Sustainability
What is Sustainability?
Sustainability is an integrated, three-part approach for achieving the goals of environmental preservation, economic prosperity, and social equity for all members of society. WPI is proudly engaged in each of these critical and overlapping areas through our learning, research, service, and administrative operations. WPI actively seeks to foster a community that produces innovative ideas and practical solutions to the complex problems associated with each part of the sustainability puzzle.
The President's Task Force on Sustainability was created to provide leadership and coordination for WPI's campus-wide efforts directed toward enhancing the long-term sustainability of WPI's activities and in supporting WPI's educational mission with regard to sustainability.
Sustainabilty Management at WPI
Global climate change can be attributed primarily to greenhouse gas emissions, which result from the burning of fossil fuels. WPI is committed to better understanding the significant social and environmental impacts of its energy consumption. 
Members of the WPI community are responsible for participating fully in the ongoing efforts to make the University more sustainable by reducing the amount of trash and increasing the percentage of waste that is recycled.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute strives to comply with all environmental laws and regulations while also incorporating the values of sustainability into the daily operation of the University.
WPI community members are trying to foster a community that produces innovative ideas and practical solutions.
Some of WPI's programs allow students and faculty to engage in questions that are critical to sustaining the building blocks of our society: ecosystem integrity, economic progress, and social equity.
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