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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" 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"/>
  • <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"/>

  • 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.

     

  • 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.

  • 22nd Environmental Affairs Symposium Tackles Climate, Environment, and Uneven Development

    This year’s Environmental Affairs Symposium analyzes the environmental impact of uneven development with the help of environmental scholar and climate activist Sunita Narain. Her keynote address, titled “The New Green Deal for a Global Compact: Learning to Do Things Differently for Inclusive Futures,” will discuss solutions to combat global climate change. 

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