place:   Engineers for a Sustainable World at St. Thomas
Tied for third place:  Undergraduate Student Government
                                   & sUSTainability at the Grill by Colin Degnan

St. Thomas renews membership in AASHE - April '08

St. Thomas renewed membership in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, a member organization of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada working to create a sustainable future. The organization gives members the opportunity to sign the Presidents Climate Commitment, a pledge in which American colleges and universities undertake an action plan toward making their campuses carbon neutral-and publicly share their progress, although not all members do so.

Will Steger / Tim Pawlenty Youth Forum on Global Warming at UST -  March '08

President's Academic Convocation - Sept '07

Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, spoke to faculty and administrators at the annual academic convocation Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 4, in St. Mary's Chapel.  He discussed the university's commitment to the common good and environmental stewardship and called on the St. Thomas community to think creatively about how it might start a commitment to sustainable living.  Full Text of Father Dease's address

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