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  • <h3> Lewis & Clark is a community that commits itself to diversity and sustainability as dimensions of a just society</h3>
  • <h3> Lewis & Clark was ranked #5 in Sierra Club’s 2017 “Cool Schools” list</h3>
  • <div class="hero_caption feature-image, hero, right" data-hero-image="/live/image/gid/184/width/1600/height/470/crop/1/52267_prog-c-0410-0040.jpg"><h4>This Photo:</h4> 300 students volunteered for invasive plant removal.</div><img class="hero_image_placeholder" src="/live/image/gid/184/width/1600/height/470/crop/1/52267_prog-c-0410-0040.rev.1426700778.jpg" alt="Hero image"/>
  • <div class="hero_caption feature-image, hero" data-hero-image="/live/image/gid/184/width/1600/height/470/crop/1/52239_outdoors-classroom.jpg"><h4>This Photo:</h4> 74% of Lewis & Clark graduates took a course with a sustainability-related learning outcome.</div><img class="hero_image_placeholder" src="/live/image/gid/184/width/1600/height/470/crop/1/52239_outdoors-classroom.rev.1426619101.jpg" alt="Hero image"/>
  • <div class="hero_caption feature-image, hero" data-hero-image="/live/image/gid/184/width/1600/height/470/crop/1/52266_prog-b-0812-0225.jpg"><h4>This Photo:</h4> 58% of students participate in community service.</div><img class="hero_image_placeholder" src="/live/image/gid/184/width/1600/height/470/crop/1/52266_prog-b-0812-0225.rev.1426700333.jpg" alt="Hero image"/>
  • <div class="hero_caption feature-image, hero, right" data-hero-image="/live/image/gid/184/width/1600/height/470/crop/1/52231_fields-panoramic-view.jpg"><h4>This Photo:</h4> 32% of the food that Lewis & Clark purchases is organic, local/community-based, or sustainable-certified.</div><img class="hero_image_placeholder" src="/live/image/gid/184/width/1600/height/470/crop/1/52231_fields-panoramic-view.rev.1426613163.jpg" alt="Hero image"/>

  • Sustainability at Lewis & Clark

    Lewis & Clark is committed to learning, innovation, and principled action on matters related to sustainability. Our research and actions extend beyond our campus into the wider world, we build on the best available scholarship and practice in our endeavors, and we recognize the importance and interrelatedness of ecology, economy, and equity.

     

  • Anne McHugh receiving her award from the EPA.

    Alumna Awarded EPA Award for Environmental Educators

    Anne McHugh BA ’10 has been awarded the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2019 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators for her work as a science teacher at Portland’s Franklin High School. One of only 11 winners nationally of the highly competitive award and the only winner selected from the Pacific Northwest region, her teaching spans from arachnid biodiversity to aquaponics systems, allowing students to collaborate in innovative research with NASA.

  • Divesting from fossil fuels: A progress report

    In February 2018, Lewis & Clark’s trustees voted unanimously to divest from fossil fuel holdings in the endowment. Following the first year of our divestment process, we reduced the exposure to publicly traded fossil fuel companies by over 50 percent. Read the full progress report to learn more.
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