VCU advocates a greener community during Earth Week

VCU Sustainability and Green Unity at VCU partnered to spread campus awareness about simple ways to go green this past week. Earth Week, which was from April 16 to 20, consisted of a variety of eco-friendly events including group bike rides, recycling drives and speaker sessions featuring renowned environmental justice advocates. “A lot of people […]

Earth week approaches

Richmond may not always be the greenest city, but the activists living here are attempting to change that. To celebrate Earth Day, organizations on VCU’s campus and throughout the city are holding events to promote sustainability throughout the coming week.

“Gardens for Life” complete phase two

Students plant VCU’s first rain garden, reduce water pollution Emily Satchell Contributing Writer About 30 students planted VCU’s first rain garden this Saturday in front of Harris Hall — a project that has been in the making since last spring. VCU has been doing a lot to “go green” and move forward their transition to […]