Sustainability

Elon’s sixth POWERless energy competition, which encourages students to conserve energy in residential buildings, ended this week.

Community on the Commons not only started the school year off right but was also a great success for sustainability at Elon. This event was planned around the ability to compost or recycle all items provided with the meal.

Zipcar, in partnership with Ford, has announced its "Students with Drive" program where the company will award $300,000 to student groups at Zipcar schools.

With the goal of reducing energy use in residence halls, the competition features prize drawings for students in the most improved buildings.

From today until October 20, 2011 - Elon Zimride is hosting a $50 Visa Gift Card give-a-way.

Elon's Center for Environmental Studies will host the 10th annual Fall Environmental Forum, "A River Runs Through Us," on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011

Monthly themes are new this year to the Office of Sustainability. Each month a new topic will be chosen to concentrate on through our events, advocacy tactics and social media. We are asking students to also help spread the word and educate the others about the monthly theme by participating in events and living out the theme in their daily lives.

The 8th annual Elon University Fall Environmental Forum, a conference for leaders, builders, developers, educators and students “with a vision for a sustainable community,” takes place Oct. 30-31 in McKinnon Hall with some of the biggest names in the regional green economy scheduled to share their experiences.

Zipcar has announced that it will be giving Elon students, faculty and staff a membership discount. New members will receive $10 off their first year Zipcar membership and the hourly rate for Ford vehicles on campus will be reduced by $1 an hour.

For the third consecutive year, the Sierra Club has ranked Elon University one of the nation’s top 100 “greenest universities.” The ranking, published in Sierra’s September/October 2011 magazine recognizes schools in 10 categories that include academics, waste management, energy efficiency, food, purchasing, transportation, financial and other factors.