Sustainability And Environmental Management Office

Lectures scheduled for November 2016 and January and March 2017 will highlight the intersections of human health and environmental sustainability through the common bond of food. Read More

Vanderbilt's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have dropped 11 percent in one year and 27 percent from their 2008 peak, according to an updated inventory of the university’s GHG emissions release by Vanderbilt Facilities. Read More

Rooted Community Health has been named winner of the 2016 Vanderbilt Football Sustainability Competition. Read More

Your group could win a catered VIP tailgate event for 20 people, 20 tickets to the game, an autographed item from Vanderbilt athletics, and on-field recognition at the Vanderbilt vs. Florida football game on Oct. 1. Read More

Celebrate National Farmers’ Market Week Aug. 7–13 by visiting the Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at Vanderbilt Medical Center Plaza, or by checking out one of the many local farmers’ markets in Nashville. Read More

As the thermostat tops out this summer, don’t let your energy use follow the same trend. Read More

Let fireworks be the only thing lighting up the sky this holiday weekend. Read More

Vanderbilt University is recipient of the 2016 Sustainable Transportation Award, presented jointly by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Read More

For the first time, graduating Vanderbilt seniors could recycle their regalia following this year's Commencement. Read More

Animals at the Nashville Zoo and Walden’s Puddle recently enjoyed taking part in a bit of Vanderbilt tradition when the university donated strawberries left over from Commencement to the two organizations. Read More

Hawkins Field, home of Vanderbilt’s national championship baseball team, has replaced all existing High-Intensity Discharge (HID) fixtures on the field with fewer Light-Emitting Diode (LED) fixtures. Read More

Recycling increased by 15 percent from 2014 to 2015, now totaling 8.7 million pounds of materials per year—the same weight as 19 Statues of Liberty. Read More

Just in time for student move out and spring cleaning your office or home, donation and recycling locations on campus will be expanded from April 25 to May 14. Read More

Vanderbilt is now home to a new organization, WalkBike Vanderbilt, which is working to promote a more walkable and bikeable campus. Read More

The lab of Maulik Patel, assistant professor of biological sciences and cell and developmental biology, has been named winner of the 2016 Vanderbilt Basketball Sustainability Competition. Read More

The overall number of cartridges recycled, the recovery rate of cartridges, and donations made from recycling proceeds were at all-time highs in 2015, resulting in donations to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the Susan Gray School, and the Faculty and Staff Hardship Fund. Read More

Vanderbilt Athletics, the Vanderbilt Sustainability and Environmental Management Office and Waste Management, Inc. are looking for the greenest group on campus during this year’s Basketball Athletics Sustainability Competition. Read More

Before you leave campus for the holidays, please take a moment to shut off lights and appliances, unplug electronics and lower thermostats. Read on for more tips on how to make your holidays a little greener this year. Read More

Vanderbilt Web Communications was the winner of this year’s football sustainability competition and was named the “greenest group on campus” for the football season. Read More

In honor of America Recycles Day, celebrated each year on Nov. 15, the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office has some tips for reducing waste and making your holiday season more sustainable. Read More