We hope this Sustainability Guide will help you better understand the complex nature of sustainability as an overarching concept, and help you to envision your role, too, in helping to assure a sustainable present and future for all. - The TCC Sustainability Committee
April is “Earth Month” at TCC and there are multiple events and opportunities focused on environmental- or social-sustainability-related issues, needs, and realities. All events are hosted (individually or collaboratively) by various TCC entities or partners.
Students at West Campus visit the community garden during their Botany class.
Students in a sustainability-themed Comp II class help out with a waste audit at the Southeast Campus.
TCC's 2022-2024 Common Book Program features Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.
TCC's Caring Campus Initiative
Caring Campus is based on decades of research documenting that students who feel connected to their college are more likely to complete and succeed in their courses, persist from semester to semester, and achieve their educational goals.
Community Is Our Middle Name — We build community, inside and out, through collaboration, service, sustainability, and social and financial responsibility.
What is sustainability? We generally think of sustainability in an environmental context, or sometimes in economic terms. But clean air and water, a livable climate, and a healthy standard of living are not the only endangered elements in our social order that we want to sustain. The broader list includes:
These things are often interrelated. Poor economic policy inevitably damages land use, for example, and energy-efficient buildings only go so far in a war zone. Sometimes sustainable goals come into conflict, as when green redevelopment inadvertently jeopardizes historical preservation or catalyzes cultural, racial, or social conflict.
“We hope this Sustainability Guide will help you better understand the complex nature of sustainability as an overarching concept, and help you to envision your role, too, in helping to assure a sustainable present and future for all.” - The TCC Sustainability Committee
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - SE Campus Y/Skybridge
Join us on April 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the 2024 Sustainability Showcase at the Southeast Campus Chatroom
The 2024 Sustainable Showcase is an event meant to bring students, employers, non-profits, and faculty together to talk about sustainable ideas that align with the United Nations's 17 Sustainable Goals. Each of these 17 goals was developed by the U.N. in 2015 to help make the world a better place to live by advancing basic living standards and addressing a range of global issues, including gender inequality, climate change, and a lack of universal, quality education.
This event is aimed to help everyone make connections and get inspired! We want everyone to think about how the actions we do every day can make a real difference in people's lives. Lunch and refreshments will be provided!
To increase the sustainability initiative promoted at this event, the prizes for this event will be FOUR Reusable Rocketbooks that each include a beautiful portfolio cover and an accessory pack! The giveaways will happen starting at 12:45, then at 12:50, and then the final Rocketbook will be given away at 12:55! Just enough time to get back to class!
Let's chat, eat, get inspired, and see how we can change the world together!
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