  {"id":5,"date":"2015-03-24T22:31:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T22:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:29:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1620 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2020\/08\/19FeastofGreen_0067-657x423-1-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2020\/08\/19FeastofGreen_0067-657x423-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2020\/08\/19FeastofGreen_0067-657x423-1-560x360.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2020\/08\/19FeastofGreen_0067-657x423-1.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro\">The Sustainability\u00a0Office serves as a facilitator in the University&#8217;s commitment\u00a0to sustainability, acting through a collaborative group\u00a0involving staff, students, faculty and administrators whose goal is a\u00a0more ecologically and economically sustainable campus community.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0office is responsible for the education, communication, planning and management of environmental issues on campus and also expected to participate in community environmental initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Our MISSION is to promote awareness and instill passion for the Earth through our leadership in operational, academic, wellness, and community and cultural activities.<\/p>\n<p>Our VISION for\u00a0sustainability is to exemplify and create a culture that can exist indefinitely while in balance with the rest of nature.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>~\u00a0Jimi Hendrix<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: 1rem;background-color: white\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/facstaff\/ql5225kr\">Jordan Lutz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sustainability Project Manager<br \/>\nOffice: Hobson Memorial Union 124 Box #31<br \/>\nPhone: (218) 755-2979<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:jordan.lutz@bemidjistate.edu\">jordan.lutz@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sustainability\u00a0Office serves as a facilitator in the University&#8217;s commitment\u00a0to sustainability, acting through a collaborative group\u00a0involving staff, students, faculty and administrators whose goal is a\u00a0more ecologically and economically sustainable campus community. The\u00a0office is responsible for the education, communication, planning and management of environmental issues on campus and also expected to participate in community environmental initiatives. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/2450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}