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Office of Sustainability

ABOUT / UH Strategy & Commitment

 

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Mission

Our mission is to foster a culture of sustainability that guides scholarship and operations, advances social and environmental excellence and positions the University of Houston as a Top 50 public university.

Vision

The Office serves as a hub for the University of Houston’s sustainability efforts in order to improve campus operations, engagement, and collaboration. We aim to:

ADVOCATE, ENGAGE, INSPIRE

  • ADVOCATE for sustainable improvements to the University and student life;
  • ENGAGE with students, faculty and staff to implement change;
  • INSPIRE our community by demonstrating sustainable practices.

Campus initiatives include single-stream recycling, tree planting and maintenance, collaboration with student organizations and development of green programs. If your organization or department would like to collaborate on a project, or if you have general sustainability questions, please reach out to sustainability@uh.edu.

  • Office of Sustainability

    Get to know our staff and reach out with ideas, concerns or thoughts on how we can improve our sustainability work.
  • Campus Sustainability Committee

    Campus Sustainability Committee

    Click here to learn more about the Campus Sustainability Committee that serves as the shared governance body charged with advising the university administration on sustainability initiatives.
  • Sustainability Reporting

    Sustainability Reporting

    The University regulary measures its sustainability performance, click here to find out more and to read our latest sustainability report.