University of Louisiana at Lafayette

The University’s Geaux Vélo bike share program provides a convenient way to scoot across campus or around town.

Rent a bicycle from several spots on campus and pedal to class, a store, a friend’s house — or anywhere else the road takes you.

A campuswide commitment to sustainability has earned national kudos. The U.S. Department of Education gave the University a pat on the back for a range of initiatives and programs, from green building to recycling to tree preservation.

The rain garden between Burke-Hawthorne and Wharton halls features attractive — and functional — landscaping. Vegetation planted in a shallow trough also provides a filter for silt and contaminants in rainwater.

Otherwise, pollutants carried by runoff stream into drainage systems and end up in the Vermilion River.