OVERVIEW
ON CAMPUS
Residence Halls & Apartments
Whether you live on campus or off, the actions you take within your room or apartment can be greatly beneficial to the environment.
Living Spaces | Bathroom | Laundry Room |
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Campus Transportation
By utilizing forms of public and zero emission transportation you can easily reduce your carbon footprint significantly. According to the EPA, 27% of greenhouse gas emissions in the US are linked to transportation. Learn More
Ride a Bike | Take Public Transit | Commute Sustainably |
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Dining Halls & Restaurants
At Tech Dining, we provide a delicious and sustainable dining experience by reducing our carbon foot print through sustainable operations and waste management, partnering with sustainability champions in our community, and increasing the availability of local, plant-based, and ethically-produced offerings across campus. Whether you are enjoying a meal at one of our three all-you-care-to-eat dining halls, or picking up a meal to bring back to your dorm, we invite you to join us in making thoughtful, sustainable choices as you dine at Georgia Tech.
Reduce Waste | Eat Well | Get Involved |
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Waste & Recycling
Throughout campus you will see a variety of infrastructure to help you recycle, compost, and otherwise reduce the amount of materials the campus sends to landfills. Take some time to familiarize yourself with accepted recycling steams, and look for great ways to donate and receive second-hand products.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle |
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Health & Well-Being
Spending time in nature has proven so effective at reducing anxiety and increasing happiness that doctors in some countries prescribe it as a part of patient treatment, but time in nature also reminds people of nature's intrinsic value and inspires feelings of connectedness to other people and the world, which increases their desire to protect it.
Physical Wellbeing | Mental Wellbeing | Social Wellbeing | Environmental Wellbeing | ||||
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IN THE CLASSROOM
Coursework
Georgia Tech offers more than 100 courses with an emphasis in sustainability in every college, making it possible for every student to incorporate sustainability into their education.Varied and numerous in nature, the educational aspects of Georgia Tech's commitment to environmental sustainability reflect our promise to produce the technological leaders of the future.
- Graduate and Undergraduate Program in Architecture
- Graduate and Undergraduate Program in Industrial Design
- Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning
- Graduate Program in Building Construction
- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Graduate Program in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources
- Graduate and Undergraduate Program in Environmental Engineering
- Graduate Program in Structural Materials, Mechanics and Engineering
- Graduate Program in Transportation Systems Engineering
- H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- School of Literature, Media, and Communication
- School of Public Policy
- Doctoral Program in Public Policy (Ph.D.)
- Graduate and Undergraduate Program in industrial and systems engineering
- Specialization in Environmental Policy
- Specialization in Energy Policy
- Graduate Program in Public Policy (MSPP)
- Undergraduate Program in Public Policy (BSPP)
Serve-Learn-Sustain
Serve-Learn-Sustain (SLS) is a campus-wide academic initiative working with all six colleges to offer students opportunities inside and outside the classroom to collaborate with diverse partners – across the community, non-profit, government, academic, and business sectors – on key sustainability challenges. Through SLS, students use the knowledge and skills they are acquiring at GT to help create sustainable communities.
Serve-Learn-Sustain core programs include:
Serve-Learn-Sustain Courses include:
IN THE LAB - SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH
Georgia Tech’s research initiatives in energy and sustainable infrastructure focus on a broad range of challenges involving energy production, conversion, and efficiency; water resource management; infrastructure development; and the issues associated with a changing climate. The Institute’s graduate and undergraduate student researchers collaborate with faculty members on energy and sustainable infrastructure research initiatives.
Sustainability Related Research Centers:
- Center for Biologically Inspired Design (CBID)
- Center for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS)
- Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies (FC/BT)
- Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
- Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE)
- Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD)
- Georgia Water Resources Institute
- Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship
- Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)
- National Electric Energy Testing, Research, and Applications Center (NEETRAC)
- Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business
- Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)
- Severe Storms Research Center (SSRC)
- Specialty Separations Center (Green Chemistry)
IN THE COMMUNITY - AROUND ATLANTA
- Eat from a local plant-based restaurant (click here to view a list created by Veggie Jackets of vegan or vegan-friendly restaurants in Atlanta)
- Join a sustainability-related network such as RCE Greater Atlanta and/or Global Growers Network.
- Interested individuals can also remain up-to-date with sustainability news and initiatives by signing up to the RCE Greater Atlanta Google Group here.
- Join an action-oriented organization such as the Climate Reality Project and/or Citizens Climate Lobby.
- Participate in one of the City of Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office of Resilience initiatives such as the Sustainability Ambassadors program.
- Volunteer with a community-based non-profit organization such as Trees Atlanta and/or the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance.
TAKE ACTION
- Connect withthe Office of Campus Sustainability.
- Join our email list
- Follow us on Instagram
- Join the Eco-Reps. Georgia Tech’s Eco-Reps program supports Resident Advisors in promoting, teaching, and exemplifying sustainable practices to on-campus residents. Eco-Reps are empowered to plan events and create targeted campaigns to support the achievement of Institute level sustainability goals in residence halls.
- Join theStudent Sustainability Advisory Council. The Office of Campus Sustainability’s Student Sustainability Advisory Council is a group of 10 to 15 students whoadvise Georgia Tech on campus wide sustainability initiatives, advance programming, and meet with campusleadership.
- Joina sustainabilityfocusedstudentorganization. There are many student organizations at Georgia Tech focused on sustainability who actively work towards goals within all levels of sustainable practices. Group efforts on campus range from raising awareness and organizing accessible events, to the application of science, technology, engineering, and policy to service opportunities and grand challenges locally and abroad.
- Take a sustainability themed campus tour or of theKendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.
- The Office of Campus Sustainability offers both self-guided and guided sustainability tours.
- Volunteer for Game Day Recycling.
- When in-person athletics events are back in full force, the Game Day Recycling Volunteer Program will be too! Visit this page for more information when that time comes around.