As one of the Small Living Units at Ohio Wesleyan, we are a living-learning community that is focused primarily on environmental sustainability. Since our inception decades before, we strive to lessen our impacts on the natural environment and to educate and encourage others to do the same. This year, we have eleven residents and are very excited to begin programing!

The Tree House strives to be an inclusive and comforting community whose members seek to live more sustainably and encourage others to do the same. We are environmental role models. We not only live sustainably in our day-to-day lives, but also in our house, in which we have adopted environmentally-conscious practices and routines.

We are conscious of our individual waste and carbon footprint, and therefore strive to be more responsible consumers to hopefully influence global markets and corporations. 

We instill this philosophy in students and Delaware residents alike, branching out into our local and greater community. We accomplish this by coordinating with WCSA, the Environmental Science and Studies Departments, Public Safety, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Stratford Ecological Center, the Sustainability Task Force, Sustainable Delaware, and other organizations. 

Through house projects and lifestyle choices, Tree House seeks to inform the public of timely environmental issues such as the current climate crisis and create positive sustainable changes within our campus and community. 

As members of this generation, but especially as members of Tree House, it is our duty to inform and fight against the climate crisis and environmental racism, and fight for environmental justice, sustainable agriculture, and a carbon-negative future.