To keep Rice University's appearance up to its high standards, much maintenance must be done on the grounds.  This maintenance results in environmental impacts that we must be aware of.  Impacts were identified which relate to campus grounds maintenance and the wider system the campus is a part of.  It provides some proposals to alleviate some of those impacts as well as improve the appearance of the campus.  The following solutions are proposed: using native species for landscaping, increasing diversity of plants on campus, creating a naturalist guide to campus, and introducing composting.  The report focused on options available for composting.  Many prominent universities that already use composting are detailed.  Rice should follow in these universities' footsteps and become a leader in environmental education with composting in the region.