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Green College

At the University of Redlands, we encourage you to become a better citizen of your community and your world—and we lead by example, teaching and demonstrating our commitment to environmental responsibility every day.

Green buildings

Cogeneration Plant

Redlands cogeneration and chiller plant enables the University to produce a majority of its own energy, as well as heating and cooling for a third of the buildings on campus.

Recycling & Annual Recycling Day

At Redlands, recycling is a way of life.

Food service provider Bon Appetit’s sustainable food initiatives

Farm-to-Fork, Eat Local Challenge, Marine Stewardship Council Sustainable Seafood, Fair Trade, Low Carbon Diet Calculator, Cage-Free Eggs, Crate-Free Pork.

SURF—Sustainable University of Redlands Farm

The Sustainable University of Redlands Farm (SURF) is a natural farm in its beginning stages, including a Campus Community Garden.

Programs of Study

• Environmental Business
• Environmental Policy & Management
• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

Other Initiatives

• Proposals launched for infusing sustainability across the curriculum and developing a minor in Sustainability Studies
• Named a "Green College" by the Princeton Review '10, '11 
• Named a  Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation
  '09, '10, '11
• A charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment