Emory University
Tier2-1: Student Group

Emory has a number of student organizations that work on issues related to sustainability. The Student Sustainability Forum is an umbrella organization comprised of student leaders from sustainability-related organizations, student publications, and student government associations which helps to coordinate and build awareness about sustainability efforts across the various schools of the university. Emory Environmental Alliance is the primary undergraduate environmental group that emerged from the former Ecoseac and works closely with the Office of Sustainability Initiatives to effect both institutional and societal change. Though attending more to environmental issues, its interests include the full range of the "triple bottom line." Slow Food Emory is an organization that promotes “good, clean, and fair food” on campus through eating and cooking together, discussing food access and production issues, educating peers to think critically about their food and its origins, and other activities that reconnect us with the pleasure of eating and the unquantifiable value of food. Emory Conservation Organization (ECO) raises awareness among Emory students as well as members of the Atlanta community regarding the loss of biodiversity worldwide and promotes conservation of the delicate and complex ecosystems that sustain life on earth. MetroVision is a community outreach organization that tutors juveniles at the MetroVision juvenile detention center in Atlanta at least once a week. The group's goal is to motivate juvenile offenders to become successful once they are released back into the community by allowing them to express their creativity and by making them aware of societal issues that they have the opportunity to impact. EUGHO (Emory Undergraduate Global Health Organization) serves to provide information and opportunities for student action concerning international health issues. EUGHO tries to enlighten students about graduate opportunities in the field of global health that reach beyond the obvious public health school options. EUGHO participates in volunteer opportunities both on and off campus with EGHO, Emory's graduate school global health organization. These activities include Quilt on the Quad, World AIDS day, Medshare International, health walks, and educational trips to the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and the Carter Center. The Emory Global Health Organization is a graduate student organization based at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH). The group seeks to engage in issues of global health outside the classroom by organizing community service events, advocacy campaigns and networking opportunities. The Goizueta Energy Group (GEG) is dedicated to educating and involving members of the business school community with the traditional and non-traditional energy markets. GEG is not only interested in oil and coal, but the entire vast and growing list of energy sources in this world, including sources of alternative energy. Through club meetings and guest speakers from the energy industry, the goal is to increase awareness on the constant evolution of this dynamic sector and how it relates to economic, geopolitical, and other kinds of developments across the globe. Net Impact Goizueta is an international nonprofit organization with an Emory Chapter, whose mission is to inspire, educate, and equip individuals to use the power of business to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world. Net Impact members are current and emerging leaders in CSR, social entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, international development, and environmental sustainability who are actively improving the world. REHAC (Rollins Environmental Health and Action Committee) is a student-run organization at the Rollins School of Public Health that advocates reducing pollutants, pathogens, and physical hazards and promotes a harmonious relationship with nature. They seek to improve and protect our living and working environment through locally-focused and collaborative education, action and reaction. REHAC maintains an organic food garden and has created a Sustainable Food subcommittee that organizes food-related education activities, collects consumer preferences on sustainability for the new green café opening at Rollins, and organized a CSA drop off point. CORE (Conserving Oxford's Resources and Energy) is an Oxford College's student organization focused on sustainability related issues. CORE maintains strong ties with the faculty's ad-hoc sustainability group, the Sustainability Committee. At the beginning of each semester, the committee sets at least one relevant and attainable goal that is used as one measure of success throughout the semester. The organization has four sub-committees on Recycling, Invasive Plants, Food, and PR. There are also the following sustainability related groups on campus: College Council Ad-Hoc Environmental Task Force, Environmental Law & Conservation Society, Outdoor Emory, Nourish International, SGA Sustainability Committee, Students for Progressive Transit, and the Wilderness Medical Society.