Activities

Building a vision for the Zero Waste Center

Our Zero Waste Centre – one of our 9 environmental outdoor classrooms – has since its opening in September 2021, become a bit of a “dumping ground” for waste than the center for recycling and reuse of materials we envisaged. Under the guidance of our Service and Sustainable Development Department,… Teaching skills for the Future Goals UWC South East Asia

Waste Management at our school

Since 2020 the Eco-Team has set waste management as one of our school’s focus eco-themes, with the initial ambitious goal of reducing residual waste by 50% by the end of… Reducing our Impacts Reduce UWC Maastricht

Eco-Schools Program

The Eco-Schools membership has provided a useful framework for UWC Maastricht to rethink and restructure the way we address Sustainability issues at our school, providing also monitoring and action plan… Teaching skills for the Future CAS & regular activities UWC Maastricht

The Swap Shop at UWC Maastricht

The Swap Shop is a student-initiated and run Service (part of the CAS Program at our school) that aims to give a second life to clothes/other items that members of… Reducing our Impacts Reduce, Reuse & Recycle UWC Maastricht

Solar Panel Project

Solar energy is becoming increasingly popular around the world for its numerous benefits. It is a clean, renewable, and abundant source of power that can be harnessed to meet various… Reducing our Impacts Renewable Energy Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong

Earthship at Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa - photo by Steve McGuire

Earthship at Waterford Kamhlaba

Here you can add text about the project. Reducing our Impacts Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa

A Smart Meter

Smart Meters at UWC Maastricht

Smart meters for accurate monitoring of electricity and gas consumption per building The smart meters in all school buildings and one of the residential buildings allow us to constantly monitor… Reducing our Impacts Saving Energy UWC Maastricht

UWC Maastricht LED lighting. Photo: Olaya Garcia Alonso

LED lighting at UWC Maastricht

1063 light bulbs were replaced by LED lights in the school buildings in 2021. After 8 years of intensive use of our Campus we recognized that certain elements were reaching… Reducing our Impacts Saving Energy UWC Maastricht

Permaculture Garden and Tree Nursery Project

A 300 square metre garden designed and created by our community on permaculture principles. Includes tree nursery, polytunnel and fruit, flower and vegetable beds. The garden was created in 2021… Nature & Biodiversity Growing food & school gardens UWC Maastricht

Carbon Monitoring Initiative

In line with the agreement signed by the Heads of all 18 UWC Schools and Colleges in May 2021, titled Uniting the World: UWC, together for our planet and for our future in 2021 UWC Adriatic began to establish a reporting system in order to calculate the College’s Carbon Footprint. During this… Reducing our Impacts Monitoring UWC Adriatic

Sustainability Month and Sustainability Day 14 April 2023

Friday 14 April was Sustainability Day at UWC Adriatic and classes and CAS activities were suspended so that our community could get together and find meaningful ways in which to reflect and act with regard to what is sometimes perceived as just a buzzword, or misinterpreted as a concept that applies to the… Events, Initiatives & Activism Activism & Community Outreach UWC Adriatic

Earth Prize

The Earth Prize is a global $200,000 environmental sustainability competition for students between the ages of 13 and 19 which will reward the teams whose projects have the most potential… People, Stories & Awards Stories UWC Adriatic

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