to promote a sustainable way of life at the University of Missouri-Columbia

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Welcome to Sustain Mizzou!

Sustain Mizzou is a non-partisan 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization run by student volunteers at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Our mission is to promote a sustainable way of life at the University of Missouri-Columbia through education, cooperation, and local action regarding the environment.

Meetings

Sustain Mizzou meets every other Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in Chambers Auditorium, above the bookstore. Meetings typically last one hour and include local, organic, or zero-waste food! Current projects and a sustainability topic are discussed every meeting.

Executive Meetings are every Monday at 5:00 p.m. in the MU Sustainability Office.

Check out our calendar for upcoming events!

Want to teach MU students about sustainable living? Apply for SPROUT!

Sustainability Peer Resource Outreach (SPROUT) is the Sustainability Office’s peer education group.  We provide educational programming to residence halls, classrooms, and organizations on a variety of sustainability topics.  We’re currently looking for students to start training in April. Please email completed applications to mizzousprout@gmail.com by March 26th.
Applications can be found here: http://studentsustainability.missouri.edu/?page_id=382

2010 Show Me Sustainability Conference

he Show Me Sustainability Conference invites students from across Missouri to come together to connect and learn from each other’s experiences on sustainability projects and initiatives. Attendees should come from this conference with a greater ability to successfully begin or participate in sustainability projects. The dates of the conference are March 19, 20 and 21. [...]

Tour the city’s recycling facility

Ever wonder where your recyclables go?
Join us for a tour of Columbia’s Landfill and Materials Recovery Facility!!!

Monday, March 8th at 3pm.
Meet under the Memorial Union tower for carpool and bike pool (its about 7 miles from campus) at 2:15. Email Billy Froeschner with questions: wcfqrb@mail.missouri.edu

Next General Meeting March 10th

The next Sustain Mizzou general meeting will be next Wednesday, March 10, at 7pm in Chambers Auditorium (Chambers Auditorium is located above the bookstore). We will be having local food so please bring a plate and utensils. At this meeting we will be focusing on recycling! We have a lot of great projects this semester [...]

Recycle Mountain: Tuesday, March 16, 8AM-3PM Lowry Mall

For campus, over 4 tons of recyclable materials are thrown away every day.  For Recycle Mountain, on March 16, we are bringing 4 tons of compressed recyclables (aluminum, paper, plastic) to Lowry Mall to show students our impact.  Come hang out and spread info on how Mizzou can improve its recycling.

Interested in a trip to Columbia’s recycling facility?

Ever wonder where your recyclables go? Join us for a tour of Columbia’s Landfill and Materials Recovery Facility!!!
Monday, March 8th at 3pm. Meet under the Memorial Union tower for carpool and bike pool (its about 7 miles from campus) at 3:15.

Stream Team

March 6th and 7th will be exciting stream team filled days!
Saturday March 6th Sustain Mizzou will be participating in the Boone County Stream Team Summit at Boone Electric Cooperative (1413 Rangeline Street, Columbia). The event starts at 9:00 a.m. and will continue until 2:00 p.m. and you may come and go as you please. We [...]

Talk Sustainability

This Wednesday, March 3rd, at 7pm in Stewart 100 come out to Talk Sustainability! Jan Weaver will be discussing majors and minors that can lead to environmental and sustainability related careers

Great Reusing Ideas from Sustain Mizzou Members

Put a bucket in your shower and water your garden with it – Cory
Make a laptop sleeve out of old fleece or sweatpants or something – Jonathan
Holy jeans (hole-y jeans) = new napkins.  “They’re so soft and old!” – John
Old jeans ALSO = bags (Mike) and cleaning cloths (Monica) AND a Levi quilt (Rachel)
Garden tools [...]