Being "green" at Richland Community College has many different facets. You're invited to explore the ways Richland  works to be a more sustainable campus.

Richland is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE),and is a participant in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS). Richland's sustainability committee, using STARS criteria as a guide, has gathered data and information and established a baseline of sustainability efforts already in place on campus. The goal is to build a stronger, more diverse campus sustainability community and promote a comprehensive understanding of sustainability that includes its social, economic, and environmental dimensions - the triple bottom line.

Richland is also a member of the Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN), which has developed the  goals to:

• Collaborate to accelerate green jobs development.
• Model energy conservation and demonstrating renewable energy.
• Impact energy conservation by providing community education on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other sustainable technologies.
• Expand to cover the entire state by including all 48 community colleges in the Network.
• Provide a national leadership role in the new energy economy.

Explore our sustainability pages to see how Richland is addressing the STARS criteria.