Sustainability | UMass Amherst

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We seek to power the UMass Amherst campus with 100 percent renewable energy.
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Be part of our sustainable Move-Out tradition and help us reduce waste in our residence halls.
UMass has updated waste guidelines and signage to help reduce our impact on the environment.
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From solar panels to songbird gardens—a glimpse into the future on campus

Sustainability Events

Archives of the Future Panel

Art Sustainability Activism: Archives of the

Modernist Architecture Campus Tour in Collaboration with Docomomo

In the generation following the Second World War, the University of Massachusetts Amherst engaged in one of the most ambitious academic build

Illuminating Brutalism: A Projection Art and Music Experience

In conjunction with University of Massachusetts Amherst’s 2022 Homecoming Weekend, UMassBRUT is partnering with the Bromery Center for the Ar

Sustainability News

UMass Amherst Celebrates $400,000 Investment in Gloucester Marine Station, North Shore Economy with Leading Regional Officials

2022 Chef Culinary Conference Back on UMass Amherst Campus, Welcomes Alice Waters, Jacques Pepin and Martin Yan

UMass Amherst’s Life Science Café Makes Science Accessible to Everyone

UMass Amherst Dining Initiates Ground-breaking Program to Measure Carbon Footprint for Individual Dishes

UMass Amherst Launches Ambitious Goal to Entirely Power Flagship Campus With Renewable Energy by 2032 to Address Perils of Climate Crisis