By Gabe Samuels, General Sustainability Intern, Office of Sustainability Initiatives In early August of 2020, a group of environmental activists flocked to a temperate forest known as the Fairy … Continue Reading →
Youth Advocates for Climate Activism Leading Resistance Movements
By: Kelly Li, General Sustainability Intern, Office of Sustainability Initiatives In the final week of Climate Awareness Month, OSI recognizes youth climate activists that are serving our society and … Continue Reading →
Global and Local Women Leading Decades of Climate Action
By: Kristin Kuwada, Communications & Marketing Intern, Office of Sustainability Initiatives During Women’s History and Climate Awareness Month, we are humbly learning about the work of less often recognized, seasoned … Continue Reading →
A Stranger in Your Own House
By: Eden Yonas, General Sustainability Intern, Office of Sustainability Initiatives We thrive off of common experiences; experiences that validate our identity and our being. That is why culture, particularly the … Continue Reading →
Emory Formally Recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Today, for the first time, Emory University is officially recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We have been called upon today and every day to acknowledge, honor and respect the land on … Continue Reading →
Environmental Justice July Blog Series – Blog #2
Introduction to EJ History in the U.S. By: Thora Middleton, Office of Sustainability Initiatives Intern, July 2020 The EJ movement rose up along with the Civil Rights Movement of the … Continue Reading →
Statement of Solidarity
Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives is reflecting on and mourning Tony McDade, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many others whose names we do and don’t know but whose … Continue Reading →