Office for Sustainability

Behind every light switch, lab experiment, and classroom is a complex network of people, pipes and processes that make it all possible. This October, join us for a series of free Campus Sustainability Month events! 

Get to know people in our UVA community–students, engineers, professors, researchers, and medical professionals–who are making impactful changes, both big and small, toward our ten bold sustainability goals. Meet Janie, Poonam, and Ryan.

Get to know people in our UVA community–students, engineers, professors, researchers, and medical professionals–who are making impactful changes, both big and small, toward our ten bold sustainability goals. Meet JT, Carolyn, and John.

Get to know people in our UVA community–students, engineers, professors, researchers, and medical professionals–who are making impactful changes, both big and small, toward our ten bold sustainability goals. Meet Anja, Justin, and Elizabeth.

UVA Office for Sustainability staff share their favorite sustainability hacks -- like grabbing free office supplies, enjoying a dose of nature, and making a DIY notepad. Which one will you try?

Congratulations to Andrea Trimble, Sustainability Director at the University of Virginia, who was honored this spring by a top organization for sustainability in higher ed! She was named one of ten AASHE Fellows.

Get to know people in our UVA community–students, engineers, professors, researchers, and medical professionals–who are making impactful changes, both big and small, toward our ten bold sustainability goals. Meet Gavin, Joanne, and Randy.

Get to know people in our UVA community–students, engineers, professors, researchers, and medical professionals–who are making impactful changes, both big and small, toward our ten bold sustainability goals. Meet Jenny, Gauri, Jessica, and Ian.

Get to know people in our UVA community–students, engineers, professors, researchers, and medical professionals–who are making impactful changes, both big and small, toward our ten bold sustainability goals. Meet Zack, Carrie, and Glenn.

Tackling waste as a large university is not for the weak! Chad DeWitt, student engagement coordinator, gives you an up close look at how trash is turned into treasure with the help of our amazing student Zero Waste Ambassadors.