The Sustainable Living Eco-stewardship (SLE) Program is a new initiative of Ramapo Green to actively engage undergraduate students in green lifestyles and sustainability action on campus. SLE draws from the tradition of our Sustainable Living Facility (SLF) program, which was initiated in Fall 2010, and aims to broaden the agenda to include a stewardship program to promote sustainability outreach and build a conscientious student community on campus through peer education.<\/p>\n
The program has many benefits to students besides the opportunity to live in the Village and in the Redwood CPA (for sophomores). Facilities for students include access to Ramapo vegetable gardens, compost facilities, electricity submetering\u2014all of which are useful aids to reducing ecological footprints. From a learning vantage, the program offers opportunities to student learning about growing food, composting, building connections with local community networks such as MEVO, NY NJ Trail Conference, leadership and running sustainability campaigns on campus. In addition, the program\u2019s experiential component, through the1 unit independent study, adds academic value.<\/p>\n