Developing a Creation Care Community on the Campus of Andrews University

In early spring 2024, the president of Andrews University introduced an initiative to develop a Creation Care Community on the university campus. He supported this proposal with passages and concepts from the Bible that resonated with those on the campus which is an explicitly Christian institution. The president asked for faculty, staff, and student volunteers to join him in a Creation Care Council to discover and
implement a variety of steps to increase care for the environment on our campus. Eighteen volunteers formed five action groups to increase: 1) biodiversity, 2) energy conservation and use of renewal resources, and 3) recycling and better waste management on our campus, plus 4) raising social consciousness of these actions as well as 5) grant writing to fund the various initiatives. During the summer of 2024, the
members of the action groups began the research to discover and then prioritize what could be done on campus in their respective areas. In order to evaluate the progress of the action groups, a survey instrument was developed to measure the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the members of the campus community on creation care. To date about 400 surveys have been completed and analysis of the responses is underway.