History

K-State has been around as long as any land-grant school in the country, and we plan to be around for many years to come. The sustainability of K-State depends on the sustainability of the broader society it serves and on which it depends.

In recent years, K-State has increasingly grappled with questions of sustainability throughout our campus academic, student, operations, alumni, and partners communities. Some of the developments that have marked this path include:

1989 - Creation of the university's recycling program

2000 - founding of Students for Environmental Action, the first student environmental advocacy organization

July 2006 - first annual Dialog on Sustainability organized by the Consortium on Environmental Stewardship And Sustainability

2007 - creation of the Stewardship Subcommittee to incorporate sustainability into K-State's planning activities

April 2008 - creation of Director of Sustainability student government cabinet position

June 2008 - creation of university-wide Director of Sustainability position

December 2008 - creation of Sustainability Task Force to make comprehensive set of recommendations for K-State efforts in sustainability

January 2009 - K-State hosts its first annual statewide sustainability conference, Leading Kansas in Sustainability

September 1, 2009 - K-State sustainability website goes live

September 29, 2009 - K-State Sustainability Task Force issues its final report (download here)

Our efforts are ongoing...