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The IU Task Force on Sustainability (IUSTF) created the Academic Initiatives Working Group in 2007 to address the need for academic and co-curricular programming on the IUB campus and in the surrounding community.  With the establishment of the IU Office of Sustainability in 2009, the IUSTF transitioned into the Campus Sustainability Advisory Board (CSAB).  The Academic Initiatives Working Group continues its research and programming as one of seven CSAB working groups.  This section addresses the mission, strategic plan and membership of this group. Interested in getting involved with sustainability related academic initiatives on campus or promoting sustainability in your degree program or others on campus? Please contact at aiwg@indiana.edu.

Mission
To build an integrated program of academic research, undergraduate and graduate education, co-curricular and service-learning opportunities, and community outreach that will move Indiana University Bloomington into a position of national leadership in sustainability studies.

To move Indiana University towards its goal of leadership in the new academic arena of sustainability, an integrated program of exceptional undergraduate and graduate education, research and creative activity, and community outreach that builds on the academic strengths of IU’s academic resources must be established. Such academic sustainability initiatives should include the interrelated aspects of ecology, economic and social equity, public health and wellness, globalization and international relations, urbanization and poverty, and the politics and economics of food. They must also involve the integration of the academic, co-curricular, and operational elements of campus life.

Working Group Membership

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