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Sustainability

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Washington and Lee's motto is Non Incautus Futuri - not unmindful of the future. The University has been preparing students for a life of service as future leaders for over 250 years. Our present challenge is to lead the way to a more sustainable future by developing a learning community whose members are mindful of their responsibility to future generations, sensitive to the stewardship of natural resources, and equitable in their social and economic relationships.

From the Blog / Announcements

  • Don’t Touch That Dial
    Upon the recommendation of the University Sustainability Committee and with the approval of President Ruscio and the President’s Council, the University is embarking on a program to reduce energy consumption through temperature regulation in University facilities. The settings for all buildings will be 68 degrees maximum during the winter months and at 74 degrees minimum [...]
  • ‘Lectric Vehicles Seen on Campus!
    The Facilities Management and ITS Departments as well as the University Mail Room are now using electric vehicles.  These vehicles are compact, extremely quiet and have no exhaust smell so they are great for on-campus use.  These low speed vehicles are ’street legal’ on roads where the speed limit is no more than 35 MPH so [...]
  • Laura Henry-Stone & Sustainability Education
        Dr. Laura Henry-Stone will be joining the campus community as a post doctorate fellow in the Environmental Studies program.　 She will be teaching Introduction to Environmental Studies this fall and continuing her research into using place based education in the pursuit of sustainable ecological systems.　 She will also be working to further integrate the environmental [...]
  • Cultivating Sustainability Conference
    Washington and Lee Dining Service will host the Cultivating Sustainability Conference on Wednesday, September 30th. School nutrition and food service personnel, school and university officials, local legislators, administrators, farmers and producers, and those involved in food system development are invited to attend. The conference will offer strategic directions for scaling up a regional food system, discuss the critical [...]

News

  • @AlternateTextPoverty Law Scholar David Super to Lecture at School of Law
    David Super, professor of law at the University of Maryland School of Law and a leading scholar in the field of anti-poverty law, will speak at the Washington and Lee School of Law on Monday, Oct. 19, at 7:00 p.m. in Classroom A, Sydney Lewis Hall.
  • @AlternateTextW&L Team Tracking Potential New Salamander Species
    What may prove to be a new species of salamander is being investigated in the George Washington National Forest by a Washington and Lee University professor and his students.
  • @AlternateTextLights Off for Earth Hour on Saturday
    In response to a request from Washington and Lee’s Student Environmental Action League (SEAL), lights in Payne, Washington and Robinson Halls will be turned off between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, in observance of Earth Hour.
  • @AlternateTextW&L Symposium Advises Obama Administration on Climate Change
    On Feb. 20, legal scholars, economists and scientists from W&L and around the nation will converge at Washington and Lee for a symposium exploring the Obama administration's initial steps at addressing the effects of climate change and anticipating the challenges ahead.

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