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Live sustainably as part of a community that values green living as much as you do.

Concordia is a community that cares about the environment and about the future. We take our role in creating more sustainable ways of living seriously – by constantly rethinking how we do things and taking innovative action.

Concordia students engage in sustainability and conservation efforts both in and outside the classroom. In a summer sustainability course, students considered ways for cities to secure their energy futures.

To learn more about what has been happening in sustainability at Concordia, check out the most recent issue of the Sustainability Newsletter or dig deeper by exploring the topics below.

Carbon-Free Concordia

Everyday earth-friendly efforts like these help our campus make progress toward a carbon-free Concordia:

EcoHouse
Organic Garden
Solar Panels
Taste Not Waste
High Tunnel
Long Lake Research
Living Plant Wall
COBBikes
Pollinator Garden

See what our campus community has been up to in the last months of classes; as well where we want to go for the coming year.

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A Green College Community

Concordia was included on the 2021 list of most environmentally responsible colleges by The Princeton Review.

Bee Campus USA Member

Concordia was certified as a Bee Campus for its efforts to create a more welcoming habitat for pollinators.

LEED Certified Buildings

The Integrated Science Center (Gold) and Grant Center (Silver) were recognized as highly efficient green buildings.

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Earth-Friendly Efforts

Fresh vegetables harvested from Concordia's student-run organic garden

The Living Plant Wall at the Integrated Science Center

Students make use of Concordia's free bike share program, COBBikes.

Students tend to Concordia's organic garden.

Concordia's Taste Not Waste program aims to lower the amount of plate waste in the dining centers.

The High Tunnel is heated by solar power going into tile lines below the soil.

The Pollinator Garden promotes a pollinator-friendly environment.

Improvements at the Long Lake Field Station are focused on keeping the land and facilities sustainable.

Projects at Long Lake have been completed to preserve the land and provide a home for wildlife to thrive including a shoreline restoration project and the establishment of a high-density pollinator habitat.

Solar panels provide solar energy to the Integrated Science Center.

Conservation efforts in Fargo-Moorhead include reminders to refrain from dumping hazardous materials at public storm drains. Concordia students are involved in distributing these reminders.

Students organize the 100-Mile Thanksgiving Farmers Market to bring regional produce to the community.

Get Involved

Learn more about the many opportunities you'll have to explore your passion for sustainability at Concordia.

Sustainability @ Concordia

As a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), Concordia is dedicated to infusing sustainability principles into all aspects of campus operations and the curriculum.

STARS Report

In 2014, the college joined the rigorous Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS). In 2021, the college's sustainability efforts were recognized with a Silver STARS rating.