PASSION. SKILLS. ACTION.
The Environmental Studies Program (EVST) at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ is like an ecosystem: Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, faculty, and our community partners thrive because each person plays a different role in contributing to the community’s well-being and resilience. This close-knit community, housed within the historic Jeanette Rankin Hall, contains a breadth of faculty expertise matched by the diversity of our Ñý¼§Ö±²¥’ interests. EVST is a place where Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ follow their passions, affirm their values, get involved in the community, and are supported in a wide range of learning experiences. Recognizing that there is not one single solution to the pressing environmental challenges we all face, the Environmental Studies Program provides opportunities for Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ to learn about and engage with multiple approaches and perspectives needed to make positive environmental change happen.
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Our Mission
The Environmental Studies Program provides Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ with the literacy, skills, and commitment needed to foster a healthy natural environment and to create a more sustainable, equitable, and peaceful world. To these ends, the Environmental Studies Program educates and challenges Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ to become knowledgeable, motivated and engaged in environmental affairs. Our Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ acquire the skills and awareness to promote positive social change, and improve the environment and communities of Montana and the world, for current and future generations.
Our Principles
- Environmental studies require an interdisciplinary approach that integrates the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
- Creating solutions to environmental problems requires critical thinking, enterprise and action-taking, as well as reflection on our actions; therefore, an effective environmental education generates thinkers who can do as well as doers who can think.
- Environmental Studies provide both classroom and experiential learning opportunities in democratic citizenship, including communication, collaboration, and committed civic participation.
- Creating a sustainable world requires addressing social and environmental injustices simultaneously, being actively anti-racist, and supporting tribal sovereignty.
- Students thrive in learning environments where the expression of diverse perspectives are valued and supported.
- Students are co-creators of their educational experience.