Sustainability Events

This calendar presented by Sustainability @ W&M
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W&M Campus Greenspace Map description over a person canoeing on Lake Matoaka.
Sustaina-bite: Parks Research Lab & Greenspaces Map September 23
12pm - 1pm Online via Zoom View Full Event
Resilience Toolbox
Boosting Resilience for Sustaining Well-Being September 23
12:15pm - 12:45pm Zoom View Full Event
paddling
Paddling on Lake Matoaka September 23
2:30pm - 6:30pm Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka View Full Event
Welcome to the City
Welcome to the City: What Does Equity Look Like? Diversity & Inclusion in Practice  September 24
6:30pm - 8pm Zoom View Full Event
Osprey
After Hours: Ospreys 2020 - The Revival of a Global Raptor September 24
7pm - 8pm Online via Zoom View Full Event
paddling
Paddling on Lake Matoaka September 25
2:30pm - 6:30pm Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka View Full Event
coping
Coping with Race and Ethnic Stress as a Student of Color September 25
3pm - 4:30pm Zoom View Full Event
paddling
Paddling on Lake Matoaka September 26
10:30am - 2:30pm Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka View Full Event
paddling
Paddling on Lake Matoaka September 28
2:30pm - 6:30pm Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka View Full Event
W&M Gay Pride Flag
Creating, Presenting, and Living Social Identities: Belonging and Intersections of Queerness September 29
5pm - 6:30pm Webinar View Full Event
VIMS A Scientist Walks Into a Bar
A Scientist Walks Into a Virtual Bar September 29
7pm - 8pm Online via Zoom View Full Event
sundial
Sustainable Scholarship Virtual Forum  October 2
9:30am - 11am Location not specified View Full Event
Virtual Low-Waste Living Workshop series information (5PM on Oct. 7). A bag of soil with a shovel.
Divert to Dirt: Alternatives to Landfill October 7
5pm - 6pm Online via Zoom View Full Event
Virtual Low-Waste Living Workshop series information (5PM on Oct. 21). A bunch of cotton pads. Free Giveaway at this event!
Menstrual Hygiene: Menstrual Cups and More October 21
5pm - 6pm Online via Zoom View Full Event
Virtual Low-Waste Living Workshop series information (5PM on Nov. 4). Three green and orange trees.
EcoArt Therapy: Using Nature to Self-Nurture November 4
5pm - 6pm Online via Zoom View Full Event
Sustaina-bite: Parks Research Lab & Greenspaces Map
Wednesday, September 23
12pm - 1pm
Online via Zoom

Bite-sized sustainability information while you take a bite out of lunch, open to faculty, staff and students!

Boosting Resilience for Sustaining Well-Being
Wednesday, September 23
12:15pm - 12:45pm
Zoom


    Paddling on Lake Matoaka
    Wednesday, September 23
    2:30pm - 6:30pm
    Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka
    Welcome to the City: What Does Equity Look Like? Diversity & Inclusion in Practice 
    Thursday, September 24
    6:30pm - 8pm
    Zoom
    After Hours: Ospreys 2020 - The Revival of a Global Raptor
    Thursday, September 24
    7pm - 8pm
    Online via Zoom

    Alan Poole, author of Ospreys: the Revival of a Global Raptor, will lead us through a story with dazzling looks at some of the places where Ospreys are found and introduce us to a few of the colorful characters that helped make an Osprey revival possible.

    Paddling on Lake Matoaka
    Friday, September 25
    2:30pm - 6:30pm
    Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka
    Coping with Race and Ethnic Stress as a Student of Color
    Friday, September 25
    3pm - 4:30pm
    Zoom
    Paddling on Lake Matoaka
    Saturday, September 26
    10:30am - 2:30pm
    Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka
    Paddling on Lake Matoaka
    Monday, September 28
    2:30pm - 6:30pm
    Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka
    Creating, Presenting, and Living Social Identities: Belonging and Intersections of Queerness
    Tuesday, September 29
    5pm - 6:30pm
    Webinar

    The William & Mary Alumni Association, in partnership with Arts & Sciences, invites you to join William & Mary History Professor Jay Watkins for a conversation about discovery and belonging within queer communities. 

    A Scientist Walks Into a Virtual Bar
    Tuesday, September 29
    7pm - 8pm
    Online via Zoom

    Join 3 VIMS grad students as they give 5-minute fast-talks on the important research they are conducting. Register to join the students and have a chance to win prizes. Students will be available to answer questions after each presentation.

    Sustainable Scholarship Virtual Forum 
    Friday, October 2
    9:30am - 11am
    Location not specified

    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. 

    Divert to Dirt: Alternatives to Landfill
    Wednesday, October 7
    5pm - 6pm
    Online via Zoom

    Come and learn more about the alternatives to landfill!

    Menstrual Hygiene: Menstrual Cups and More
    Wednesday, October 21
    5pm - 6pm
    Online via Zoom

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

    EcoArt Therapy: Using Nature to Self-Nurture
    Wednesday, November 4
    5pm - 6pm
    Online via Zoom

    Join Sarah Balascio, the McLeod Tyler Wellness Center Art Therapist, for this Virtual Creative Arts activity!

    Ongoing Events

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    VBA Food Bank Fundraiser
    Tuesday, September 8 - Wednesday, September 30
    Law School, virtual

    The VBA is seeking to help raise awareness and tackle food insecurity and malnutrition. As such, the VBA is partnering with food banks across Virginia to help support Virginians in need, working towards ensuring no Virginian goes hungry.

    Green Fee Fund Application
    Tuesday, September 1 - Tuesday, October 6
    12pm - 5pm
    https://bit.ly/3hexw1g

    Fund your sustainability idea, research, program or initiative!

    W&M Dining Sustainability: Food Truck Composting
    Wednesday, August 19 - Wednesday, November 18
    11am - 3pm
    Food Truck by Lemon/Hardy

    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.

    Law School
    VBA Food Bank Fundraiser September 8 - September 30
    Law School, virtual View Full Event
    Colorful leaves with a description of the Green Fee Fund in the center.
    Green Fee Fund Application September 1 - October 6
    12pm - 5pm https://bit.ly/3hexw1g View Full Event
    Taken in front of the Tribe Truck, a picture of a
    W&M Dining Sustainability: Food Truck Composting August 19 - November 18
    11am - 3pm Food Truck by Lemon/Hardy View Full Event