UR wins national Campus Race to Zero Waste competition
They are the (waste-diverting) champions, my friends.
Sustainability Feature Stories
February 23, 2024
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
First-year represents youth voice for sustainability on a global stage
A Spider student joined policy-making researchers and representatives at the world’s most important climate change conference.
November 3, 2023
University News
Building a better environmental future
Richmond is named a Top 50 Green College by The Princeton Review. See why UR is recognized as one of the most environmentally friendly colleges in the U.S.
April 20, 2023
Green Spiders promote sustainability
Environmentally savvy seniors Miriam Gilman and Frank Hanson advocate for a more sustainable future.
April 1, 2023
Megan Maybee Salters
This month's Sustainability Champion is Megan Maybee Salters, a senior studying Geography and Visual & Media Arts Practice. Read our full interview below to learn more about Megan and the work they are doing with sustainability programs on campus, filmmaking, and environmental justice advocacy.
January 10, 2023
CAMPUS LIFE
Tree mapping project shows a dynamic new view of campus
Students and volunteers are working to identify every tree on campus and demonstrate their ability to capture carbon dioxide.
December 1, 2022
Marina LaMastro
This month's Sustainability Champion is Marina LaMastro, Assistant Director of Study Abroad in the Office of International Education. Read our full interview below to learn more about Marina and the work she is doing on integrating sustainability into international programming.
October 1, 2022
McKenna Dunbar
After a two year hiatus, we relaunched our monthly Sustainability Champions series. This month's Sustainability Champion is McKenna Dunbar, a senior majoring in Business Administration and Environmental Studies. Read our full interview below to learn more about the work they are doing with the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club and the environmental justice movement.
September 29, 2022
THE CONVERSATION
UN slavery estimate raises question: Are 50 million people really enslaved today?
Political science professor Monti Datta authored this piece.
April 22, 2022
UNIVERSITY NEWS
Seeing green: University of Richmond will offset the carbon footprint of campus visits
The initiative aligns UR’s values with students’ passions around the environment and sustainability.
March 16, 2022
Emily George, '20
Alumna finds her calling at the intersection of environmental impact and business
March 16, 2021
2021 Sustainable Solutions Challenge underway
The 2021 Sustainable Solutions Challenge focuses on the increased quantities of single-use food packaging going to landfills in response to new safety protocols due to the COVID-19 pandemic.