W&M Sustainability

We are the students, faculty and staff that help catalyze the W&M community to apply a paradigm of sustainability to anything and everything they do!

About W&M Sustainability

W&M Sustainability empowers the campus community to make wise and meaningful decisions toward a flourishing world by thinking long term and inclusively. We connect areas and disciplines around commonalities to the benefit of the environment, society and economy through the teaching, learning and research of students, faculty and staff. Through guiding the university direction of sustainability, we improve both its internal strength as a higher education institution and external weight toward a more sustainable world.

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Posts by W&M Sustainability

Tribe Adventure Program: Outdoor Adventure in the COVID-19 Era

By W&M Sustainability On January 19, 2021

In Campus Life, Student Blogs, Student Clubs & Orgs, Williamsburg

Two masked campers pitching their tent in the green woods of campus.

By Katie Cullen ’22 COVID-19 has inspired a multitude of new hobbies amongst us all. Some of my friends have become semi-professional bakers, perfecting

Effective Communication: The Key to Fixing the Climate Crisis

By W&M Sustainability On December 15, 2020

In Community Engagement & Service, Global Engagement, Student Blogs

Image of the area between Sadler Center and the Sunken Gardens. The sun peaking through the tree. Lots of green grass and red leaves covering it.

By Elizabeth Ashley ’21 This semester I was given the incredible opportunity to create William & Mary’s first-ever Sustainable Living Guide! It’s been a

The Sustainable Gift Giving Guide

By W&M Sustainability On December 1, 2020

In Other, Student Blogs

"Mimi's Smooth Jamz" Spotify playlist. Songs listen include "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac, "Wildflowers" by Tom Petty, "Blue Moon" by Elvis Presley, and much more.

By Katie Cullen ’22 ‘Tis the season of holiday and merriment. Holiday decorations and Christmas music are increasingly seeping into the streets and stores

The World is Your Oyster: The Historical Sustainability of the Chesapeake Oyster Fishery

By W&M Sustainability On November 17, 2020

In Research, Student Blogs

Mary Lawrence Young working on their computer at a large work table with a collection of shells next to them.

By Mary Lawrence Young ’21 When I first began school at William & Mary, I never imagined I would have the opportunity to conduct

Portable Greenhouses, Beetle Matchmaking, & Investigating Plant-Insect Relationships

By W&M Sustainability On September 28, 2020

In Campus Life, Research, Student Blogs

Margaret wearing black spotted rain boots and a straw hat posing in her yard.

By Margaret Donnan ’22 My name is Margaret Donnan, and I spent my summer investigating the relationship between the longhorned milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)

Being Green in the Greenhouse

By W&M Sustainability On September 9, 2020

In Community Engagement & Service, Research, Student Blogs, Student Clubs & Orgs

By Grace Dho ’23 Every now and then, it is nice to trade out the old brick buildings on campus for an exotic glass haven.

Climate Action Partnership with UVA for a 2030 Carbon Neutrality Goal

By W&M Sustainability On September 3, 2020

In Academics, Campus Life, Community Engagement & Service, Global Engagement, Research, Student Blogs, Williamsburg

Two students posed and smiling out front of Aroma's Cafe in Williamsburg, VA.

By Emma Rebour ’21 When I first set foot on William & Mary’s campus in the fall of 2018, I had no idea what my

Understanding the Breadth of Sustainability

By W&M Sustainability On August 24, 2020

In Community Engagement & Service, Global Engagement, Student Blogs, Student Clubs & Orgs

Three green circles, one within the other describing the layers of sustainability. Economic aspects within the social aspect which both fall under environmental sustainability.

By Sophie Pittaluga ’23 Sustainability is a vast concept used to describe anything from the environment, to development, to lifestyle habits, and more. Since

W&M Sustainability Gives Students the Reins on Change

By W&M Sustainability On August 17, 2020

In Campus Life, Community Engagement & Service, Student Blogs, Student Clubs & Orgs

Student break dancing in Sunken Garden at Day for Admitted Students

By Cole Cochran ’22 If you’re like me and have always longed to inspire others about protecting the Earth, along with the people that

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