Invest in a Sustainable UNCG

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Your contribution to the Sustainability Gift Fund is an investment in UNC Greensboro’s future.

At UNCG, our students receive an educational experience that occurs just as much outside of the classroom as it does in one. Our sustainability initiatives play a key role in supporting use of the campus as a teaching laboratory, creating a meaningful link between academics and operations.

If you’ve spent time on campus, you’ve interacted in one way or another with our sustainability initiatives. Chances are you’ve used one of our water bottle refill stations, put an item in a recycling bin, turned on the water with the flick of your wrist, or turned on the lights just by walking into a room. If you’ve eaten in Fountain View dining, you’ve tasted fresh herbs grown in our garden and you’ve participated in our composting program, perhaps without even knowing you were doing so. Or maybe you’ve walked through Peabody Park, our beautiful backyard forest that serves as a research lab for students and faculty in numerous academic departments.

We’ve built 20 USGBC LEED Certified buildings (25% of our total square footage). We’ve been recognized as a Tree Campus by the Arbor Day Foundation and a Bicycle Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists. And we have over 300 courses with a sustainability learning outcome and over 100 faculty conducting research in a sustainability related field.

Just as our individual eco-actions add up to significant impacts, so too will your investment in a sustainable UNCG. Contributions to the Sustainability Gift Fund will pay dividends many times over through energy efficiency savings, resource conservation, and increased awareness and knowledge of environmental issues.

Thank you in advance for your support.