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Emory Educational Gardens Project: Cultivating Crops & Community

Posted on August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

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 →

26 ways Emory advances sustainability on campus and around the world

Posted on April 25, 2022May 12, 2022

By Roger Slavens and Ellie Purinton 24C This article originally appeared in the Emory News Center on April 21st, 2022.  Through leadership across Emory University, Emory Healthcare and in the … Continue Reading →

Announcing Emory’s 2022 Virtual Green Networking Series!

Posted on January 28, 2022March 9, 2022

In need of career advice and guidance? Look no further! Emory’s 14th Annual Green Networking opportunities feature  3 career panels and a Green Professionals Directory of 70+ alumni and colleagues working … Continue Reading →

Emory’s Zero Landfill Waste Initiative: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Posted on January 14, 2022January 18, 2022

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 

Posted on December 14, 2021

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 →

Emory partners with Goodr as new waste management provider

Posted on November 16, 2021January 4, 2022

Emory University has partnered with waste management and hunger relief company Goodr as its holistic waste management provider to help achieve the university’s zero landfill waste goal. Starting with pre-consumer composting this … Continue Reading →

Emory Farmers Market, Start:ME give microbusinesses a place to thrive

Posted on October 20, 2021November 22, 2021

By Kelundra Smith On a breezy afternoon, long lines spill out from McDonough Plaza. The smell of fresh food wafts through the air, tempting the palates of passersby. The Emory … Continue Reading →

Campus gardens feed, educate and nourish the Emory community

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

By Raven Crosby, General Sustainability & Gardens Intern, Office of Sustainability Initiatives Tucked into different corners of Emory’s Atlanta campus are eight small communal gardens overflowing with produce, herbs and … Continue Reading →

A woman plays a trumpet while lying on the road as Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers assemble during an operation to arrest protesters manning the Waterfall camp blockade against old growth timber logging in the Fairy Creek area of Vancouver Island. PHOTO BY JENNIFER OSBORNE /REUTERS Source: https://vancouversun.com/news/old-growth-logging-protesters-vow-to-stay-put-at-fairy-creek Jennifer Osbourne (Reuters)

Indigenous Sovereignty & Environmental Justice: From Fairy Creek to Our Own Backyards

Posted on July 27, 2021January 26, 2022

  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 →

Drifting Through the Plastics Crisis: Plastics and Environmental Justice

Posted on July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

By Nithya Narayanaswamy, rising junior at Emory College and Co-Founder of Plastic Free Emory. “Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag,  Drifting through the wind,  Wanting to start again?” … Continue Reading →

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