Sustainability at Tri-C

Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) aspires to instill in our students, faculty, and staff a sense of stewardship towards the environment by giving them the information and support to continue sustainability efforts beyond the campus environment.

Sustainability at Tri-C means achieving the College’s educational and community missions with a sense of responsibility for preserving the environment, promoting the economy and improving society as a whole. We strive to prepare our students, faculty, and staff to be leaders in creating and promoting a culture of diversity, sustainability, and environmental sensitivity through our community.

• Metamorphosis Cleveland is a student-focused event which was held in spring 2023 and spring  2019 to showcase and recognize student work related to issues of sustainability. Click here for more details.
• Curious about what can go in the mixed recycling bins around Tri-C, or how mixed recycling gets sorted after it is collected? Check out Tri-C's mixed recycling guidelines and learn how Tri-C's mixed recycling gets sorted.
• Registered and paid credit students at Tri-C receive a free RTA U-Pass to improve accessibility to campus and encourage the use of mass transit.

Sustainability Plan & Sustainability Implementation Plan

Tri-C created a Sustainability Plan in 2010 to guide sustainability efforts with a specific focus on the six categories below, and created a Sustainability Implementation Plan in 2014 to identify key strategies to move toward the goals below. The 2017 Sustainability Implementation Plan Progress Report highlights key achievements related to sustainability.

Sustainability Plan Goals

Press, Awards and Recognition

• A Sustainable Cleveland 2019 video about how performing arts advance sustainability featured an Honors Speech Communications class from Tri-C’s Metro Campus performing a reading of a sustainability-themed play written by a local playwright.