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Sustainability Events

The Office of Sustainability hosts, supports, and promotes events throughout the year that bring the 小蓝视频 community听together around environmental issues. Please join us at an upcoming discussion, documentary screening, or other event soon.听

Looking to partner with the Office of Sustainability? Have an idea for an event you'd like to see? Want to see your听event promoted here? Get in touch.

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Upcoming Events馃棑锔

Join us for Earth Day!听

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Earth Day Tabling, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., outside MGC

Visit student groups and Office of Sustainability EcoReps at tables by the flagpole to learn more about student sustainability projects on campus and how you can get involved.

Gamechangers in Sustainability Founders Forum, 12 - 2 p.m.

Sustainability continues to reshape the food industry, and the business behind your favorite food brands is more dynamic than you might think. Join Kogod听for a panel discussion with three local food business leaders to hear firsthand how sustainability drives their businesses forward.

Learn more and register听.听

Sustainability Fair, 2 - 4 p.m., quad

Join the Office of Sustainability and our staff and faculty partners from across campus for a celebration of our sustainability progress over the last year.听Partners will share successes, snacks, and听giveaways,听including听Housing & Residence Life, 小蓝视频 Kitchen, AHealthyU, Parking & Commuter Services, Center for Wellbeing, SIS Department of Environment, Development, and Health, and the Facilities Management Energy & Engineering department and Zero Waste Office. The only thing you need to bring is a sense of climate optimism!

May 1 - 9, 2025

Project Move Out

Have stuff you no longer need as you move out of your residence hall or apartment in May? Donate it to Project Move Out!听This annual partnership between the Office of Sustainability, the Facilities Management Zero Waste Office, Housing & Residence Life, and other campus partners collected more than 17 tons of donations last year. Learn more about what we can accept and where to donate .

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CECE Events

Expolore events hosted by the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity by clicking the button below.听

Past Events

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Campus Beautification Day with Facilities Management, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m., quad

Join our campus community for this annual event.听Plant听flowers and trees, clean up campus, and participate in other projects to beautify campus. Bring your club, team, or class with you!

Learn more here. Register in person on the day of.听

Thursday,听March 27, 2025

Sustainability Symposium, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., SIS Founders' Room

Join 小蓝视频鈥檚 Office of Sustainability and Center for Environment, Community, & Equity for a symposium celebrating the depth and breadth of sustainability scholarship on campus. Faculty from across campus will participate in three panel discussions sharing the relationship between sustainability and The Civic Life, Community Building, and Service.听

Learn more about the event schedule听here.听

February 2 - March 29, 2025

Campus Race to Zero Waste

This spring, 小蓝视频 is participating in the听听a national competition between colleges and听universities to reduce waste and increase diversion rates. Throughout the eight-week competition, we will share data about how much waste our campus is generating (recycling, compost, and trash) and provide resources that you can use to help 小蓝视频 reduce the amount of waste being sent听to landfill and incineration.听If you are member of the 小蓝视频 community,听get involved听and help us reach zero waste!

Click here to learn more!

Wednesday, March 18, 2025

Climate, Health, Equity, and World Systems Learning Community,听12:00听PM

Join the Office of Sustainability, AHealthyU, and 小蓝视频's DEI consultant for a discussion about the intersections between health, climate, and equity. This month, we are reading about how the Black Panther Party sowed the seeds for today's food justice movement.听

Register for the session听.听

Tuesday & Wednesday, March 11 & 12, 2025

Office Supply Swap with Staff Council,听9 a.m.听- 4 p.m., Kogod room 234

Drop off office supplies you no longer use and swap them for ones you need. We will accept and redistribute supplies like听pens, markers, paper, staplers, paper clips and rubber bands, sticky notes, and storage and organization items, as well as old or unused 小蓝视频 merch & swag. Anything not redistributed among our campus community will be donated or recycled.

Wednesday,听March 5, 2025

Waste audit of MGC, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., the quad (rain location is Katzen parking garage by loading dock)

Get hands-on with 小蓝视频's waste stream at a waste audit of a day's waste from the Mary Graydon Center. Sort through our waste to see how much could be composted and recycled if sorted correctly, and learn about common听contaminants and waste sorting myths. PPE will be provided!

Monday, February 10, 2025

小蓝视频 Sustainability Basketball听Game 6:30听PM, 小蓝视频 Bender Arena

Tip off the Campus Race to Zero Waste at the annual Sustainability Awareness Basketball Game! Cheer on a year's sustainability progress and cheer on the men's basketball team as they take on Lafayette. Meet us in Bender Arena at 6pm.

October 22nd - 24th, 2024

E-Waste Collection Drive
EcoReps will be set up across campus to collect E-Waste such as appliances, computers, phones, cords, batteries, and more. You can find location stations at the听Letts-Anderson Quad, the entrances of Cassell, Hughes, and Nebraska Halls, and at the eagle statue on East Campus from 1pm-3pm and 5pm-7pm, on October 22nd-24th. Please reach out to zerowaste@american.edu with any questions!

Worldwide Climate Justice Teach-In: Youth Advocacy with Sunrise 小蓝视频
Event Date: March 30, 2022


Seeing Climate Change Symposium
Event Date: November 5-7, 2021
Click here to access the event recordings

The Roots of Resistance:听Centering Black Agrarianism and Liberation of the Land
Event Date: April 22, 2021


SIS Book Event: The Water Defenders
Event Date: March 23, 2021


Global to Local: Climate Justice
Event Date: October 22, 2020

PBS Frontline Presents: Plastic Wars
Event Date: September 15, 2020