At Calvin, creation care is rooted in who we are and what we do.
We want renewing God’s good earth to be a way of life, so we make sustainability a priority—as an educational goal and an institutional value. We’re committed to learning how to be good caretakers of creation on our campus and around the globe.
Sustainability efforts at Calvin are rooted both in our heritage and our reformed mission. They are also strategic. The current strategic plan embraces and enacts environmental sustainability as a core value. And Calvin is guided in its sustainability efforts by its board of trustees-approved Statement on Sustainability, which takes seriously the biblical mandate to be stewards of God’s good earth.
KEY FACTS
AASHE Stars Silver recipient
Signatory of Presidents’ Climate Commitment
Honored Tree Campus USA recipient
$2.8 million in external grants for Plaster Creek Stewards
STUDENT LIFE
- Creation Care Residence Hall
- Mad Farmer Food Fest
- Student Organizations
- Sustainability Fellows
CALVIN AS LIVING LABORATORY
EXPERIENTIAL CLASSES
- First-Year Research in Earth Sciences
- Galapagos Islands and Amazon Rainforest Interim Course
- “Hawaii: Life on a Volcanic Archipelago” Interim Course
- “In Search of Water” Courses
COMMUNITY SERVICE
“Sustainability emerges from choices that, on balance, promote economic vitality, social equity, and a flourishing natural environment both now and for generations to come.”
- Calvin Energy and Environmental Sustainability Committee, 2019