Category: Lawrenceville
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FashForward: Rethinking Fashion, One Choice at a Time
Fashion is a big part of student life, but it also has a big environmental impact. FashForward is a student-created website developed by Joy Cheung 27′ that helps people understand how their clothing choices affect the planet. The platform features an Impact Calculator that shows the estimated carbon footprint and water usage of common garments, as well as short articles and…
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Winter Updates from Sus Rep Louise Carroll
Another fantastic Sustainuary has come to an end! The Events Subcommittee organized four great programs. The first was the Trashion Show! SusReps from each house worked with the House to organize models for the show. Houses competed in the name of fashion and recycling to create the most sustainable runway outfit. Congratulations to McClellan for…
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Confronting the Climate Crisis (The Lawrence Feature)
On Wednesday, January 14, the Community Service Subcommittee and the Food and Farm Subcommittee on the Sustainability Council hosted an exploration called Confronting the Climate Crisis to raise awareness about global warming. During the event, students watched a series of documentaries to inspire them to take action. The exploration featured documentaries from the World Wildlife…
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Eyes of the Wild (The Lawrence Feature)
On Friday, January 23, the Sustainability Council invited Eyes of the Wild, an exotic animal rescue that aims to bring humans and the natural world together through educational events. At the event, founder and owner Travis Gale sought to inspire students to care about wildlife through hands-on, interactive learning with a hedgehog, a wallaby, and…
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Scraps to Runway: Trashion Show 2026 (The Lawrence Feature)
Prior to Thursday, January 22, the II Form, Crescent, and Circle Houses gathered what they could of cardboard, paper, bottles, and more for an outfit to be presented at the Trashion Show. This annual event during ‘Sustainuary’ is the kickoff to a series of events organized by the Sustainability Council, this year led by Student…
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Updates from Sus Rep Louise Carroll
With the Fall Term, and 2025 coming to a close, Lawrenceville’s Sustainability Council has accomplished plenty! To start off the year, as SusRep, I created a Sustainability Guide that was shared with Heads of House, House SusReps & SusTeams. It includes a ‘sus-ranking’ of popular feed vendors/take-out orders and recipe recommendations. At Smeeting, each week…
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Sustainable Feed Rundown
One of the most notable new additions to Smeetings, or all-school meetings, features an energetic sustainability announcement presented by Louise Carroll ‘26, president of the Sustainability Council. Every Thursday, Carroll goes up at Smeeting and, with her signature Among Us sound effect in hand, announces the winner of the weekly sustainable house feed competition. This…
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Updates from Sus Rep Riley McKibben
🌳With Sustainuary and the winter term having come to a close, Lawrenceville’s Sustainability Council reflects and celebrates all of the hard work, planning, and organization that went into the months of January and February. Through our engaging events and outreach, SusCo has spread our message of green living across campus! Among many accomplishments, we are…
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Lawrenceville-Specific Ways to Be Sustainable
Sustainability is important here on campus, and making only a few changes to our daily habits can make a huge difference. Here are five unique ways students may be more sustainable on campus: 1. Adjust Dorm Energy Use: Many dorm rooms are overheated in the winter. Instead of opening the window, turn down the radiator…
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Sustainuary Recap
Sustainary 2025 has been such an exciting month for SusCo as we delved into a month of sustainability-focused events that brought students together to learn, connect and engage in fun activities with an environmental twist. We kicked off Sustainuary with a hands-on experience, where students could make their own smoothie bowls. With a variety of…
