At Carolina, faculty, staff and students are seeking and creating solutions to address the effects of climate change and seek environmental justice. Students also learn about and practice sustainability through field sites, organizations, internships, coursework and research in the field and in the lab.
With an eye toward the future, pan-University teams are thinking strategically about water conservation, waste management and building designs. Keep scrolling to learn more about these efforts.
The University brings technological advancements to energy operations, decreasing carbon emissions and pushing forward its transition from fossil fuels. The University’s Climate Action Plan enables the UNC Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Carolina to link campus operations with schools, departments and centers.
Carolina is aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. These statistics illustrate the University’s progress in sustainability.
At the center’s Chapel Hill headquarters, more than 100 researchers work to turn sunlight into methanol.
See climate’s impact on algae to zoos in Carolina Digital Repository’s curation of open access articles.
The Data-Driven EnviroLab will track and predict extreme heat, often fatal to people in low-income urban areas.
Lawns and stormwater ponds remove nitrogen and improve water quality, a Carolina study says.
The first satellite to measure Earth’s surface water launched late last year, and Tamlin Pavelsky’s team is verifying its data.
Students at UNC Outer Banks Field Site research how artificial light at night affects wildlife.
What started as an extra credit opportunity grew into a club who has fun keeping Carolina clean.
In the mountains, coastline and cities in North Carolina and even the tropical rain forests of Thailand, undergraduates at the UNC Institute for the Environment’s field sites have a semester-long opportunity to explore real-world issues.
Improving water usage in the craft beer industry is the focus of a UNC Environmental Finance Center project.
A 2017 restoration has made this water-centric outdoor space an environmentally friendly place to see spring in bloom and maybe glimpse an otter or “KP” the turtle.
Since 2018, the program has helped 466 students explore careers in environment and sustainability.
Three of the 15 Institute for the Environment interns share what excites them about clean technology.
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