Sustainability

Presented by Frau Fiber’s archivist and biographer, Carole Frances Lung.  
Lung will present 10 years of Frau Fiber’s persistence, encouraging the visitors, residents and citizens of America to exchange their leisure time for personal production of textile and apparel goods.

Emancipate yourself from the global garment industry by learning how to alter, mend and make your own garments and accessories!

Robert Bullard, described as the father of environmental justice, delivers an Earth Day lecture titled "Climate Change as a Human Rights Issue: Why Equity Matters" in McKinnon Hall, Moseley Center at 7:30 p.m.

The City of Greensboro's Operation Bed Roll, in which Elon Law students are assisting, removes plastic bags from the waste stream and transforms them into bed rolls for the homeless.

Your ideas, class projects or research can contribute to sustainability at Elon, even after you’ve graduated.

These faculty scholars will be provided with relevant sustainability resources and pedagogies through a variety of unique opportunities such as speakers, workshops, field trips, and article or book discussions.

John Replogle, president and CEO of the household and personal care products company, will be speaking at Elon about the power of business leaders to drive positive change. 

The City of Burlington Water Resources Department will be hosting a clean up at Little Alamance Creek on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. - noon.

The 2016 Sustainable Campus Index is a publication of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education and highlights innovative and high-impact initiatives from 124 colleges and universities that submitted a STARS report.

The university has been named repeatedly to the list by the environmental organization, which looks at sustainability practices, carbon footprints and recycling efforts.