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School of Environmental Sustainability

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Climate Change Conference, March 12-15, 2025

Shifting Waters: Water Security and the Emerging Water Crisis - REGISTER NOW

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Interdisciplinary research

Addressing critical environmental issues

Our students are part academic and part activist as we search together for creative and workable solutions.

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First Chicago-area university to achieve carbon neutrality

#12

Ranked #12 in the Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges: 2025 Edition

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100% of campus electricity use powered by clean, renewable energy

Our Community

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News

Supporting sustainable food systems: local partnerships in action

The Sustainable Food Systems Focus Area concentrates on sustainable food production, food equity, and food justice. Team members launched the Partners in the Chicago Food System program to help increase food security in Chicago communities.

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Student Research

Conservation in action: students engaged in environmental research

Researchers from Loyola University Chicago's School of Environmental Sustainability are devising new methods of restoring biologically diverse wetlands. Students contribute to the research while learning to become independent scientists.

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Events

2025 Climate Change Conference features keynote address by Peter Gleick

Loyola’s 2025 Climate Change Conference will feature a keynote presentation by Peter Gleick, PhD, a leading scientist, innovator, and communicator on water and climate issues. Gleick co-founded the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California, in 1987. His most recent book, The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future, explores how water has shaped human history and presents a positive vision for the future.

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Prospective Students, Current Students, & Alumni

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Prospective Students

Tomorrow Starts Today

Get to know what awaits you at Loyola's School of Environmental Sustainability.

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Current Students

Reimagine. Respond. Restore.

Participate in events, research, and initiatives at Loyola's School of Environmental Sustainability.

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Alumni

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Keep up with students, faculty, alumni and staff from SES.

Sustainability at Loyola

While our School of Environmental Sustainability leads the way in training students for lifelong, rewarding careers across fields and industries—every campus at Loyola is dedicated to bringing green-thinking to the forefront. Discover why we're one of the nation's greenest.

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Mar 12 - Mar 15

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Mar 13 - Mar 13

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Addressing critical environmental issues