What's better than sustainable consumption? More opportunities for sustainable consumption!! 🛍♻️ The Spider Exchange has extended their hours! They are now open from Monday - Thursday from 2pm - 6pm and Friday from 11am - 6pm
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2023 UR Sustainability Banquet
This year's Sustainability Banquet will be on April 10 from 6-8pm.
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Wherever you are on campus, there are numerous ways to reduce your impact on our environment. Get started now with these shortcuts and visit our locations around campus that help make a difference.Wondering about recycling, composting, and donations?
Email Rethink Waste Manager David Donaldson at ddonalds@richmond.edu.
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Celebrate Sustainability with us!🥳🥳 You're invited to the UR Sustainability Banquet hosted by the Office For Sustainability at the University of Richmond!! Join us for a plant-forward meal, sustainability awards, and a keynote address with Brian Bell from Keep VA Cozy. The event will be April 10th from 6pm-8pm at the Jepson Alumni Center.
🔗RSVP Form in our bio. Please RSVP by 4/3.
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Bee Green! 🐝 University of Richmond is a certified Bee Campus USA affiliate. This recognition acknowledges that the campus is conducive to pollinators, supporting the pollinator community with a variety of habitats around campus.
Pollinators are an essential part of our agriculture and our ecosystems. Climate change, pesticides, and herbicides have all contributed to bee populations' global decline. We rely on honey bees to pollinate many...
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Help us recognize individuals who are doing great work in Sustainability!🏆🌱 At our Sustainability Banquet in April, we will award exceptional community members who do invaluable work each year to make our campus, our community, and our classes more sustainable. So please nominate up to three individuals who's sustainability efforts should be recognized and celebrated.🥳
🔗Nomination Award Forms can be found in our bio.
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Sustainability Events
Sustainability News
February 9, 2023
University of Richmond Student Researcher and Environmental Health Advocate Selected for Competitive Luce Scholar Program
Elspeth Collard, a University of Richmond senior from Alexandria, Virginia, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Luce Scholars Program. This nationally competitive fellowship is awarded annually to 18 graduating seniors and young alumni nationwide. Collard is UR’s second Luce Scholar.
February 7, 2023
University of Richmond Geography Professor Stephanie Spera Awarded NASA Grant For Research in Brazil’s Cerrado Frontier
Stephanie Spera, an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of Richmond, has received grant support from NASA for research focusing on the Cerrado frontier, a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil.
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.