Creating change is about action from the ground up coupled with strategic vision and coordination. For thirty-five years, we have striven to be the Leading Environmental Liberal Arts College. Northland has adopted the Natural Step Framework as its definition of sustainability. Environmental Council – a team of faculty, staff, and students– has coordinated sustainability efforts for over twenty years. The Council tracks issues of transportation, food systems and composting, landscaping, waste and recycling, and energy. The Northland College Student Association (NCSA) also takes a leadership role in helping the college walk its talk, funding a yearly campus sustainability project. Northland College was recently selected as a pilot school to test a new national sustainability rating system called STARS developed by the American Association of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Policies Securing a Sustainable Future

• Green Building Policy
• Policy and Procedures for Landscape Design