Our commitment to anti-racism 

ESS rejects racism in all forms and affirms that CSU is no place for hate. We explicitly recognize the inextricable connections between race and other identities and acknowledge the negative impacts that can result from both implicit and explicit racism. We pledge to work to eliminate all forms of racial and cultural biases within our department, across the University, throughout academia, and in our interactions beyond. 

Actions we take to reject racism 

• Creating an inclusive, welcoming, safe, and supportive environment for all.
• Striving to be a department that explicitly acknowledges the linkages between global sustainability and social equity. 
• Challenging ourselves to understand and correct social and institutional inequalities within our own research, teaching, scholarship, and service to the communities of Colorado, the nation, and the world. 
• Resolving to repeatedly and publicly affirm our identity as a department that celebrates the essential benefits of a diverse community and broadens perspectives on social and environmental justice within our discipline. 
• Investigating the interactions between natural and human systems, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and water resources, by emphasizing ecosystem sustainability, social equity, and economic vitality in low-income, natural, rural, and urban systems.
• Building curriculum that educates you using a systems-based approach that acknowledges the complexity of these systems and the essential role of diverse peoples within them.