GREEN GAME at Hard Rock Stadium vs Duke – November 14, time tba
UM athletes are showing the way! Make sure to come to this year’s Green Game, coinciding with the Homecoming game against Duke on November 14^th! Organized by GreenU, the ECO Agency Green Athletics subcommittee, and student athletes, this year’s Green Game theme is to prevent food waste. Pass by ECO's table on the 1st floor of the concourse to get your surprise giveaway and sign the Waste No Food pledge! Donate to your local food bank, learn to compost to help our local farmers, and understand that food is not waste! Interested in volunteering? Feel free to reach out to Sophia Philipp to learn more.

ZERO WASTE Virtual Panel - Nov 17, 12-1 pm
Zero Waste is the aspirational goal of diverting 90 percent or more of solid waste from disposal, and towards reuse or beneficial use. Many consider ‘zero waste’ as a concept to be fairly new; however, Miami-Dade County and many community partners like the University of Miami have been working for years on initiatives that are critical to becoming a Zero Waste County. Register now!

ZERO WASTE Events in November

• Campus Clean Up Day with the Green U Ambassadors - Nov 6, 9-11 am
  Partnering with Keep Coral Gables Beautiful, the Green U Ambassadors program aims at beautifying our campus, fighting littering, and making a positive difference on the Coral Gables campus. Join us on November 6^th at 9 a.m. for a cleanup in the center of campus to prompt conversations surrounding our Zero Waste Month. 
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• Celebrate America Recycles Day at the RVM’s

  Need help setting up your account for the RVM Crush & Claim program? Pass by our upcoming tabling events to set up your account with GreenU and ECO Agency. The program is open to anyone with a University of Miami email (@miami.edu).

  • Hurricanes Food Court RVM
    • November 2^nd from 12-2 PM
    • November 6^th from 12-2 PM
  • Whitten LC / Merrick Vending Pavillion RVM (located next to Half Moon Empanadas)
    • November 9^th from 12-2 PM
    • November 16^th from 12-2 PM
      
      
  
  
  
• Campus-wide Food Alerts with the Get Green App
  Are you an event planner on our campus that is often faced with having to trash leftover event food? Contact greenu@miami.edu to learn more about the upcoming launch of “food alerts” and how you can divert waste from on campus events! Food alerts will allow any UM community member to receive notifications through the GetGreen app on when and where to pick up leftover food across campus. Start downloading the Get Green App now!
  
  
  
  
• Hurricane Howl Block Party is composting!
  During Homecoming, make sure you compost your food waste in the pink carts located across the Hurricane Howl Block Party. Thank you to Student Government’s ECO Agency for helping our campus go zero waste this Homecoming! 
  
  
• Green Move Out for University Village Residents, from Nov 20 to Dec 11
  ECO Reps have made it easy for you to make your move out eco-friendly and reduce waste! They have set up Zero Waste stations at the UV Mailing Room for your convenience during move-out. Here is what you can drop there:
  • Small appliances (for anything bigger than a 32” TV screen, please take it to the Goodwill trailer located in the Miami Dade Metro Rail parking lot).
  • Unopened canned and packaged food donations
  • Gently used clothing and shoes
  • Plastic bag and film recycling
  • Alkaline battery recycling
  • Glass recycling (located outside doors to mailing room!)

Join us on Friday, November 13 at 12 pm in the Ungar Building, room 250D for a networking lunch around sustainability in the curriculum. Meet our special guest, Michael Matthews, Director of the Earth Ethics Institute at Miami Dade College. Mike will introduce us to the work of  the Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS), a learning network that provides inclusive educational opportunities to explore global citizenship, ecological sustainability, and civic engagement, through understanding planetary challenges and limits and by developing values, skills, and behaviors that promote prosperity and communities of well-being. Map: 1365 Memorial Dr #230, Coral Gables, FL 33146 (map) Food and beverage will be served
Register now!

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