The mission of PCGS is achieving sustainable development, both locally and globally, by fostering social, economic, and environmental sustainability, it accomplishes this through teaching, research, mentoring students, and community outreach, as well as by generating practical knowledge and developing innovative technologies, skills, and policies. Drawing from various definitions of “sustainability” it seeks to ensure that these efforts both endure and dramatically expand at USF; that they encourage the natural interconnections among those groups on campus addressing ecology, economics, politics, and culture.