MCC's Sustainability Initiative is comprehensively working on campus, in classrooms and around the community to be a leader in sustainability through implementing sustainability best practices in the following areas:

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  Education

  
  
• Mission: To be a center of sustainable education and provide job training for green jobs through the integration of sustainability principles into existing curriculum and the development of new curriculum and programs to prepare MCC students for green jobs in our changing economy.
  
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  Energy

  
  
• Mission: To promote the wise use of energy on campus, in the classroom and in the community by becoming as energy efficient as possible and meeting the remainder of our needs through renewable energy.
  
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  Food

  
  
• Mission: To cultivate healthy food systems through education and action.
  
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  Recycling and Stuff

  
  
• Mission: To achieve zero-waste—to eliminate waste from our campus operations that would otherwise end up in a landfill—by rethinking our waste practices, including increased waste reduction, reuse, composting and recycling.
  
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  Transportation

  
  
• Mission: To promote sustainable transportation options to, from and between MCC locations, thereby reducing the number of single-occupancy vehicle trips and decreasing the pollution from our transportation footprint while simultaneously reducing costs of transportation.
  
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  Water

  
  
• Mission: To promote the wise use of water resources on campus, in the classroom and in the community by reducing water waste, reusing water where appropriate and keeping our waterways clean.