Sustainability
CC Alum Takes On Her State in Historic Trial… and Wins!
Megan Clancy ’07
The first-ever constitutional climate trial in United States history, led by a group of Montana youth, concluded in June. And the named plaintiff of the trial? CC’s own Rikki Held ’23.
Colorado College State of Sustainability Report
The report is the Office of Sustainability’s final publication of the year celebrating CC’s achievements. Read on to learn more about the college’s progress on operations, sustainable academics, engagement, planning and administration, and innovation and leadership.
CC Student Uses Garden to Teach Sustainability
Emma Markland ’25
I have always been passionate about working with children. I love watching them learn and discover the world. And, similar to many Colorado College students, I find myself happier when I am outside.
NSO Class of ’27 students work on a service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. The cardboard is used as weed suppression for sheet mulching. The goal is to build up organic material for an orchid. 
Left to right, Jordan Barker, Sabrina Ng, and Adeline Turner during the NSO Class of ’27 service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. 
NSO Class of ’27 students work on a service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. The cardboard is used as weed suppression for sheet mulching. 
Luis Rios ’27 crumbles mushrooms during the NSO Class of ’27 service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. 
Left, Teddy Doggett and Chloe Jung carry cardboard during the NSO Class of ’27 service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. The cardboard is used as weed suppression for sheet mulching.
NSO Trip Works With Food to Power
A group of the newest Tigers spent their time during New Student Orientation serving Food to Power (formerly Colorado Springs Food Rescue). The organization knows that food is an essential source of everyone’s power to work, play, serve, and live. Their mission is to transform every aspect of our food system into co-powerment and equity. From food, to power.
Participation in NSO is a requirement of matriculation for all new and incoming CC students, including those who participate in other early arrival programs. This year, many new students worked with sustainability programs during their introduction to CC.
CC Sustainability in the News
Reported by CC’s Alexa Gromko, CC recently hosted the Net-Zero Collaboratory to showcase sustainability in action. Just three years after Colorado College became the first campus in the state to achieve carbon neutrality, it’s taking the lead in creating a clean energy future across Colorado.
Reported by KMGH Denver 7, CC is working with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on its largest research grant to date. Scientists from CC will collaborate to better understand the ecological and environmental changes that occurred after dinosaurs went extinct.