New Art Supply Sharing Initiative
Yassmin Salem, Murals at Mason Program Manager with Mason Exhibitions, helps divert waste while supporting students by creating a free art supply sharing resource at the School of Art. The Free Art Supply Cabinet is a socially conscious resource that provides access to valuable art supplies that aren’t always affordable, promotes a culture of sharing amongst students, and encourages recycling unused or unneeded materials instead of throwing them away. To learn more, click here.
Green Game Waste Diversion Audit 2023
The 2023 Green Game was held on January 25, 2023, during the George Mason women’s Basketball team vs. University of Rhode Island game. With the help of 21 volunteers, who completed 66 hours of service learning, Mason successfully achieved an 84.2% diversion rate, or the portion of weight not sent to the incinerator, (i.e., 41.6% compost and 42.6% recycling) through a post-game waste audit. To learn more, click here.
New Landscaping for Point of View Retreat
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School’s Point of View (POV) retreat facility is kicking off the spring semester with new pollinator-friendly landscaping. Its exterior boasts a custom trellis for flowering vines, redesigned beds along entrances with perennial shrubs and flowering plants, and new native and flowering trees. The plants were chosen with the local ecology and long-term resiliency in mind to create a vibrant new exterior for the facility that complements its serene landscape overlooking Belmont Bay where wildlife thrives. To learn more, click here.