Your experience at JMU can prepare you with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about environmental sustainability. Plan your path now so that you graduate prepared to contribute to a sustainable future.

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Select courses that will develop your environmental stewardship knowledge and reasoning skills. Opportunities to learn about the environment and sustainability in courses are not limited to students in environmental programs. 

• Enroll in a General Education course about the environment. And delve deeper by taking other environment and sustainability courses offered by many academic units at JMU. Inventory of JMU Environmental Sustainability Courses

• Explore JMU’s environment-related minors and concentrations. Academic Programs: Concentrations & Minors

• Find study abroad opportunities focused on the three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economic and social. Study Abroad & Other International Experiences

• Plan your path now so that you graduate prepared to contribute to a sustainable future. Chart Your Path 

• First-year students, before you arrive, apply to join the Environment and Sustainability Residential Learning Community. Environment & Sustainability Residential Learning Community 

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Choose to engage with others by creating a healthier planet.

• Take part in an environment-focused Alternative Break. Alternative Break Trips & Other Service-Learning

• Get involved with environmentally-focused student organizations. Explore JMU organizations that help the environment at by searching using the “environmental” category on the Be Involved website. Student Organizations.

• Participate in James Madison Center for Civic Engagement programs that address impactful ways individuals can contribute to addressing environmental problems. Civic Engagement

• Register for the University Recreation Center's (UREC) demonstration cooking classes that support a more sustainable lifestyle, such as “Vegan Around the World” and “Easy Plant-Based Cooking.” Also, UREC’s Adventure Program offers trips that teach and follow “Leave No Trace” principles while hiking, kayaking, skiing, canoeing and more.

• Learn about how environmental problems are explored, and solutions are developed and implemented on JMU’s campus. Take the Environmental Stewardship Tour to discover some of the places, programs and people involved. Visit selected campus sites that demonstrate environmental sustainability and support learning and applied research. Sustainability features at our tour locations include a green roof, green buildings, rain gardens, pollinator habitats, a naturalized landscape, and more.

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Contribute to sustainable solutions by driving progress and innovating.

• Pursue sustainability-related undergraduate research opportunities. Locate over 300 JMU faculty members from many disciplines who are conducting research that leads toward solutions that support social well-being, economic prosperity and/or ecological health. Faculty Research, Undergraduate Research Opportunities, Student Presentation Support, and Environment Project Requests

• Seek an internship that promotes environmental quality and sustainable community. Internship Resources

• Set an example through everyday choices and talk with others about becoming more effective environmental stewards. Everyday Choices for Environmental Stewardship