WashU Office of Sustainability

The Spark team braved the heat and helped sort waste from move-in weekend! Look at all of these soft plastics we’ve been able to not only divert from going into a landfill, but also divert from contaminating and damaging tradition recycling streams! Huge shout out to Schnucks | Grocery Retailer for accepting and recycling our move-in soft plastics recycling every year!

WashU Sustainability’s Cassie Hage was on St. Louis Public Radio today talking about circularity! You can hear the rebroadcast at 7 p.m. or check out the interview on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

We want to give a huge shoutout to Vicia Tara Gallina Michael Gallina Jane Alona Chatham and the whole Take Root Hospitality team for hosting WashU Sustainability and the Ivy+ Sustainability Collaborative last night for our Summit dinner. Thank you for making it a memorable and impactful evening for everyone! Good luck with Monday’s James Beard Foundation awards!

WashU sustainability has had the pleasure of hosting the Ivy+ Sustainability Collaborative this week!

CALLING ALL STUDENTS!!! Join us for the final two days of the Share Our Stuff sales! These sales will take place in the Circularity Center on North Campus and are open to college-bound, undergraduate and graduate students. WashU employees sending children to any college are welcome to accompany their child to the sale. This sale is not open to the general public or to WashU employees broadly. Be prepared to show ID at the entrance.

Visit the Arboretum table over the next 2 weeks to write a letter to your favorite tree! This is the fourth year of the Love Letters to Trees campaign, where students, faculty, staff, and community members join in the Valentine’s Day spirit and give our trees the love they deserve during a dormant part of the year. Letters will be displayed following the tabling period. Visit the arboretum website to learn more! Link in the bio

We are so excited to welcome students back to campus! The WashU Circularity Center on North Campus will be open for three move-in sales as students return! Stop by for some sweet finds on one of the following days:

Friday, August 15: 1-5 pm
Friday, August 22: 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday, August 23: 11 am - 4 pm

We are calling for applications to the WashU EnviroCorps team! There are open positions in the three categories of work: energy efficiency, urban trees, and circularity & waste pollution prevention. 
 
EnviroCorps members will work on projects at WashU as well as in the St. Louis community. The role is a one year commitment. 
 
Members will be full-time paid AmeriCorps members receiving an additional Segal Education Award that can be applied to further education. Additionally, members will receive a housing stipend from WashU. 
 
To learn more and apply, please visit the link in our Linktree!

The WashU Arboretum and Forest ReLeaf are hosting a TreeKeepers workshop on Thursday, July 17 from 10 am to 12 pm in Schnuck Pavilion room 202. This workshop will cover the basics of tree biology, identification, planting, and maintenance of young and growing trees, and will include a short walk in the WashU Arboretum to reinforce concepts discussed in the presentation. This workshop will not cover tree care best practices for mature trees. Bagels and coffee will be provided.
 
The workshop will be taught by Billy Haag, Forestry Manager for Forest ReLeaf. Register at our Linktree!