Applications are now open for this year’s Piedmont Project Faculty Workshop on May 14 & 15, 2025. The Piedmont Project brings together faculty from all of Emory’s schools and colleges to … Continue Reading →
Emory faculty engage in interdisciplinary sustainability program
By Kendra Ding, OSI Fellow Surrounded by tulip poplars, loblolly pines and beech trees, the Luce Center served as an inspiring backdrop for the 2024 Piedmont Project and its sister program the … Continue Reading →
Move Out Review
Every spring at Emory, you will see donation kiosks and trucks placed across campus in preparation for our students moving out at the end of the academic year. The “Don’t … Continue Reading →
Farms Fund
According to the Atlanta Community Food Bank, one in nine Georgia residents faces food insecurity. Emory University outlined a goal in its Sustainability Vision and Strategic Plan to expand sustainable … Continue Reading →
2024 Emory Lab Freezer Challenge Contestants
Congratulations to the participants of Emory University’s 2024 Lab Freezer Challenge: Priya D’Souza — Barr & Ryan Lab Muna Ahmad — Sudmeier Lab Nadia Aziz — Quave Lab Zeel H. … Continue Reading →
The Importance of a Pollinator Garden
A pollinator garden attracts pollinator species such as bees, moths, and hummingbirds with plants that provide pollen and nectar. Pollination plays an essential role in maintaining our ecosystem. Without pollinators, … Continue Reading →
The Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail
The Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail is a program inspired by the late Rosalynn Carter to increase the habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators. Though the organization began in Plains, … Continue Reading →
Emory Educational Gardens Project: Cultivating Crops & Community
By Morgan Finch, Gardens & General Sustainability Intern, Office of Sustainability Initiatives As you walk through campus, you may notice the lush greenery of one of Emory’s educational gardens. Eight … Continue Reading →
Emory’s Zero Landfill Waste Initiative: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Since the 1990s, Emory University has been enhancing and streamlining its landfill waste diversion efforts. In 2017 and 2018, the University made sweeping changes across the Oxford and Atlanta campuses … Continue Reading →
Zero Waste Ambassador Blog: Individual Choices in Food Waste Reduction
By: Julia Marquis, current first year at Emory pursuing a BS in environmental science During my transition to Emory’s campus this fall as a first-year student, I have been … Continue Reading →