Emory University
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications

OSI creates and disseminates a weekly electronic newsletter, which updates subscribers about campus and community sustainability events and resources, as well as shares components of the Emory Sustainability Vision and Strategic Plan 2025-2036 and sustainability tips. At the time of submission, the listserv has 2,214 subscribers. The Office of Sustainability Initiatives' Green Offices at Emory and Green Labs at Emory programs have dedicated newsletters that are sent monthly to the 17 offices and 30 labs that are certified under these programs. The Office of Sustainability Initiatives also sends a dedicated newsletter to 127 students, faculty, and staff who are Zero Waste Ambassadors. The newsletter highlights engagement opportunities for the groups, provides updates on campus waste management, and solicits feedback on the waste policy from across the Emory Enterprise. The sustainability website also features a "News & Press" section, which serves as an online compilation of News and Articles related to sustainability efforts led at Emory University, Oxford College, and throughout Emory Healthcare. The website also features an "Events" calendar where campus and community events are compiled for easy promotion. The Office of Sustainability Initiatives is active on Twitter (@EmoryGreen), Facebook (@EmorySustainability), Instagram (@emorysustainability) and LinkedIn (@Emory Office of Sustainability Initiatives) OSI also manages the Instagram account for the Emory Farmers Market (@Emoryfarmersmkt) and has produced a series of vendor profiles posted on OSI’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGYKbXira2KF9I5Q07ippsGw9PKd9ldy5&si=1gDNVrXgdg_sW-0D) 

All LEED-certified buildings at Emory feature a LEED certification plaque. There is also additional signage around campus that highlights particular green features of some of the LEED buildings. In many of our LEED-certified buildings, plaques highlight various green features of the building, including natural lighting and recycled material used in construction. The Office of Sustainability Initiatives has also worked with prominent student, faculty, and staff campus leadership to create lamppost banners on which the leaders share a sustainable action they adopt. These are displayed and rotated on lampposts across the campus. Lamppost banners or other signage also mark the locations of eight educational gardens where students, staff, and faculty can volunteer in exchange for taking home fresh produce. 

https://sustainability.emory.edu/programs/gardens-farming/ The Emory campus also has standardized color-coded signage with clear images and text on all campus recycling, composting, and landfill bins that help campus residents and visitors to sort their waste properly. There is also signage on campus adjacent to stormwater management features like a bioswale or green roof, that explain how the green infrastructure works and how it benefits Emory and our downstream communities. In Emory Dining locations, electronic and handwritten signage indicates from which local farmer or small business menu items have been procured. There is also signage indicating Emory's commitment to purchasing fair trade coffee and tea, as well as to purchasing local, seasonal food.

The Office of Sustainability Initiatives hosts an interactive sustainability map. Using the maps layers, anyone can view the locations of renewable energy installations, meditation, and quiet spaces, LEED and Earthcraft certified buildings, Gardens and the Emory Farmers Market, greenspaces and creeks, green infrastructure, water reuse features, civil rights landmarks, and EV charging stations.

Pocket-sized sustainability maps have been produced and are distributed to new students, staff, and guests during campus events. Every year, during new student orientation in the fall, the Office of Sustainability Initiatives staff lead a one-hour walking tour for all interested students and parents. Upon request, campus sustainability tours to discuss the WaterHub, the Recycling Center, the Educational Gardens, LEED buildings, and Sustainable Food are led for Emory classes, elementary school classes, conferences, and for colleagues from other universities.

https://sustainability.emory.edu/impact/interactive-map/ 

Featured during Orientation but available year-round, OSI updates a Sustainability Guide with versions for undergraduates, graduate students, and those located at Emory’s Oxford campus. https://sustainability.emory.edu/current-and-prospective-students/ https://sustainability.emory.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CollegeSustainabilityGuide2023.pdf 

Sustainability Pledge

Via both orientation and graduation, students are invited to take a Sustainability Pledge to empower students to take actions that contribute to a more sustainable campus and world. https://sustainability.emory.edu/get-involved/sustainability-pledge/ Emory Welcome App OSI produces and updates content for the mobile app used by students as they prepare for and arrive on campus as first-year students. It contains information about campus sustainability practices, as well as ongoing opportunities to engage in sustainability via internships, funding and service opportunities, and more. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/emory-welcome/id6446786112

All data reported in this section are from September 2022-August 2023.