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The Environmental Leadership Office is run out of the Center for Student Involvement, which is located on the second floor of the MU Student Center, directly above the bookstore. See the map for more details!

We’re open from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.


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Environmental Leadership

In the News

Campus Facilities to begin impounding improperly parked bikes
(Sept. 30, 2011) It can be a challenge to walk to class without a few almost-collisions with errant bicyclists on Lowry Mall. As more two-wheelers dot MU’s sidewalks and streets, open bike rack spots become harder to come by than Taylor Swift concert tickets.
Trayless Dining stories:
CDS eliminates trays from dining halls to reduce waste
(Aug. 23, 2011) After a trial run during Summer Welcome sessions, Campus Dining Services officially decided all dining halls will become trayless for the 2011-12 school year. (The Maneater)
Mizzou diners go trayless
(Aug. 18, 2011) COLUMBIA – As students returned to residence halls on the MU campus Thursday, they learned that their dining halls will no longer provide trays for meals. The dining halls include Mark Twain Market, Rollins, Pavilion at Dobbs, and Plaza 900. (KOMU)
Going trayless expands to dining halls across MU
(Aug. 14, 2011) COLUMBIA – MU Campus Dining Services will expand a “trayless policy” in dining halls on campus at the start of the fall semester. 
Real food, real change
(Feb. 9, 2011) When asked to describe their food, most Mizzou campus diners wouldn’t necessarily choose the term “real.”
MU releases its 5-year climate action plan
(Jan. 16, 2011) “The University of Missouri last week turned in its five-year plan to reduce greenhouse gases in hopes of someday becoming a climate-neutral campus.”
Mizzou Dashboard contest tracks energy use in 9 residence halls
(Nov. 2, 2010) “The third Mizzou Dashboard competition between residence halls, a contest to reduce energy use, began Monday and will continue until Nov. 19.”
Sustainability referendum passes with 80 percent approval