The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) is an umbrella organization encompassing all environmental sustainability education and research at Colorado State University. The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) is an umbrella organization encompassing all research and education that deals with the complex environmental, economic, and societal issues of sustainabilit
y. A first for the state, the School of Global Environmental Sustainability is an umbrella organization that encompasses all environmental education and research at the university. The School positions CSU to address the multiple challenges to global sustainability through broad-based research, curricular, and outreach initiatives. Areas of emphasis include food security, poverty, inequality, water management strategies and desertification, globalization, industrial ecology, sustainable engineering, population growth, and urbanization. This approach capitalizes on the University's historic strength in environmental research and education, and builds upon the education and research that exists within all eight colleges on campus. CSU Disclaimer:
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03/03/2025
Last week SoGES co-hosted the 2025 Climate Leadership Summit. We were thrilled to help more than 400 high school and 8th grade students learn about climate change with many wonderful faculty experts from across campus! Topics ranged from fashion to food, and students came from all over the front range to participate. We loved working with our community and campus partners to bring this event to life, including the , , and . Read more about the event here: https://source.colostate.edu/youth-climate-leadership-summit/
02/26/2025
In the most recent HumanNature blog post, Kathy Condon explores the concept of ecological "legacies", highlighting how past climate extremes leave lasting impacts on ecosystems. These legacies influence current and future responses to environmental changes, emphasizing the importance of considering historical events in ecological research and conservation efforts. Read more from our Sustainability Leadership Fellow here: https://sustainability.colostate.edu/humannature/ecological-legacies-in-a-world-of-climate-extremes/
02/12/2025
Bees are essential to agriculture, boosting crop yields and biodiversity! By planting pollinator-friendly habitats, reducing pesticide use, and using managed pollination, we can support bee populations while promoting sustainable farming. Kord Dicke, a Sustainability Leadership Fellow at SoGES, walks us through how we can intertwine both pollinator health and a healthy agriculture system in this HumanNature blog post. https://sustainability.colostate.edu/humannature/incorporating-bees-in-agricultural-systems/
02/10/2025
Almost everything we purchase is packaged in some way, and often then loaded into a plastic or paper bag for transport between store and home. In the US alone, we use about 10 billion paper bags, 100 billion plastic bags and 100 billion cardboard boxes each year. Is producing and using this much packaging environmentally sustainable? Can it be? Where does all this stuff end up? Is recycling the answer? Join our discussion with experts from CSU at Avogadro's Number this Wednesday evening! https://sustainability.colostate.edu/event/managing-the-planet_2-12-2025/
01/30/2025
Air pollution isn’t just from fossil fuels—household products like shampoos, paints, and deodorants contribute to harmful air particles as well. Tucker Melles, a Sustainability Leadership Fellow at SoGES, walks us through how understanding their impact is key to improving our air quality. Read more on the HumanNature Blog: https://col.st/LFQoj
11/22/2024
Sinking carbon into our soils will be critical going into the future. But treating soil as a one-trick pony is doing it a disservice. In her HumanNature blog post, Sustainability Leadership Fellow Lexi Firth advocates for a broader approach to soil health by including water retention, biodiversity, and nutrient cycling as key indicators. Read her whole article here: https://sustainability.colostate.edu/humannature/soil-carbon-the-climate-solution-were-misunderstanding/ Integrated Rocky Mountain-region Innovation Center for Healthy Soils
11/20/2024
Ever consider how images can shape your outlook of a certain topic? What if those visuals could help inspire you instead of make you feel hopeless? That's what Sustainability Leadership Fellow Elizabeth Diaz-Clark writes about in their HumanNature blog post. By sharing diverse, people-centered images that highlight resilience, innovation, and local impacts, we can empower action and inspire change. Read the blog post here: https://sustainability.colostate.edu/humannature/diversifying-how-we-visualize-climate-change/
Climate change impacts every facet of society, including but not limited to business operations, public health, safety, and transportation. Each community faces its own unique climate challenges and must tailor its actions to protect lives, livelihoods, lands, and waters.
Our panel will bring together local government with CSU researchers as they discuss ways to foster community resilience to climate change.
Ph. D. Student Azmal Hossan, a 2024-2025 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, shares his insights on decolonizing climate change adaptation research. In our latest blog post, he explores how shifting the focus toward inclusive, community-centered solutions can lead to more effective and equitable climate action. Don’t miss this thought-provoking piece on rethinking adaptation through a decolonized lens. https://sustainability.colostate.edu/humannature/decolonizing-climate-change-adaptation-research/
10/15/2024
Diana H. Wall’s gift to the world was an unwavering passion for educating the population about the importance of global environmental sustainability and ecosystem health. And true to her nature, Wall left behind a final gift to CSU: $2.5 million to endow the Sustainability Leadership Fellows Program within the School of Global Environmental Sustainability and the Graduate Fellowship Program in Ecology within the College of Natural Sciences’ Department of Biology.
10/14/2024
Remember! The first annual Diana H. Wall lecture presented by Rob Jackson is this Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 5-6pm in Plant Sciences Room C101. Jackson will guide us through how we can restore the atmosphere within a lifetime and how we can safeguard a livable planet for future generations. We look forward to seeing you!
From one of the world’s leading climate scientists, a heart- and mind-changing book that offers a hopeful and attainable vision for restoring the atmosphere and ending the climate crisis.
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The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) was created in 2008 to advance sustainability research, education, and engagement at Colorado State University. The school is a Special Academic Unit, attached to the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, that works with and across the university’s eight colleges.
SoGES brings together researchers, teachers, students, and stakeholders to address one of the greatest challenges of the coming century: preserving our planet’s environmental quality while meeting the human and societal needs of today and tomorrow. Our approach to this challenge is centered on exploring, documenting, and explaining the links between environmental, societal, and economic sustainability, and fostering ongoing dialogue among students, teachers, researchers, and public and private-sector stakeholders.
The SoGES Mission
· Conduct innovative research that transcends boundaries and leads to new and deeper understanding of sustainability issues.
· Provide a challenging, integrative, and provocative education that gives future leaders knowledge and tools that enable them to contribute to environmental sustainability.
· Engage with the public and decision makers in translating discoveries into useful information and practical solutions to pressing environmental problems.
The challenge of achieving sustainability is inherently interdisciplinary, requiring the development and integration of knowledge, perspectives, and understanding from the natural and social sciences, engineering, business, art, and the humanities. The CSU faculty members who are affiliated with and contribute to SoGES include experts from all of these intellectual domains. Promoting and supporting discussion, connection, and collaboration across disciplinary and institutional boundaries is one of our school’s most important functions.
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