Captain Planet visits campus as part of Earth Day festivities.
Students, faculty and staff have an opportunity to be part of Georgia Tech’s “Green Buzz.” Whether you choose to carpool or recycle your office paper, Georgia Tech supports involvement in green efforts.
Many campus leaders have already forged a path to involvement. Please join them in their quest to create a greener, more sustainable Georgia Tech. Below are many involvement opportunities. For information about research opportunities, visit our Research page.
If you are already involved in environmental sustainability efforts, we want to hear from you. Please e-mail your information about classes, programs, research, activities, events and efforts to greenbuzz@gatech.edu.
Student Organizations:
Students Organizing for Sustainability
Run grassroots campaigns on a wide range of environmental, political, and social issues in order to promote the greater goal of building a more sustainable campus, community, and world.
Solar Jackets
Solar racing competition club established to explore alternative energy design.
Starter Bikes
Collaboration with the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition that offers free bike maintenance and low-cost used bikes to the Tech community.
Association of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
Environmental Engineering student organization.
Engineers for a Sustainable World
Promotes engineering that fosters environmental, social and economic sustainability to develop sustainable solutions for local, regional and national problems.
Trailblazers
Promote appreciation for trail adventure and exploration, motivating participants to work towards enhancing and conserving the trail network that exists across the country.
Student Government Association
Actively advocates sustainability and student involvement in campus sustainability.
Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
Plan, design, and implement sustainable technology solutions.
Mobilizing Opportunity for Volunteer Experience (MOVE)
Organizes environmentally-oriented service opportunities for Tech students including landscaping, park cleanup and construction.
Campus Events:
TEAM Buzz
Annual one-day service event drawing the Tech community together to improve the Metro-Atlanta area and inspire a passion for community service.
Tech Beautification Day
Annual day of service in which Georgia Tech students, alumni, faculty and staff unite to beautify the campus and surrounding community.
Business Plan Competition
Business plan competition that includes a special award for sustainability.
Earth Day and Think Green Week
Celebration takes place annually on the Georgia Tech campus.
Gameday Recycling
Celebration takes place annually on the Georgia Tech campus.
Services:
Zimride
Social carpool matching service exclusive to the Georgia Tech community.
Zipcar
Car sharing service that offers hourly rentals to run errands or make short trips for those without a car on campus.
viaCycle
Bike share program started by Tech alumni enabling those with a BuzzCard to check out a bicycle around campus for short periods of time.
Bike GT
Online resource for all things bicycle-related at Georgia Tech, organized by the Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Committee (BIIC).