Sustainability Employee Resource Group

Are you interested in living a more sustainable lifestyle? Would you like to help create a more sustainable work environment? The Sustainability Employee Resource Group aims to inform and support employees interested in creating a more sustainable workplace.

Spring 2025 Schedule

Sustainability ERG – Design Thinking for Sustainability – Tuesday, February 11th, 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Center for Design Thinking (Elon Town Center)

In this Design Thinking workshop, participants will explore the intersection of personal and professional sustainability through the design thinking process. Working collaboratively, we’ll tackle the question: ‘How might we foster personal and professional sustainable behavior change on an individual level to drive systems change?’. This event will be held in the Center for Design Thinking, which is on the third floor of Elon Town Center (above Pandora’s). Lunch will be provided for registered attendees.

Sustainability ERG – Haw River Clean-Up-A-Thon – Friday, March 14th, 1:00-5:00 p.m. in Lakeside 212

Use your Elon University Volunteer Hours to help clean up Alamance County! Join the Sustainability ERG for the 35th Annual Haw River Clean-Up-A-Thon to pick up litter along the Swepsonville River. All necessary equipment and transportation will be provided, and we will return to campus by 5:00 p.m. All are welcome, whether this is your first or twentieth time attending a Sustainability ERG! Lunch will be provided promptly at 1:00 p.m., and this event is limited to the first 23 registrants.

Sustainability ERG- Tree Walk – Tuesday, April 8, 12-1 p.m. – Location TBD

Join Elon’s Arborists Wendy Williams and Terry Rogers to learn more about the trees on Elon’s campus.

Participants are eligible to participate in the Sustainability Mini Grant Program. Details below.

Sustainability Mini Grant Program

The Sustainability Mini Grant Program provides $100 – $1,000 to support small projects which promote sustainable practices within departments/offices. Two example projects are purchasing reusable service ware for break rooms and an initial purchase of coffee pod recycling kits.

To be eligible to apply, departments must have a member who has attended at least two Sustainability Employee Resource Group meetings within an academic year. The Request for Project Funds Form must be submitted by that member with approval from their supervisor.

Office of Sustainability staff review requests for funds on a rolling basis. Funds are distributed on a first come, first serve basis. The maximum amount any single department is able to receive during a fiscal year is $1,500.

Request for Project Funding Form

Funds will be awarded based on application quality, project feasibility and impact on sustainability at Elon. Funding will only be awarded for one-time expenses and will not be awarded for recurring operational expenses.