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Norris Dorm Recycling

We worked to identify the current recycling habits of Norris' residents through a waste audit & survey and raise awareness about the importance of recycling after....

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14 Sep 2014 Posted by GSI in no comments

Recycling in Elementary Education

To combat the widespread lack of education about environmental responsibility in America, we have devised lesson plans and the "Trash Dash" to help elementary students learn about these issues....

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14 Sep 2014 Posted by GSI in no comments

Apartment Recycling

Many off-grounds apartments do not provide recycling services, and we aim to push the student voice to raise awareness of the issue....

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14 Sep 2014 Posted by GSI in no comments

Timbercreek Composting

Restaurants generate an unbelievable amount of waste, which simply sits in a landfill decaying and releasing harmful methane gas into the atmosphere. So we worked with a local, family-owned farm, Timbercreek Organics, to promote restaurant composting....

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07 Sep 2014 Posted by GSI in no comments

Zero Waste Football

The objective of our initiative is to reduce as the amount of waste traveling from Scott Stadium to the landfills by making Scott Stadium “zero‐waste.”...

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31 Jul 2014 Posted by GSI in no comments

Fine Arts Cafe Waste Audit

We hope to curb wasteful habits within the Fine Arts Café as well as the University of Virginia community and to raise student and staff awareness of more sustainable food options and habits....

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30 Jul 2014 Posted by GSI in no comments

Newcomb Waste Audit

Newcomb Dining Hall Waste Audit Project quantified food waste produced by students in the Newcomb Dining Hall at the University of Virginia to heighten awareness among the student body and reduce waste....

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27 Jul 2014 Posted by GSI in no comments