Duke University
Tier2-1: Student Group

There are two main student groups at Duke University actively involved in campus sustainability. Environmental Alliance (EA) is an undergraduate student group committed to promoting the implementation of sustainable practices at Duke University (http://www.duke.edu/web/env_alliance/aboutus.html). Through organization, advocacy, and outreach, this organization strives to make Duke a model campus for environmental stewardship. EA's mission is to support and defend the environmental values in the campus community and beyond. This group’s goal is to minimize the university's ecological footprint on the planet through the implementation of sustainable practices on Duke's campus and in Durham.

The Duke University Greening Initiative (DUGI) is a primarily graduate student organization (http://web.duke.edu/greening/mission.html). While the organization is project-based, it focuses on projects that will further the institutionalization of sustainability at Duke. Recognizing that in a volunteer organization equal ownership is vital, DUGI operates on a non-hierarchical, consensus basis.

In addition to EA and DUGI, there are a number of other student groups at Duke focused on sustainability, including the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s Green Team, Student Environment Sustainability Committee, Honeypatch, Farmhand, REMEDY, Business and the Environment Club, Environmental Law Society, Net Impact, Green Wave, WOODS, Duke Community Garden, and Duke Bike Advocates.