Ball State University has joined the U.S. Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.  The decade began this year and continues to 2014.  Membership in the Partnership continues a long tradition of involvement in sustainability issues at Ball State that includes hosting the Greening of the Campus Conferences, signing the Talloires Declaration, which commits us to multiple endeavors in pursuit of sustainability, establishing the University Council on the Environment (COTE), establishing the award-winning Clustered Minors in Environmentally Sustainable Practices, and drafting Ball State's Sustainability Statement that has been accepted by all levels of the University hierarchy.  The U.S. Partnership relies on volunteer participation in its various action teams.  These teams support Higher Education, K-12, Youth, Faith, Business, and other communities.  Information about the Partnership is available at http://www.USPartnership.org where anyone may join online.