Green Week 2023

September 4 – 9, 2023

Green Week empowers the Trojan community to engage in sustainability-focused behaviors and activities. 

Want to learn how to live more sustainably, or check out USC’s progress in achieving our sustainability goals? Green Week offers plenty of opportunities to make connections, attend events, and learn more about advancing sustainability on our campuses.

Green Week is just one of the many initiatives that support Assignment: Earth, USC’s sustainability framework for creating a healthy, just and thriving campus and world.

Events

News

A guide to USC Green Week 2023

The Office of Sustainability has a week full of events planned for Trojans to celebrate and learn more about sustainability on campus.

USC’s new Sustainability Hub set to open Wednesday

The grand opening of the Sustainability Hub will create a multi-purpose space for students interested in sustainable solutions.

USC’s first Sustainability Solutions postdocs help shape a greener future

GREEN WEEK: Early career researchers are ready to tackle challenging environmental problems through interdisciplinary work.

Join a Student Organization

There is a growing list of sustainability-oriented student organizations for you to join at USC. Explore a myriad of topics and meet like-minded individuals!

Get a Discount

Little changes can make a big impact. Sign our digital pledge to make sustainable changes to your daily routine and get 10% off a reusable water bottle from the USC Bookstore.

Join the USC Sustainability Slack Workspace

Find Your Community and Apply for Funding

EH Matters 2-Year Undergraduate Research Internship Program: EH MATTERS offers USC undergraduate students from under-represented groups a paid, two-year, three-semester per year internship (Summer/Fall/Spring) to build capacity of diverse students to engage in environmental health sciences and community health disparities research. Rising sophomores and juniors are encouraged to apply.  

USC Arts and Climate Collective: Join a community of students who are passionate about using the arts, media, and culture to address environmental justice and climate change.

Five circular headshots of Sustainability Solutions Fellows surrounding the Assignment: Earth logo

Postdoctoral Fellowships for Sustainability Solutions: The program aims to accelerate sustainability research; train future leaders in academia, government and non-governmental organizations, and industry; and support discovery, evaluation, and implementation of innovative solutions to sustainability problems.

USC Sustainability Hub: The Hub is a multi-use gathering space for the USC community to collaborate around sustainability solutions. It’s also the home of Assignment: Earth,  USC’s sustainability framework for a healthy, just and thriving campus and world.

Learn about Assignment: Earth as explained by USC Chief Sustainability Officer Mick Dalrymple on the USC Eco Alarm Podcast

View Highlights from USC’s Sustainability Literacy and Culture Survey

Completed by USC students, postdocs, faculty, and staff, the survey assessed knowledge of and participation in a culture of sustainability within the university. See the results.

Customize Your Zoom With Assignment: Earth Virtual Backgrounds

Download Zoom backgrounds (USC NetID required)

Join the Conversation on Social Media with #USCsustainability