School of Environmental Sustainability
Sustainability is a Calling
At Loyola University Chicago, you can be a part of the solution. The School of Environmental Sustainability is empowering the next generation of environmental leaders.
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Interdisciplinary research
Addressing critical environmental issues
Our students are part academic and part activist as we search together for creative and workable solutions.
Our research seeks to better understand crises of ecological destruction and social injustice and build more sustainable societies.
From your community to the global village, we ease the search for solutions with a hands-on, locally-engaged approach.
Our students and faculty are making a difference in building equitable and resilient food systems that empower communities.
We work to advance energy policy and administration systems that shift away from fossil fuels and mitigate climate change.
NO. 5
rank for eco-friendly colleges in the US -College Magazine
5,200
Gallons of biodiesel fuel produced in six months
3,100
Sq. Ft. greenhouse dedicated to teaching, research, and plant production
Our Community
Access
Opening the floodgates
More than a million Americans don’t have access to clean running water. George McGraw (BA ’09) has a plan to change that.
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Waste Management
Waste Not
The United States has an obsession with waste. Two Loyola alums are tackling it head on.
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Sustainable Food Systems
Walk softly
Loyola alums running a farm and retreat center in West Virginia live in harmony with the earth—and their community.
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Prospective Students
Tomorrow Starts Today
Get to know what awaits you at Loyola's School of Environmental Sustainability.
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Current Students
Reimagine. Respond. Restore.
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Alumni
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Degrees Offered
Sustainability at Loyola
While our School of Environmental Sustainability leads the way in training students for lifelong, rewarding careers across fields and industries—every campus at Loyola is dedicated to bringing green-thinking to the forefront. Discover why we're one of the nation's greenest.