Campus Engagement

In addition to serving as a major medical center educating approximately 3,500 professional students each year, UNMC/NM also represent two of the largest employers in the City of Omaha and the State of Nebraska with over 10,000 employees. These employees and students have demonstrated support for UNMC/NM’s past sustainability efforts and for the continued expansion of the initiative. Per a recent survey, over 90 percent of employee and student respondents indicated that it is important to them that UNMC/NM are committed to sustainability. Much of this support is the result of the educational efforts of the two campus green teams: UNMC LiveGreen and Nebraska Medicine’s Energy Advocates Team—which have now combined to be a single unit: LiveGreen. UNMC/NM can build upon this foundation of support and further engage employees and students about sustainability by implementing the strategies noted in this section. By doing so, UNMC/NM will foster an organizational culture that actively supports and is invested in the sustainability goals and initiatives, as well as embed environmental consciousness into daily business decisions and institutional projects.