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Sustainability

Denison University strives to be an exemplary steward of our natural world and a leader in sustainability. Our multidisciplinary approach to sustainability encompasses campus operations and moves more broadly into academics, careers, and local partnerships.

Jeremy King '97

Jeremy King ’97, Director of Sustainability & Campus Improvement

Swasey Chapel at dusk

Highlights

Denison Biological Reserve

Sustainability & Climate Action Plan

As a leading liberal arts institution, we address climate change the Denison way; thinking broadly, working collaboratively, and innovating boldly.

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Spotlights

A group of people sitting outside at the homestead

The Homestead’s ‘ever-evolving experiment in community’

Established in 1977, the Homestead is a living reminder of Denison’s sustainability roots.

Suni Harford

Denison Magazine

Invested In Change

Suni Harford ’84 one of the most powerful women in finance, on how a rising environmental and social consciousness has transformed investing—and forced

Sarah Davis ’94, Chief Ranger at Yellowstone National Park

Denison Magazine

The View From Here

How Sarah Davis ’94 works to protect the park from the people and the people from the park as Chief Ranger at Yellowstone.

Henshaw family and students playing board game

Home sweet home?

When international Denison students couldn't go home during the coronavirus pandemic, the college partnered with local families.

Girl at soda machine

How We Live

Building a better soda dispenser

Bringing local, natural sodas to the campus took a lot of research and quite a bit of know-how.

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How We Learn

Ongoing sustainability

As seniors graduate, they take their values into the world with them.

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How We Live

Food for Thought

DU raises awareness about local and global impacts of one of our favorite things: food.

Students Helping Local Farmers

How We Live

Students Helping Local Farmers

Seniors Jennifer Curry and Emily Marguerite bring local produce to the Denison community through a partnership with area farmers.

Musings from the Coordinator

How We Live

Musings from the Coordinator

Is Denison on the right track towards sustainability?

Going green

How We Live

Going Green On the Hill

Denison is continuing its active campaign to go green and to be more sustainable.

What's Happening

Alumni

Ecological Society Fellow: Cornell's Meredith Holgerson '09

Cornell Professor Meredith Holgerson '09 has been selected as a 2023 Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America.

Field Trips

Student lab heads to Bio Reserve to weed-out invasive species

Invasive Species lab as part of Professor Spieles' Restoration Ecology class.

Announcements & Updates

An electrifying addition to campus

Denison has added an electric vehicle, a Chevy Bolt, to its campus fleet.

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