Greek Goes Green


Leading by example

Greek Goes Green leverages passion, commitment, and leadership among UGA's Greek organizations to create an increasingly just and sustainable campus and community. Participants report progress in community service, racial unity, resource conservation, and innovation to become recognized as official UGA Green Chapters. Follow Greek Goes Green on Instagram to stay updated on the program.

Two young women smile while one hands a tray of fresh vegetables to the other in a doorway labeled UGA Food Pantry
Here, the Office of Sustainability UGArden intern delivers fresh produce to the Panhellenic-run Student Food Pantry in the Tate Student Center.

 

What is Greek Goes Green?

The UGA Greek Goes Green certification process is inspired by both the Triple Bottom Line and B Corp certification. Greek Chapters strive to find the perfect harmony of being economically, environmentally, and socially responsible. Underneath this structure, there are yearly established Pillars, each loosely representing a sphere of the triple bottom line, but all connecting back to protecting the planet. The 2022-2023 pillars of Greek Goes Green Certification are Cans, Clothes, and Community. 

The Three C’s : 

Our focus this semester is the three C’s: Cans (reducing waste), Clothes (slowing down fast fashion - encouraging clothing swaps and sales), and Community ( collaborative events, social events, and more)

 

Cans: 

You will be competing to turn the most items into the recycling facility. They will pay you for your cans! I will send out an instructional document on how to do this. The house to collect and recycle the most cans per capita will receive a prize. When you turn in your cans to the recycling facility, ask for a receipt, and submit it to me via google form. There will be an active leaderboard showing which houses have turned in the most cans. 


If you are a house that does not produce very much can waste, let me know and I can partner you with a house that does (there are a lot of frats that do not have sustainability coordinators and I am sure they would appreciate it if you collected their cans). Also, feel free to develop partnerships on your own. 


Clothes:

We want to slow down the fashion cycle and encourage shopping second hand. Do clothing swaps, sales, and more. Also, attend these events. Don’t forget to document the events you host and attend with pictures. 

Ideas: date night clothing swap, big little box swap, holiday swap, ect.

Community:

It is critical that we create spaces for students to learn about sustainability, and also the sustainability coordinators should know each other. Community events are intended to encourage connection, opportunity for growth/learning/fun, and engagement. Points will be rewarded to houses who both attend and host community events. Greek Goes Green will host some for you, but if you host your own, you can get double points. 

 

Greek's Most Green Award Winners 2022-2023

Greek's Most Green Award logo

The Greek's Most Green Award winners earned the highest number of points in the subsequent categories of Cans, Clothes, and Community.

Cans

Alpha Gamma Rho

Clothes

Alpha Phi

Community

Delta Phi Epsilon

Congratulations to UGA's Official Green Chapters 2020-2021

Certified Green Chapters demonstrate leadership, commitment, and innovation by implementing positive social and environmental practices.

Greek Goes Green Official Green Chapter logo

Panhellenic Sororities

  • Alpha Chi Omega
  • Alpha Delta Pi
  • Alpha Gamma Delta
  • Alpha Omicron Pi
  • Alpha Phi
  • Chi Omega
  • Delta Delta Delta
  • Delta Phi Epsilon
  • Gama Phi Beta
  • Kappa Alpha Theta
  • Kappa Kappa Gamma
  • Pi Beta Phi
  • Sigma Delta Tau
  • Sigma Kappa
  • Zeta Tau Alpha

IFC Fraternities

  • Alpha Gamma Rho
  • Beta Theta Pi
  • Chi Psi
  • Phi Delta Theta
  • Sigma Chi
  • Sigma Nu
  • Tau Epsilon Phi

Multicultural, Business, & Service Organizations

  • Alpha Kappa Psi

  • Alpha Sigma Rho Sorority, Inc.

  • Delta Sigma Pi

 

 

 

 


 

GreeGreeks Go Green Can recycling - Leaderboard

 


 

Green Chapter Scorecard

Use this assessment tool to see where your chapter is doing well and where you need improvement. Chapters that submit a final scorecard at the end of the academic year are reviewed for official Green Chapter designation. The highest scoring chapter will receive a prize to support their selected philanthropy. 

Certification Rubric

Professional & Service Sororities

Alpha Kappa Psi: Sophia Aiken

Delta Kappa Epsilon: Zach Donegan

Delta Sigma Pi: Jean-Luc Mohele

Gamma Sigma Sigma: Annaliese Poliner

MCG Chapters

Alpha Sigma Rho Sorority, Inc.:  Michelle Zhu & Anna Zheng

Panhellenic Sororities

Alpha Chi Omega: Rachel Dickson

Alpha Delta Pi: Margot Murphy

Alpha Gamma Delta: Emily Ezratty

Alpha Omicron Pi: Ramey Sayler and Elizabeth Powers

Alpha Phi: Carson McAfee and Sadie Race 

Chi Omega: Molly Mulhern and Kait Garcia 

Delta Delta Delta: Callie Heckman and Hailey Louckas

Delta Gamma: Ally Reynolds

Delta Phi Epsilon: Callie Dellinger

Delta Zeta: Jaden Delperdang & Haley Carman

Gamma Phi Beta: Chloe Darveau

Kappa Alpha Theta: Elsa Edmonds

Kappa Delta:  Kira Picinich

Kappa Kappa Gamma: Franny Pettway

Phi Mu: Elliot Yood, Keira Ely, Katie Barber 

Pi Beta Phi: Meg Gleason and Emma Guglielmo

Sigma Delta Tau: Lauren Kostuchenko

Sigma Kappa: Skylar Perez and Sidney Baker 

Zeta Tau Alpha: Brielle Becker

IFC Fraternities

Alpha Gamma Rho: James Gibbs

Beta Theta Pi: Brandon Rice and Nate Guenard

Beta Upsilon Chi: Bennett Brock and John Rainwater 

Chi Psi: Sean Johnson

Delta Sigma Phi: Connor Morris 

Delta Tau Delta: Frank Rhobotham

Phi Delta Theta: Austin Lalomia 

Phi Gamma Delta: Ben Jessup

Phi Kappa Tau: Mathew Dingmann

Pi Kappa Alpha: Lukas McClory

Sigma Nu: AJ Stevenson and Joseph Waters

Sigma Phi Epsilon: Joe Kendrick-Holmes

Tau Epsilon Phi: Brandon Sherman

Getting Started

No Chapter House? No Problem!
We would still love for your chapter to participate in our program.