February Events

RecycleMania

Feb 3 – March 31
National competition to reduce waste and increase recycling. This will be Drew’s 7th year competing! Weekly campus-wide emails will be sent out regarding how Drew ranks. Get in the game and recycle! Check out the Drew Recycling Guidelines here.

Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquium

Feb 8 – offered at various times in Seminary Hall – please check event’s website. All events are free to the Drew Community but you must register.

10am-11am Workshop: “Divest and Reinvest – Climate Change Campaigns for Campuses and Faith Groups“

Leader: Rev. Harper Fletcher, Executive Director, GreenFaith

 

 1pm-2pmWorkshop: “An Hour on Route 78: Bridging Environmental and Economic Landscapes Through Partnership“

Leader: Leena Waite and Debi Hall-Dean

Fashion Club’s Clothing Swap

Feb 9 at 2-5pm in the Ehinger Center (the Space)
Drop off gently used clothing and accessories and swap for something new! Leftover items will be donated. For more information, click here.

DREW it in the Dark!

Compete to reduce energy use in your residence hall! Go to the Building Dashboard to see how your residence hall ranks once the competition begins! Commit to reducing energy at various campus events and win prizes. The residence hall that reduces the most energy usage will win a pizza party!

Feb 17 – March 7

“Tapped” Film Screening

Feb 20th at 6PM in Hall of Sciences Room 4
From the producers of “Who Killed the Electric Car?” comes a documentary about the bottled water industry and the public’s right to water. Discussion will follow about the student initiative to make Drew a bottle free campus.

Invited Speaker: David Gessner

Thursday, February 28th, 4:30PM, Location TBA
Author of “My Green Manifesto” and “The Tarball Chronicles,” will speak to students.  This event is co-sponsored by the the Writers@Drew Program and ESS.

March Events

Invited Speaker: Karl Jacoby

Tuesday, March 19th, 4:30PM, Location TBA
Jacoby is author of “Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves and the Hidden History of Conservation,” and “Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacres and the Violence of History.”  The presentation is co-sponsored by the Humanities program and ESS.

April Events

Fern Fest TBA

 

Past Events

  • Fair Fest
  • Forest Restoration and tree planting
  • Residence Hall Energy Competition
  • Re-Use Revolution (Electronics Drive)
  • Fern Fest
  • Recyclemania
  • Campus Sustainability Day: Ideas, knowledge, action
  • Tolley-Brown Sustainability Program
  • Campus-wide clean up
  • Radio program on economics and the environment
  • Water Conference and Film on Global Water Issues
  • Environment, Civic Engagement & Sustainability: A celebration of students and initiatives
  • Energy Fast at Seminary Hall
  • Copenhagen Candlelight Vigil
  • Environmental Film Fest
  • Climate Teach-in
  • Drew and GreenFaith Conference
  • Fashion Club’s Clothing Swap
  • Composting Discussion
  • Sustainability Forum
  • Green Sheikh (United Arab Emirates)
  • Organic Gardening Work Day
  • Earth Day Celebrations
  • Forest Restoration
  • Graduation Pledge
  • Recycled art project
  • Le Tour de Drew
  • GIS Day