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Led by the Office of Sustainability, a May program designed to keep clean and working items out of landfills as students leave campus helped local charities like Goodwill and Habitat for Humanity.

The decision to remodel and reduce the amount of paper used resulted in a savings of time and money.

The university has been recognized for the fifth year in a row as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada.

Dr. Sandra Steingraber, author of the critically acclaimed "Living Downstream: An Ecologists’ Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment," visits the university on April 22 to share details and insights from her book.

Workers spent Tuesday morning planting a tree in a campus grove known as Under the Oaks after a winter ice storm last month led to the removal of a tree that predated ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's founding.

Earth Week is April 22 - 26! Join us in celebrating the Earth and leading more sustainable lives! Check out Dining's Earth Week Events calendar.

Several student organizations and departments have partnered to host programs that run through April 26, 2014, in celebration of Earth Week and the university's commitment to sustainability & the environment.

Log your commute once during April and be eligible to win a Kindle Fire HD, Amazon Gift Cards, or Starbucks Gift Cards.

 

The equivelant of 16 homes in North Carolina could have been powered for a month with the electricity saved by students living on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's campus in a recent contest that challenged residence halls to cut back on energy use.