Center for Environmental Leadership, Academics | Earlham College

Center for Environmental Leadership

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Earlham’s Center for Environmental Leadership is home to many environmentally themed experiential learning opportunities designed to develop practical skills and cultivate leadership potential in students, including our August Wilderness program for first-year students. The Center for Environmental Leadership is housed on the second floor of Dennis Hall.

Campus Sustainability


The Student Sustainability Corps leads efforts to reduce Earlham’s environmental impact. In 2016, Earlham jumped from a bronze to a silver ranking in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS).


Sustainability at Earlham

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Outdoor Education

Since 1971, Earlham has been at the forefront of training and developing outdoor leaders and educators with a unique, liberal arts approach to outdoor and experiential education.


Outdoor Education
August Wilderness

Miller Farm



Sustainable agriculture has a long history at Earlham as a means of experiential education and of sustainable living and learning exploration for students. The Miller Farm program has been in operation since the 1970s as a not-for-credit residential student cooperative. Learn about what’s been happening at Miller Farm.


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Earlham College, an independent, residential college, aspires to provide the highest-quality undergraduate education in the liberal arts and sciences, shaped by the distinctive perspectives of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

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