About us

Office of Sustainability

The Office of Sustainability implements campus-wide strategies to transition Lafayette College to lead the just transition toward a low carbon future. We engage the campus community through educational programming, outreach, and events, to highlight our shared responsibility in making our world a better place.

Sustainability Community

The Sustainability Community is comprised of student leaders, faculty, and administrators from plant operations to dining services who meet monthly to advise decision makers, discuss initiatives, and collaborate with other environmentally-committed groups.

Student Organizations

A diverse range of student organizations are committed to sustainability, both on and off-campus. Their focus on research and environmental advocacy shapes student life.

Faculty

Indicative of the College’s growing commitment to environmental stewardship and citizenship, faculty for Environmental Studies and Sciences include academic departments such as English, Geology, Government and Law, and more.

LaFarm

LaFarm's three acres is where the College grows produce for the dining halls, recycles nutrients from composted food back to the soil, and serves as a laboratory for collaborative student-faculty education and research.

Student Staff

Student interns serve in a wide variety of roles that advance sustainability efforts on campus including focusing on reporting our sustainability performance, raising awareness and action, telling our sustainability story and coordinating events and programming.