The Education for Sustainable Living Program

Introduction[]

The Education for Sustainable Living Program is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to realize sustainable community throughout the University of California. Students form action research teams in partnership with guest lecturers, faculty, administration, and community members to implement tangible change. Such experiential learning inspires participants to internalize the concept of sustainability, and carry it in practice beyond academia into a greater society.

How Does ESLP Work?[]

Each campus has a slightly different set-up. To read more about the programs and work students are undertaking at each campus, click on the individual links below.

ESLP Campuses[]

University of California[]

"Meeting our own needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, particularly with regard to use and waste of natural resources. Sustainable practices support ecological, human, and economic health and vitality. Sustainability presumes that resources are finite, and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences of the ways in which resources are used." --UC Regents Definition of Sustainability