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Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders, change agents, and decision makers. As educators, it is imperative we help students develop a sustainability worldview through sustainability education and opportunities that will shape their values, perceptions, and mindset and guide their behavior and actions toward creating a more sustainable world. The Shi Institute offers an array of student programs and resources designed to develop this sustainability worldview.

  • The Student Fellowship Program engages students in real-world, campus and community sustainability fellowships, with offerings during the summer and the academic year.
  • The Furman Farm is an organic-practice farm that provides produce for the dining hall, has a comprehensive composting program, and is a hub for the practice of small-scale sustainable food production.
  • The Greenbelt Community is an intentional living/learning community intended to foster sustainable living and lifestyle choices among its student residents.
  • Eco Rep programming instills a sense of sustainability into Furman’s culture by promoting sustainable behaviors through education, awareness, and sustainability themed events.
Student Fellowship Program
Furman Farm
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Eco Reps Program

Resources

The Shi Instiute offers a variety of resources that help students engage in a sustainable lifestyle while they live on Furman's campus.

  • Quickly travel across campus with one of our rental bikes.
  • Send your food waste to our on-campus composting program instead of the landfill.
Bike Rentals
Composting
Green Guide

Student News

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Mapping the way Towards Sustainability – City of Travelers Rest Planning Fellow

This summer, I began seeing maps in my dreams. As part of my fellowship with the City of Travelers Rest, I dove headfirst into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software to process, analyze, and visualize data....

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What You Can Learn From Protecting A River

A river is as important to the land as a vein is to an organ. This is something that I had heard before, but my summer internship made me actually understand how vital rivers really...

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How Food Connects Us All

Food is something that we all take for granted. In the modern United States, we have constant convenient access to food which is beneficial to everyone’s busy schedules. However, through this cultural shift over the...

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Student Fellows Blog

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Mapping the way Towards Sustainability – City of Travelers Rest Planning Fellow

This summer, I began seeing maps in my dreams. As part of my fellowship with the City of Travelers Rest, I dove headfirst into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software to process, analyze, and visualize data....

Continue Reading >

What You Can Learn From Protecting A River

A river is as important to the land as a vein is to an organ. This is something that I had heard before, but my summer internship made me actually understand how vital rivers really...

Continue Reading >

How Food Connects Us All

Food is something that we all take for granted. In the modern United States, we have constant convenient access to food which is beneficial to everyone’s busy schedules. However, through this cultural shift over the...

Continue Reading >