JMU - Be the Change - Sustainability
JMU believes in sustainability, but it's not just a slogan. The university is leading a fundamental shift in thinking about our planet through the efforts of students, faculty members and alumni engaged in efforts to secure our environmental future. Spurred by a charge from JMU President Linwood H. Rose to pursue environmental sustainability, their collective efforts reflect Madison's heritage of educating students to become enlightened and engaged citizens, problem solvers, community leaders -- to change the world.
The Stories ...
A secure future
JMU's Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World works for a secure future through environmental stewardship ... Read More
Designing sustainable solutions
JMU's engineering program focuses on sustainability to address the wide range of engineering challenges of the 21st century... Read More
Madison's first eco-community
The newly created Madison Eco-Community at Hoffman Hall is a unique experience for JMU freshmen with an emphasis on environmental stewardship and sustainability ... Read More
Flowing by design
Guided by professor Wayne Teel and supported by the JMU-RMH Collaborative, ISAT majors Nicolas Jaramillo and Bonnie Tang designed a five-acre wooded wetland to filter water... Read More
The People ...
Dr. Christie-Joy Brodrick Hartman
Executive Director, JMU Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World
"C.J." Brodrick Hartman is taking Madison beyond "green fads" with the formation of the university's Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World, coordinating environmental stewardship efforts across campus, advocating clear priorities and challenging all members of the James Madison community to think critically about their role ... Read More
Blake Jones ('04)
Biologist, Hawaiian Endangered Bird Conservation Program
While Hawaii is known as an island paradise, unfortunately, it is also the endangered bird capital of the world with more than half of the native bird population having gone extinct. Blake Jones ('04) decided to dedicate his career to "being the change" by making Hawaii a safer place for endangered birds ... Read More
Be the Change! sectors ...
in Sustainability
Carole Baldwin ('81)
Marine biologist
Dr. Christie-Joy Brodrick Hartman
Executive Director, JMU Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World
Dr. Dan Downey ('75)
Professor of Chemistry
Shirley Lea Foley
JMU housekeeper and green advocate
Dan Irwin ('90)
NASA researcher, community activist
Blake Jones ('04)
Biologist, Hawaiian Endangered Bird Conservation Program
Gordon Leisch ('56, '65M)
Retired field biologist
Sonja Macys ('97)
Executive Director, Tucson Audubon Society
Towana Moore
Associate vice president for business and practical environmentalist
Maria Papadakis
ISAT professor and sustainability educator
Dave Rizzo ('83)
Forest Pathologist and Professor
Christian Schwantes ('10)
Changing the conversation about chemistry
Dennis Tracz ('78)
Advocate for sustainable business
