Services and Outreach
Benefiting from our faculty's expertise are numerous local, regional and national organizations focusing on:
- social justice
- sustainability
- environmental science research
These organizations include:
The Gibbs House for Environmental Research and Education
The Gibbs House for Environmental Research and Education is a program of Western Michigan University's Environmental Institute that focuses on undergraduate research and community engagement.
Research fellows live at the house and undertake research projects that center around residential sustainability.
Students for a Sustainable Earth
Students for a Sustainable Earth members promote attitudes and practices in the University and the surrounding community that are ecologically and culturally sustainable.
Bronco Biodiesel
Bronco Biodiesel works toward the development of a sustainable urban living model by closing material manufacturing loops, helping to sustain the local economic system.
Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo Nature Center is located on 1,100 acres of forest and marshland among rolling hills beside the Kalamazoo River just north of Kalamazoo, Mich. The nature center offers interpretive trails and a variety of educational opportunities in environmental science and ecology.
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute
The Pierce Cedar Creek Institute is one of the newest biological field stations in North America, offering students, professionals, naturalists, and novices a wonderful place in which to learn from and experience nature.
Kalamazoo Collective Housing
Kalamazoo Collective Housing provides nonprofit, sustainable housing, empowers people to create democratic cooperatives, and strengthens the community through shared resources and education.
Tillers International
Tillers International is a nonprofit organization devoted to helping farmers in the developing world improve their agricultural productivity and their communities. Tillers
- Promotes the use of economically sustainable and technologically appropriate solutions to farming issues throughout the world
- Offers a variety of classes at the working farm just outside Kalamazoo, where students learn about farming, blacksmithing, and a range of useful farmcrafts
