There are numerous ways to get involved at EWU to help reduce our environmental impacts, have fun, meet new people, and improve overall campus sustainability.<\/p>\n
Check out the options below and find out what works best for you.\u00a0 If you don’t see an opportunity here that you are interested in or have other ideas on how you would like to improve sustainability at EWU, reach out to us and let’s chat.<\/p>\n","blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"destination-eastern","module_background_color":"white","title":"What Can I Do?","subtitle":"","features":[{"icon":"contact","image":false,"feature_title":"Sustainability Committee","feature_content":"The University Sustainability Committee is advisory to the President and provides guidance towards a future that is environmentally responsible, socially just and economically viable.","link":{"title":"Sustainability Committee ","url":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/committee%20","target":""}},{"icon":"garden","image":false,"feature_title":"Community Garden","feature_content":"A space for all at EWU to enjoy the outdoors and learn about growing food. Come volunteer and take food home with you, or just relax and enjoy the outdoors (and still take food home with you).","link":{"title":"Community Garden","url":"#community-garden","target":""}},{"icon":"apple","image":false,"feature_title":"Food Pantry","feature_content":"The EWU Food Pantry Program aims to alleviate hunger and foster a healthy and inclusive community by providing access to nutritious food.","link":{"title":"Food Pantry","url":"#pantry","target":""}},{"icon":"bus","image":false,"feature_title":"Transportation Options","feature_content":"EWU is committed to providing sustainable transportation options for students, employees, and visitors travelling to and from campus.","link":{"title":"Transportation Information","url":"#transportation","target":""}},{"icon":"book-open","image":false,"feature_title":"Lynnae Daniels' List of Sustainability Resources","feature_content":"Lynnae Daniels has curated a list of sustainable resources through the library!","link":{"title":"Lynnae Daniels is here to help!","url":"https:\/\/research.ewu.edu\/sustainability","target":"_blank"}},{"icon":"shopping","image":false,"feature_title":"Green Eags","feature_content":"The Eagle Store strives to positively impact the environment. From our carbon neutral Textbook Resource Center to our eco-friendly approach in merchandising, the Eagle Store continually proves their commitment to sustainability. ","link":{"title":"Green Eags","url":"https:\/\/eaglestore.ewu.edu\/SiteText?id=69212","target":""}}],"show_details":false,"details_title":"","copy":"","second_column_type":"quote","copy_2":"","quote":"","component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"Get Involved","identifier":"get-involved","navigable":true}},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy-with-image","layout":"small-image","show_left":false,"module_background_color":"off-white","title":"Campus Garden","copy":"
The Community Garden is a space for everyone at EWU to enjoy the outdoors and learn about growing food. It is located behind the Red Barn on the far southwest corner of EWU\u2019s Cheney campus.<\/p>\n
Spend time volunteering or just relax! While in the garden, you can learn about growing food by planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting throughout the spring, summer, and fall. All produce is grown for our campus community and given away for free at events and distributed at the EWU Food Pantries. The garden produce is open to students, faculty, and staff within the EWU community.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re interested in learning more or getting involved, check out the Easy Come, Easy Grow Gardening Club<\/a> or contact Erin Endres: eendres@ewu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":223,"id":223,"title":"Row-Crop-1200x900","filename":"Row-Crop-1200x900-1.jpeg","filesize":430565,"url":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/get-involved\/row-crop-1200x900\/","alt":"","author":"462","description":"","caption":"","name":"row-crop-1200x900","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":34,"date":"2022-10-25 21:30:03","modified":"2022-10-25 21:30:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":900,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1-300x225.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1-768x576.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1-1024x768.jpeg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":900,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":900,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1.jpeg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":225,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1.jpeg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":300,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/10\/Row-Crop-1200x900-1.jpeg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":450}},"youtube_video_id":"","video_orientation":"horizontal","image_alt":"","secondary_image":"Geo-texture-blk.svg","background_vertical_alignment":"center","background_horizontal_alignment":"center","background_crop":"chevron","component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"Community Garden ","identifier":"community-garden","navigable":true}},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy-with-image","layout":"small-image","show_left":true,"module_background_color":"white","title":"Food pantry","copy":" The EWU Food Pantry Program aims to alleviate hunger and foster a healthy and inclusive community by providing access to nutritious food. 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