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SEEDSustainable Environments and Ecological Design
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SEED Group Directors801-750-3611 801-833-9798 801-949-9905 |
Bennion Center Contact Info:(801) 581-4811 101 Olpin Union 200 S. Central Campus Dr Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 |
What started as an initiative to create a small food producing garden on campus has since amplified into an extensive movement to educate and engage the campus community to help transform the University of Utah into a more sustainable campus.
Sus.tain.a.bil.i.ty (n)
"The Careful nesting of human purposes with the larger patterns and flow of the natural world." -David Orr
Planting the SEED with Community Gardens~
Creating sustainable environments starts with understanding our connections with the land we live on. SEED strives to promote and work towards creating community operated gardens to produce healthy food on and off campus, greatly reducing the amount of energy and pollution that stems from conventional food production.
SEED has helped interested schools in the SL School District to build gardens as a living laboratory exploring different disciplines and linking learning with the natural world. We strive to expand the community gardens on campus to grow and feed students and the community, learning ways to build up the biological productivity of our campus.
The Sustainable Campus Initiative~
The second focus of SEED is the Sustainable Campus Initiative. It seeks to utilize the resources available on campus through research, teaching, and leadership. SEED hopes to reach out to the community, better our use of water and fossil fuels, and close the waste loop on campus. Through this initiative, SEED helps to facilitate a dialogue between students and other student groups departments, administrators, and campus organizations to identify the needs of the University of Utah. To achieve these goals, we will work very closely with the newly created Office of Sustainability
How You Can Help!
If you would like to help, you can participate with other great, passionate people in this exciting process as we transform the University of Utah into a sustainable campus! You can help us with a multitude of projects ranging from fun hands-on activities to planning events. Give us a call!