Sustainability Events

Learn more about how W&M Libraries is approaching bundled journal packages, including the concerns we have with the cost, equity, and sustainability of these packages. 

Join the Bike Alliance on a ride through Williamsburg!

Join Tara Rudo, Marine Education Specialist with CBNERR, as she leads us through an exploration of the wetlands of the York River. We will learn about the crucial role wetlands play, and discover some of the fascinating animals that live there.

Redistricting is on the ballot this year in Virginia. Join ELS to learn the ins and outs of the amendment, the protections it offers against gerrymandering, and what it would mean for the Virginia electoral process going forward. 

Come and learn more about the alternatives to landfill!

Join Tamara Lucas Copeland '73 author of "Daughters of the Dream: Eight Girls from Richmond who Grew Up in the Civil Rights Era" for a dialogue on invisible racism moderated by Viola Osborne Baskerville '73 .

Virtual Meet Up: Feeding the World's Poorest Countries

Weekly interdisciplinary seminar series presented by faculty and students in the VIMS Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences departments.

Does your bike need some maintenance? Don't know how to fix something?  Come get your bike worked on and maybe learn something along the way!  

Join William & Mary alumni for a series of webinars this fall that combines theory and practice to explore how leaders can create inclusive environments.

How Coastal Communities Can Adapt to Surging Sea Levels

Join Professor Mitchell in a primer on sea level rise — what causes it, how it is affecting the United States, and what can be done to address it. 

On Wednesday, October 14 at 12:50 PM, Beth Roach of the Nottoway Tribe of Virginia, will discuss the loss of cultural resources by tribes in the face of sea level rise and erosion, as well as environmental justice issues concerning the tribes. 

Virtual talk on "Disparities, Determinants and Data in the Era of Covid-19" by Rashida Dorsey, Ph.D., M.P.H. (Founder and Principal, WisdomBuilds)

W&M Police Chief Cheesebro is hosting an open forum for W&M students.

Hosted by the Institute for Integrative Conservation and Planet Women,  this two-part event includes a screening of the National Geographic documentary Women of Impact followed by a panel discussion highlighting trailblazing women in conservation.

The Latin American Studies Seminar Series of The University of Queensland, Australia is hosting W&M Prof. Carlos Rivera Santana's Archaeology of Colonisation: From Aesthetics to Biopolitics book launch.  

If you've been looking for some creative stress relief after midterms, look no further! AMP’s got you covered with a craft you can create and wear yourself.

Professor Jay Watkins (History, American Studies) discusses defending, adopting, and socializing identities – specifically "queerness." 

Dr. Stefani Crabtree from Utah State University will give a talk on archaecology. 

Learn about menstrual cups, hygiene, and more! There will be a giveaway!

Please join us on Thursday, October 22 at 1:00 PM EDT for a panel discussion on the School-to-Prison Pipeline, featuring Cheryl Poe, Keith Howard, and Valerie Slater.  Please RSVP here (https://forms.gle/BfcBb61tiiqdk6689) for a link to the event.

Learn how to most effectively conduct your internship search. 

Do you know what to throw? Learn and discuss how we can do our part to reduce, compost, and recycle on campus.

Do you know what to throw? Learn and discuss how we can do our part to reduce, compost, and recycle on campus.

Join Robin Russell Gaiser ’68, MA, CMP (Certified Music Practitioner) for an interactive program about how profoundly music affects the body, mind and spirit and can lead to enhanced wellness. 

Join The Lemon Project as we discuss Ta-Nehisi Coates’ June 2014 article “The Case for Reparations.” 

Learn about solar energy and how Solar United Neighbors' nonprofit co-op model simplifies the process of going solar on your home or small business from the comfort of your own home.

Chris Rodning of Tulane University will give a talk on Joara, Cuenca, and Fort San Juan: Indigenous Peoples and Iberian Colonists in the Western North Carolina Piedmont, 1540-1600. 

Hear from Professor Braddock as he draws on historical and current examples to describe an “ecology” of art interlaced with the people and environments surrounding us.

A series of satirical presentations explaining spooky phenomena.  You'll laugh until your sides are sore - and learn some physics along the way!

W&M and UVA are hosting a coordinated virtual event on October 29 at 11 AM.

Join the W&M community for an evening discussion regarding the future of U.S. diplomacy with Ambassadors Mari C. Aponte, Barbara A. Leaf '80 and Tom A. Shannon '80, D.P.S. '20.

Learn more about William & Mary’s Highland, the home of a president’s family and generations of enslaved individuals. The site is undergoing a necessary re-interpretation with vital input from its Descendant Advisory Council.

Tunas and billfishes support commercial and recreational fisheries around the world. Join Bruce Collette, John Graves, and Val Kells for highlights of these incredible fish and their five-year journey to create the book Tunas and Billfishes of the World.

We are spooky and spirited, but none of us more so than Walnut, our wise hedgehog mascot. Join him out on a Scavenger Hunt!

Fund your sustainability idea, research, program or initiative!

W&M Dining Sustainability is looking for volunteers to help students sort their items after they eat at the food truck between compost, recycling, and trash.