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Campus Sustainability
Student Organizations:
- Alternative Energy Club
- Emerging Green Builders
- Environmental Law Society, Vanderbilt Law School
- NetImpact, Owen Graduate School of Management (OGSM)
- Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Responsibility (SPEAR)
- Vanderbilt Initiative for Vegetarian Awareness (VIVA)
- Vanderbilt Sierra Club
- Vanderbilt Student Government (VSG) Committee on Environmental Affairs
- VUMC C.A.R.E.S. in the VUMC School of Medicine
- Wilderness Skills (WilSkills)
Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and SustainVU:
SEMO is an umbrella for a variety of campus sustainability initiatives and information, including:- Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO)
- On-campus Sustainability News
- The ThinkOne Energy Conservation Campaign
- Green Building
- Transportation
- Greening Guides
- Sustainability Education Presentation
- VU Greenhouse Gases
- VU 2005-2009 Updated Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
Academic Resources:
- Center for Teaching: Sustainability and Pedagogy
- The Cumberland Project: Great Resource for Sustainability Pedagogy
- Vanderbilt Climate Change Research Network
- Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Earth & Environmental Studies
- Vanderbilt University Law School Environmental Law Program
- Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies
- Vanderbilt Center for Ecology and Spirituality
- Vanderbilt Center for Community Studies
- Vanderbilt Center for Ethics
- Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment
- Vanderbilt Center for Molecular Toxicology
- Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment
- Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
- Vanderbilt University Forum for Research and Teaching of Sustainability
- School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt University
National Campus Sustainability Organizations:
- Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence (C2E2)
- Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association
- National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
- Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HESAC)
- Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
- Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers
- University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
- Second Nature – Education for Sustainability
- Campaign for Environmental Literacy
Campus Initiatives:
- Campus-wide energy conservation initiatives
- Vanderbilt Dining: Eat The World, Save The Earth
- Campus-wide energy-saving initiatives
- The EnergyStar Program
- Find Energy-efficient appliances
- Energy-efficient buildings guide
- U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Energy Review
Web Resources:
- The Story of Stuff Project*
- African American Environmentalist Association*
- Natural Resources Defense Council*
- GreenWorksGov.org*
- EPA: Students for the Environment*
- Flex Your Power*
- The Water Page*
- Facts about Solar Energy*
- Environmental News Network
- E Magazine
- The Ecologist
- Environmental News Wire
- Worldwatch Institute*
- World Resources Institute
- Yale Environment 360
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Reports
- Green Facts
- Wiser Earth
*Researched by 12th Grade Advanced Science Students, Edgewater Charter School at Tri-Mountain Charter School District in Virginia.