Loyola Marymount University
EN-3: Student Life

Bike LMU focuses on sustainable transportation and increasing bike presence on campus. Bike LMU hosts bike rides, education events, and awareness campaigns related to environmentalism and biking in general.

Net Impact is a nonprofit supporting a grassroots, global movement of students and emerging impact leaders who want to use their skills to make a positive impact for people and the planet. The LMU chapter of Net Impact explores issues related to the role business can play as a force for good.

Environmental Responsibility ASLMU - ASLMU (Student Government Green Representatives). These sustainability representatives of student government focus on sustainability initiatives on campus, working with administrators, working with the sustainability office, hosting sustainability events, and raising campus awareness.

Espérer - An all-female service organization on campus that focuses on bettering the community through preserving justice and growth of individuals. They also promote knowledge of sustainable practices in local communities in hopes to create a "freer, greener world".

The Loyola Marymount University Surf Club strives to foster students’ interest both in surfing, ocean science, and environmental issues that impact the oceans.

The Outdoor and Adventure Recreation (OAR) program offers students the opportunity to get off campus and explore the great outdoors in Los Angeles and beyond.

The LIONS Garden was created on the LMU campus by the Office of Sustainability (Green LMU) to raise awareness and participation of the student population in agricultural sustainability. The garden is managed by Green LMU student employees, and invites campus organizations to adopt a garden bed for them to maintain. Volunteer days also take place, which are designated days where students are welcome to come help the staff with gardening, including turning soil, watering plants, and planting seeds. The garden features raised beds that allow students the most diverse education in urban farming techniques. Students can learn about soil fertility, composting, and the best practices for organic gardening in urban environments. The purpose is to reacquaint new generations with knowledge of how to plan and implement the garden to be both agriculturally beneficial and sustainable. The Green LMU garden staff prohibits the use of any non-organic product in the beds, as well as prohibits the planting of invasive species; upon registering to participate in the garden, a code of conduct must be signed that pledges alignment with this rule, and participants are presented with an informative list of invasive species to ensure that participants have access to this information.

The Lion's Den is a student-run coffee shop with a friendly, energetic staff. They serve only 100% Fair Trade, Shade Grown, Organic Coffees. They also serve pastries and fair trade chocolate. Spring 2017 the Lion's Den gave away free reusable coffee mugs and a stamp card to earn free coffee with the mug to encourage students to use reusable mugs.

Campus Garden is a space maintained by students. It is for students to plant and harvest herbs, fruits, and vegetables. They make sure the plants in the garden require minimal water, plant trees to help sequester carbon, and have installed features to trap and filter water run off.

Lion Wellness hosts Wellness Wednesdays, held every Wednesday on campus. Local farmers as well as local vendors are invite each week. Stress relieving crafts as well as other activities occur during the event.

The Student Investment Fund at LMU's College of Business Administration was designed to provide students with a valuable hands-on experience gained through practical knowledge in researching, choosing, investing, monitoring and measuring the performance of stocks.
Our mission is to offer students the opportunity to apply the theories they learn in class which will give them the needed skills to manage funds through investment and security analysis. As this type of knowledge and understanding is usually obtained through on-the-job training, participating students are rewarded by being immediately prepared to pursue financial careers following graduation.

The recently launched Responsible Investing Advisory Committee (RIAC) at LMU has a student representative, who is appointed to a two-year term. This student is responsible for reporting the opinions and perceptions of LMU undergraduates to the Committee. Students are also able to present environmental, social, or governance (ESG) financial recommendations to the RIAC. This allows students to directly engage in the RI process.

Center for Reconciliation & Justice Symposium - January 2024
“This event taught about the important work of Hyperion Water Reclamation Facility and the city's leadership in water stewardship.”
https://cba.lmu.edu/centers/ibes/eventsprograms/esseries/

Let’s Talk About Sustainability with Ian McKeown - November 2023
“The LMU SDG Student Ambassadors are hosting a sustainability-focused event featuring Ian McKeown, LMU's campus sustainability officer. Learn what actions LMU is taking to enhance our sustainable development and how you, as students, can get involved. Join us for an open forum to talk about the issues on campus that you feel most passionate about.”
https://cal.lmu.edu/event/lets_talk_about_sustainability_with_ian_mckeown

International Business Ethics and Sustainability Case Competition - 2023
"Teams of 3-5 members compete in 3 competitions during the event: The 25-minute competition, in which teams will present a business problem of their choosing, give a full presentation analyzing the ethical, sustainable, legal and financial aspects of a problem, and present a solution that is viable on all fronts. The 10-minute competition, in which teams will incorporate the suggestions given the by judges during the 25-minute presentation and give a 10-minute presentation on the ethical aspect of the problem. The 90-second elevator pitch explaining the importance of the sustainability component of the problem."
https://cba.lmu.edu/centers/ibes/eventsprograms/ibescc/

Annual Bike and Rummage Sale - October 2022
Green LMU partnered with Campus Ministry ad Public Safety to host its annual bike sale. All proceeds from the sales benefit Campus Ministry's weekend service immersion trips to Mexico. Students and staff also also introduced to the campus bike shop, The Cycling Lion.
https://lmu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/8157812

March 4th, 2023 - Students from the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and College of Communication and Fine Arts came together to celebrate Earth Day by hosting an EcoPoetry class, wherein participants, through poetry, focused on cultivating a connection to our natural world and our place in it. After the poetry performances, the event shifted towards an “Ecology of Art” ceramics course, which tied in using natural products of nature as artistic tools, such as homemade brushes made from animal hair.

Sept. 17 – Dec. 10, 2022 - Loyola Marymount University’s Laband Art Gallery hosted an exhibition called Luciana Abait: On the Verge, which featured 20 pieces that center around environmental precariousness and “conjure imaginary worlds that portend global climate catastrophe.” The objective of the art exhibit was to urge us to consider how global warming is wreaking havoc, especially on the lives of climate migrants.

LMU’s new Outdoor and Adventure Recreation (OAR) program offers students the opportunity to get off campus and explore the great outdoors in Los Angeles and beyond. Find your outdoor community, try out new activities, and start checking off those bucket list items

https://studentaffairs.lmu.edu/activities/outdooradventures/

Outdoor club takes student outdoors hiking etc. Founded in 2018.

Ski Club

Rock Climbing Club

Surf Club

There was a pilot program called Green Lion and the purpose of the program was to inform the students of the various changes that LMU has been making to the campus to make it more sustainable. For instance, reducing waste and increasing recycling efforts are some of the recent changes LMU is making to make the campus more green along with using solar panels to supplement energy needs. This program was available to 20% of incoming first-year students two years ago, along with the Healthy Living and Learning Initiative.

Residence Directors and RA's in the residence halls frequently host workshops for their residents that promote sustainable living skills and promote eco-friendly alternatives that can be incorporated into their everyday lives. For example, the latest sustainability workshop that took place in a residence hall consisted of a tote bag decorating event, where students were given information and educational resources that promoted the environmental benefits of going plastic free and trading plastic bags for a reusable tote.

Student employment is a large part of the LMU experience. National Reports and LMU Retention Statistics indicate that students who work are more successful because of the skills and experience they obtain on the job. The Office of Sustainability employees student workers to support the office and projects the department works on. The Office of Sustainability shares other student employees on joint projects and strategic partnerships of the office. Additionally, the on campus recycling center employs 7 student workers year-round to help pay their tuition.

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Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Committee:
In March of 2007 President Lawton created the Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Committee (E2SC), with the charge of identifying how we as a university could ideally care for our planet in our actions, while balancing real world complexities such as fiscal constraints and competing values. The committee comprises students, faculty and staff and meets regularly to discuss campus programs, events and initiatives related to sustainability.

The ASLMU Director of Environmental Responsibility is appointed each year by the elected Student President and Vice President. His/her duties include managing the bi-weekly Farmers' Market, planning and co-sponsoring events to raise environmental awareness, and being the principal advocate for students regarding resource consumption, recycling and waste management, campus sustainability and environmental justice outside of LMU. He/She maintains a Environmental Responsibility Committee each year. Applications to be a committee member are on the ASLMU website at ASLMU.org.

The Center for Santa Monica Bay Studies (Center), established in 2008, is a joint program of the Seaver College of Science and Engineering at Loyola Marymount University and The Bay Foundation. The mission of the Center is to engage in multidisciplinary research on environmental and social issues affecting Santa Monica Bay and its watersheds, and to contribute to policies and actions that improve the environmental conditions of the Bay and surrounding urban areas. The Center is a joint program of the two institutions, whose collaborative efforts provide a regional organizing body connecting research across disciplines, as well as a forum for the dissemination and discussion of results, and an opportunity for active student participation and involvement through hands-on learning experiences.