Sustainability

Just a short walk from the center of Furman’s main campus is a place where students, faculty, and community members can contribute directly to our university’s sustainability goals. In addition to being a place where we can grow our own food, Furman Farm is also a classroom, a gathering place,...Read more

Furman University has received two Green Globes for the renovation of South Housing residence hall, McGlothlin+Poteat. The Green Globes honor is a program of the Green Building Initiative, a nonprofit that promotes sustainable, healthy and resilient buildings through education, standards and certification programs. McGlothlin+Poteat, a hall that houses first-year students,...Read more

Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of the best-selling nonfiction book “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants,” will deliver the inaugural address for the Furman Humanities Center Distinguished Lecture Series on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 6:45 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus....Read more

Furman University is working with Topsoil Kitchen and Market to host a dinner incorporating ingredients indigenous to the area and celebrating sustainable food. The Three Sisters Dinner is a partnership between the Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities and Travelers Rest farm-to-table restaurant Topsoil. The dinner is at 6:30 p.m....Read more

Furman University’s sustainability initiatives earned it the top spot among all baccalaureate institutions in the 2025 Sustainable Campus Index, produced by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). Each year, AASHE uses the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System data platform to rank institutions through its...Read more

People tour the Furman Solar Farm. Photo: WSPA On sunny days, the more than 2,000 solar panels located in a field across fromRead more

Furman University’s Ken Kolb has been named to the American Sociological Association’s Inaugural Policy Outreach Fellowship. The fellowship aims to strengthen connections between ASA and legislative offices, think tanks and other leaders who shape public policy. One of 10 fellows, Kolb is chair and professor of the Department...Read more

A study commissioned by Habitat for Humanity and the Urban League of the Upstate reveals the historically Black Sterling Community in Greenville, South Carolina, is losing many properties to LLCs and corporate entities. Longtime residents, nearly half of them renters, are at risk of losing their homes due to spiraling...Read more

With their fishing rods in hand, the students of Mike Winiski’s “Fly Fishing and River Conservation” MayX course become one with nature. Their rods and lines whoosh and whistle through the breeze – 2 and 10, 2 and 10 – and plop a fly into the burbling river. Their...Read more

Stella Frisbie ’25 and Molly McCutcheon ’24 are all about positive change through peer to peer sustainability education! We sat down with Stella and Molly to talk to them about their work on Furman’s campus as...Read more