About Us

The Duke Sustainability Board (DSB), housed in the Nicholas School of the Environment, promotes awareness of sustainability initiatives and complex environmental issues. We are an organization uniquely positioned to facilitate communication among all clubs in the Nicholas School, because we can connect students from various disciplines through a common appreciation of sustainable development. We seek to provide opportunities for graduate students to learn about environmental trends and how they can reduce their personal impacts. Our mission is to increase knowledge of sustainability efforts, support collaboration between student clubs, and connect students to professionals working across diverse fields. DSB partners with Sustainable Duke to host annual summits about relevant environmental/sustainability topics that interest students throughout the Duke community. These summits aim to gather people of various backgrounds together to discuss problems and how they can each influence the solutions. DSB also sponsors various events throughout the year to engage students in sustainability initiatives, and it partners with student groups to reduce environmental impacts from events.