No Confetti ECU
Note: this article was originally published last year. While the relevancy and impact of confetti on ECU's campus has not changed, the students referred to as "seniors" in this...
SustainECU Archives
Mending March
Mending has become a bit of a lost art through the 20th and into the 21st century. While keeping things in good condition and fixing items when they broke used...
Keeping Our Furry Friends Sustainable
When it comes to leading a sustainable lifestyle and including your friends and family as much as possible, pets are often left behind. It's understandable, we think of our animals...
Sustainable Valentine’s Day
People often think about Valentine's Day as a holiday to celebrate with the people you love, whether that's romantically or platonically. This year, we invite you to consider expanding your...
Princeville
Have you heard of Princeville? In 1865, a settlement of former slaves who left plantations to join the Union troops was established as Freedom Hill, making it the oldest Black-chartered...
Sustainability 2023 Year in Review
The ECU Sustainability Program had quite a year in 2023. Here are some of our most notable accomplishments: Service Opportunities Hosted 8 volunteer workdays at the Greenville Community Garden and...
ECDOI is Green Office Certified!
The ECU Sustainability Program is happy to announce the most recent office to earn the Green Office Certification: ECU Diabetes and Obesity Institute (ECDOI). Our Green Office Certification is earned...
Green New Year’s Resolutions
Living sustainably is something that we must continuously recommit to. Between being surrounded by advertisements for products that are usually not very sustainable, updates to information, science, and technology that...
Positive Climate Action of Stardust Startups North Carolina
This article was originally published as “Courage Investing: The Positive Climate Action of Stardust Startups North Carolina.” Read the full Stardust blog article by Julia Enright In 2022, a video...
ECU’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Understanding current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a necessary step towards developing goals for lowering future GHG emissions and strategies to combat global climate change. There have been numerous changes in...