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Trash Transformation: Eliminating Bin Liners & Centralizing Waste Collection

By Zach Roberts ’22 It is no secret that plastic waste, especially single-use plastics, is causing a huge amount of damage to the environment,

From Scotland Street to the World: Student researchers reflect on Fall 2021 events

By Caroline Mahoney ’22 In the midst of changing circumstances due to the pandemic, GRI aimed to maintain high-quality research and learning experiences for

Finding Alternatives to Single-Use plastics: A Major Step for Sustainability at William & Mary

By Grace Phillips ‘23 A huge contributor to climate change, pollution, and environmental degradation is something that many people use each day — plastics.

TUFF Cookies: Students aim for policy impact through hard-hitting research, part two

By Kyra Solomon, Brad Parks, Soren Patterson This blog was re-posted from The First Tranche. View the original post. The result of more than 100

TUFF Cookies: Students aim for policy impact through hard-hitting research, part one

By Kyra Solomon, Brad Parks, Soren Patterson This blog was re-posted from The First Tranche. View the original post. Over the last two decades, China

Maximizing Your Happiness Through Managed Involvement

By Daniel Speer ’22 Disclaimer: The author speaks from their own lived experience before and during their time at William & Mary. Your background

Looking Back on Earth Week 2021

By Claire Hutcheson ’22 Returning to campus this spring after 9 months away due to COVID-19 and a semester off, I was looking for

Sustainability & Business: Adopting Sustainable Procurement Practices at William & Mary

By Justin Maynard ’23 This semester I was a Sustainability Ambassador with the Office of Sustainability. I was driven to become a Sustainability Ambassador

An Earth Week Celebration We Will Never Forget

By Mary Lawrence Young ’21 This past year I was given the unique opportunity to serve as co-Chair of the Earth Week planning committee.