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UNC Charlotte received an Outstanding Case Study designation from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education for its submission, “Shared Stewardship: Adopt a Spot at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.” The case study was submitted as part of AASHE’s annual Sustainability Achievement Award program.

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UNC Charlotte has been recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a 2025 Tree Campus Higher Education institution. “Trees have the power to inspire learning and improve well-being,” said Michelle Saulnier, vice president of programs at the Arbor Day Foundation. “By growing campus green spaces, forward-thinking higher education leaders like UNC Charlotte are cultivating vibrant […]

April is Earth Month, and UNC Charlotte’s Office of Sustainability has released a full lineup of campus and community events to mark the occasion. Students, faculty and staff are invited to take part in signature traditions such as the Earth Day Festival, Campus Beautification Day and Student Garden Day. “Earth Month provides an important opportunity […]

Over spring break, Bill Garcia, senior lecturer in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, and Department Chair Sara Gagné, led a nine-day journey across Kenya, exploring cutting-edge conservation practices in Nairobi and the greater Serengeti-Maasai Mara ecosystem. “For our students, this course was a transformative experience, connecting classroom concepts to real-world conservation efforts,” said Garcia. […]

The College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences (CHESS) is introducing a new minor in sustainability within the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, launching in fall 2026. Drawing from the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Global Council for Science and the Environment (GSCE), the minor will encourage students to think critically and creatively about the world’s […]

Facilities management is adding two new leaders to its leadership team. Chad Carwein has been appointed campus sustainability officer, and Kent Reid has been named senior director of planning, design, and construction and university architect. Both appointments take effect March 23. Carwein joins UNC Charlotte with more than a decade of experience advancing sustainability in […]

Learn about solutions to combat food waste and insecurity at the spring Student Sustainability Summit, from 5:45 to 7:45 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, in EPIC Building, Room 3222.  The theme of this semester’s summit, sponsored by the Student Government Association and UNC Charlotte’s Office of Sustainability, is food circularity. Guest speakers from Chartwells and the […]

Fushcia Ann-Hoover, assistant professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, spends a lot of time thinking about humans’ relationship to the planet.  A former postdoctoral fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Hoover also served as a Harvard-Salata Climate Justice Fellow. For five years at UNC Charlotte, she has encouraged students to […]

Logan David, a junior civil engineering major, has made sustainability a core part of his UNC Charlotte experience. Growing up in a small town, environmental stewardship was always important to David, and moving to an urban University has only magnified that sense of responsibility.  For nearly three years, he has worked for the Office of […]