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About the School of Sustainable Futures

CSU’s interdisciplinary hub shaping sustainable futures in a changing climate. Through education, research, and engagement.

The School is CSU’s interdisciplinary hub for sustainability. We bring people together across CSU to turn climate and sustainability knowledge into action through applied learning, research support, and partner collaboration. 

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A new chpater for CSU's sustainability work

The School of Sustainable Futures is the next chapter of CSU’s campus-wide sustainability leadership. Formerly the School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES), the new name reflects a more future-focused story while staying grounded in what the School has long done best: connect people, strengthen interdisciplinary work, and move knowledge into practical use. For nearly two decades, the School has been CSU’s home base for cross-campus climate and sustainability work, building the relationships, programs, and platforms that make long-term collaboration possible. The work spans campus, Colorado, and global networks, with a strong focus on applied learning, research readiness, and partner-facing impact.
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How we work

The School connects CSU’s people and strengths to build practical climate and sustainability outcomes.

Education that equips future leaders

We provide challenging, integrative education that helps students build practical skills, agency, and career pathways to address climate change and sustainability challenges. Students graduate ready to work across disciplines and apply what they know in applied, decision-making, and professional contexts.
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Interdisciplinary research that builds capacity

We leverage assets across CSU to strengthen climate and sustainability research, supporting innovative interdisciplinary teams with seed funding, targeted training, and the relationships that make sustained collaboration and knowledge translation possible. Our role is to connect people and ideas so strong work moves further with clearer pathways to impact.
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Funding opportunities

The School offers targeted funding that helps faculty and teams launch ideas, build collaboration, and pursue bigger external opportunities. These programs are designed to be nimble and catalytic, supporting work that benefits from cross-disciplinary partnership and real-world relevance.
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Why climate is central to our work
Climate change is a defining driver of sustainability challenges. CSU is a recognized leader in environmental sustainability, climate science, and community-focused solutions. In this time of rapid change, our work supports resilient communities, ecosystems, and working landscapes through education, research, and innovative approaches to partner engagement. In Colorado and beyond, that includes work tied to wildfire, drought, heat, water, land management, infrastructure, and community planning, always grounded in evidence and real-world constraints.

CSU Climate Hub at Spur

Through the Spur Climate Hub in Denver, the School convenes, trains, and facilitates dialogue with communities, decision-makers, and organizations to translate discoveries into useful information and practical applications.
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Impact at a glance

#2

U.S. ranking, AASHE Sustainable Campus Index (2025)

#3

Global ranking, AASHE Sustainable Campus Index (2025)

~20 yrs

Building CSU’s cross-campus sustainability infrastructure

1000

Fellows and funded teams

100

Affiliate faculty across CSU

Governance

Our governance structure keeps the School connected to CSU’s colleges, campus partners and external stakeholders.

External Advisory Board
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Councils and Committees

Connected centers and programs

The School connects centers, initiatives, and networks that advance climate and sustainability work at CSU and beyond.

CSU Climate Hub at Spur
Africa Center
Global Biodiversity Center

Partner with the School

Whether you are a funder, partner organization, or collaborator, we would love to talk. We help partners and donors find the right people at CSU and move work forward efficiently, connecting expertise with real needs and practical outcomes.
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CSU Land Acknowledgment

Colorado State University acknowledges, with respect, that the land we are on today is the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples. This was also a site of trade, gathering, and healing for numerous other Native tribes. We recognize the Indigenous peoples as original stewards of this land and all the relatives within it. As these words of acknowledgment are spoken and heard, the ties Nations have to their traditional homelands are renewed and reaffirmed.

CSU is founded as a land-grant institution, and we accept that our mission must encompass access to education and inclusion. And, significantly, that our founding came at a dire cost to Native Nations and peoples whose land this University was built upon. This acknowledgment is the education and inclusion we must practice in recognizing our institutional history, responsibility, and commitment.

For more resources, visit the CSU Land Acknowledgement webpage.