Meet Our Campus Partners
Office of Sustainability
The mission of the Office of Sustainability is to improve and protect the environment by implementing plans, projects and programs, that engage the USD community to take climate action. Such initiatives help USD achieve its climate goals and deliver on Pope Francis’ Laudato si’, his global call to action for everyone to care for our common home, which USD aspires to do. Read the Office of Sustainability Campus Partner Brief to learn more!
Environmental Integration Lab
The EIL emphasizes the Care for our Common Home by developing strategic collaborations to deliver integrative and innovative solutions to urgent challenges related to climate change, sustainability, and environmental justice. To achieve this, it strives to generate interest in environmental problem-solving, while prioritizing inclusivity, diversity and integration of perspectives and approaches to addressing climate change and our most urgent social and ecological challenges. Read the Environmental Integration Lab Campus Brief to learn more!
Our Campus Challenges to Address
Identified by the Office of Sustainability and the Environmental Integration Lab
Students are invited to select one of the following prompts:
Option A:
- How might we create a culture of student engagement and advocacy around sustainability and climate change?
Option B:
- How might we create a campus culture of conscious consumerism at USD?
You can learn more about the Office of Sustainability and the Environmental Integration Lab and each of these prompts with the Changemaker Challenge Campus Partner Brief.
Resources
Great Content Designed to Support You!
TED Talks
- Greta Thunberg, The disarming case right now to act on climate change
- Daniel Dubois, The Power of Consumerism: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
- Rachel Botsman, The case for collaborative consumption
- Saving Nature with Conscious Consumerism
- Karolina Szewczyk, Conscious Consumerism
- Kate Hall, How to be a conscious consumer
- Neha Chelamkuri, What is Conscious Consumerism and How Does it Affect Growing Generations?
Films
- Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce (documentary) (various platforms)
- I am Greta (documentary) (Hulu)
- Youth Unstoppable (documentary) (not available for free)
- Youth V Gov (documentary) (Netflix)
- To the end (documentary) (various platforms)
- Wasted! The Story of Food Waste (documentary) (Hulu)
- Explained, “World’s Water Crisis” (docuseries) (Netflix)
- Maquilapolis: City of Factories (documentary) (YouTube)
- The True Cost (documentary) (not available for free)
- Broken, Episode 4: Recycling Sham (docuseries) (Netflix)
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Circular Economy
Readings
- Second Nature, "Higher Education's Role in Advancing Climate Justice"
- Gen Dred Newsletter
- Ethan D. Schoolman, "Doing Right and Feeling Good: Ethical Food and the Shopping Experience"
- United Nations, "Youth in Action and Climate Change"
- UNDP, Elevating Meaningful Youth Engagement for Climate Change
- Pew Research Center, “Gen Z, Millennials Stand Out for Climate Change Activism, Social Media Engagement With Issue”
- Jenna Benchetrit, Fast Fashion - The Influencer Debacle
- The Ellen MacArthur Foundation on the Circular Economy
- The Ellen MacArthur Foundation on Fashion
- Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers, What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
- Kathryn Kellogg, 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste
Why Should You Do The Challenge?
Check Out The Student Feedback From 2022!
Connect
Connect with us at the Changemaker Hub
