Emory University
Tier2-6: Sustainability Events

Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives hosts an annual Sustainability Speaker Series that is open to Emory students, faculty, staff and community members. Previous guests have included authors Barbara Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Alice Waters, Jay Hakes, Paul Hawken, Steve Sanderson, Jonathan Bloom, and Carlo Petrini. Emory also annually participates in Campus Sustainability Day (October), Arbor Day Celebration and Tree Planting (February) and Earth Day (April), all of which typically feature many events on campus, mostly student-run. Emory’s Sustainable Food Initiative and the Emory Farmer’s Market regularly host events to educate Emory students and community members about sustainable food. Events in 2009-2010 included “Berry Bash", "Tomato Centric" and "Grow Your Own”. Events in 2009 included a chefs lecture series featuring Ann Quatrano, Linton Hopkins, and Scott Peacock. Other sustainability-related events include Green Networking Night, hosted by the Career Center, which brings over 50 representatives of environmental organizations in Atlanta to network with Emory students, as well as movie screenings, etc., which have students as the targeted audience. Lastly, Emory's Wonderful Wednesdays, an Emory student-led tradition that features various student groups in Asbury Circle on Wednesdays from 11am-2pm for social and political activism and other activities, annually features a sustainability-related theme. A list of sustainability-related events can be found on the Office of Sustainability Initiatives website.