The outside of the Terrell House showing the garden and solar panels

Get Involved!

Interested in sustainability at UMaine? From student clubs to courses and events, there are plenty of ways to make a difference. 

Student Clubs and Campus Initiatives

  • Permaculture and Gardening Club is an organization where members gain hands-on gardening experience, learn how to plan and design a garden landscape, and learn about permaculture principles.
  • UMaine Green Team is an organization working to increase awareness, create action, and take action with regard to efficiency and sustainability on campus and in the community.
  • UMaine Climate Action (formerly known as Divest UMS) is a student organization dedicated to advocating for intersectional climate justice on the UMaine campus. They led a successful student-led initiative to divest the UMS endowments from fossil fuels.
  • Green Campus Initiative hires students to help educate other students about sustainability-related initiatives that pertain to campus housing, dining facilities, and other Auxiliary Services operations.
  • Black Bear Food Guild runs an organic vegetable farm that provides hands-on sustainable farming experiences for students.
  • UMaine Greens is a student group that grows organic greens for the UMaine campus.
  • SPIRE: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability is an online journal is run by graduate and undergraduate students at UMaine, that seeks to increase engagement with environmental issues by including voices from diverse fields in the global conversation about conservation and sustainability.

Education and Research Opportunities

Other ways to get involved

  • The local community supports tons of projects focused on sustainability in Orono, Maine, and beyond.
people working on permaculture plots at Terrell House
Umaine Students helping with recycling


Office of Sustainability

312-314 Corbett Hall
Orono, Maine 04469-5774
Tel: 207.581.1571
sustainability@maine.edu