Share Some Sunshine Every Sunday in Union Hill

The Union Hill Garden Project is going strong in it's 3rd year. We are planting we've planted a community orchard with apricot, peach, pear, plum, and fig trees. Next to come are apple and cherry trees! What we need most right now is your help in the garden! Bring your kids, bring your friends, bring you organization or community service group for a fun day in the fresh air with a shovel in your hand and the sun on your back.

No gardening skills are necessary! We'll teach you everything you need to know, and provide gloves, tools, water and snacks. Bring a water bottle if you have one, wear sturdy shoes (runners are great), and bring $5 if you want to share Rachel's homemade pizza with fresh ingredients from her garden for lunch.

When: 11am-4pm
October 7th
October 14th
October 21st
November 4th

Where: Meet at Rachel's house, 871 N 22ND St., Richmond, VA, 23223

Electronics Recycling on Monroe Park Campus

Stop by our table in the VCU Student Commons to recycle your personal electronics and keep the harmful chemicals they contain out of the landfill. We'll also have sustainability info to share, including how to get curbside recycling pick-up.

New! We will be accepting some non-electronic items for recycling/repurposing:

• #5 plastic containers (clean/rinsed)
• Cosmetics packaging (lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases, shampoo bottles, etc., for a full list click here. Not accepted: hair spray cans, nail polish bottles and nail polish remover bottle)
• Scotch tape packaging (plastic tape dispensers, plastic tape cores)
• Various promotional items/items you don't use anymore
• Reusable bags (in good condition)
• Working USB keys (non-working can be recycled instead)
• Unused water bottles
• Unused coffee mugs/travel mugs

Time	Friday, December 2 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location	VCU Student Commons, Lobby 907 Floyd Ave. Richmond, VA
More Info

Electronics Recycling on MCV Campus

Our first large scale Electronics Recycling (e-Cycling) event is coming to MCV Campus November 16th! Bring all of your personal electronics and pick up some sustainability info when you drop by.

We can accept VCU surplus items with this info:
-Conact Name
-Name of research group who purchased the electronic(s)
-Name of grant used to purchase the electronic(s) (if possible)
-Keep personal electronics separate from surplus electronics

We are also accepting some non-electronic items for recycling/repurposing:

• #5 plastic containers (clean/rinsed)
• Cosmetics packaging (lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases, shampoo bottles, etc., for a full list click here. Not accepted: hair spray cans, nail polish bottles and nail polish remover bottle)
• Scotch tape packaging (plastic tape dispensers, plastic tape cores)
• Various promotional items/items you don't use anymore
• Reusable bags (in good condition)
• Working USB keys (non-working can be recycled instead)
• Unused water bottles
• Unused coffee mugs/travel mugs

Time	Wednesday, November 16 · 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location	Larrick Student Center Lobby (moved due to rain) 900 Turpin St. Richmond, VA
More Info

Worm Composting - Back by Popular Demand

Register by 5pm November 17th to attend this workshop:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VM5D9QJ

Tricycle Gardens will also teach us general composting skills, and will demonstrate their own self-watering planter design, so you can make your own. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn new skills and support our Union Hill Community Garden Project!

Time	Sunday, November 20 · 1pm - 4pm
Location	Jackson Ward Room, Larrick Center, MCV Campus 900 Turpin St. Richmond, VA
More Info	To register, please follow this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PZ6BQ83 Learn how to compost with worms with Tricycle Gardens and Green Unity.

Join our Planting Family this Saturday

Wear study shoes and bring a water bottle if you have one. We have garden tools and gloves to share - no gardening experience required! Free snacks and water provided, free pedometer or trowel with flower bulbs for all volunteers. This is a family friendly event - feel free to bring your kids to help beautify RVA!

Union Hill Garden Planting

Saturday, November 5th

2-4pm

Meet at N 20th and O St.

Directions

Post-Halloween Clean-Up in Union Hill

Time	Saturday, November 12 · 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location	Corner of O St. and N 20TH St
More Info	Help beautify RVA! Wear sturdy shoes, and bring your own water bottle and gloves if you have them. Free snacks and beverages, as well as disposable gloves, trash pickers, and bags will be provided.

Saturdays are Perfect for Planting in Union Hill

All students who attend will have the choice of taking home a garden trowel with flowers to plant, or a pedometer, so you can beautify your home and stay healthy!

Time	Sunday, October 23 · 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location	Corner of O St. and N 20TH St
More Info	Join us and the local residents and kids this week planting flowers to beautify RVA! Directions to the event: http://green-unity.blogspot.com/2011/03/which-way-to-neighborhood-clean-up.html Bring study shoes, and a water bottle if you have them. We will have gloves and garden tools to share. Free snacks and water provided. This is a family friendly event - feel free to bring your kids to help beautify RVA!

National Drug Take-Back Day

Time	Saturday, October 29 · 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location	VCU Medical Center Gateway Building 1200 East Marshall Street Richmond, Virginia
More Info	The Phi Delta Chi Professional Pharmacy Fraternity and the VCU Police Department will be coordinating a medication disposal event, along with the DEA. Phi Delta Chi will have volunteers at the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, to collect any unused or expired medications. The purpose of these National Take Back Days are to provide a venue for persons who wanted to dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs. These efforts were a huge success in removing potentially dangerous prescription drugs, particularly controlled substances, from our nation’s medicine cabinets and avoiding unwanted disposal into our water system, as the American Public turned in more than 309 tons of pills on these National Take Back Days.

Green Unity Wants to Help You Learn Worm Composting

Last chance - register by 5pm tomorrow (Thursday) to attend this workshop:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PZ6BQ83

Tricycle Gardens will also teach us general composting skills, and will demonstrate their own self-watering planter design, so you can make your own. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn new skills and support our Union Hill Community Garden Project!

Time	Monday, October 17 · 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location	Courtend Ballroom B, Larrick Center, MCV Campus 900 Turpin St. Richmond, VA
More Info	To register, please follow this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PZ6BQ83 Learn how to compost with worms with Tricycle Gardens and Green Unity. Worm composting is great for small spaces indoors, as it gives off little to no odor. Perfect for dorm and apartment dwellers with no access to a yard. When combined with recycling, worm composting can reduce the amount of household waste going to the landfill by up to 80%. Participants will take home their own worm composting kit, so they can try it at home! All proceeds from this event go to support the Union Hill Community Garden Project. Admission is guaranteed for the first 20 students to register. Limited additional space is available for VCU faculty & staff, as well as Richmond community members. Workshop cost: $20 per person Student discounted cost: $15 per person Payment can be made at the event through cash or check

Plant Up Some Happiness in Union Hill

All students who attend will have the choice of taking home a garden trowel with flowers to plant, or a pedometer, so you can beautify your home and stay healthy!

Time	Saturday, October 15 · 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location	Corner of O St. & N 20TH St Richmond, VA
More Info	Join us and the local residents and kids this week planting flowers to beautify RVA! Directions to the event: http://green-unity.blogspot.com/2011/03/which-way-to-neighborhood-clean-up.html Bring study shoes, gloves, a small shovel (trowel) & a large shovel, hoe, or pick ax if you have them. We will have extra garden tools to share. Free snacks & water provided. This is a family friendly event - feel free to bring your kids to help beautify RVA!

More photos from the last planting event:

Time	Tuesday, October 11 · 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location	Patterson Memorial Garden, Hunton Student Center 1110 E Broad St. Richmond, Virginia
More Info	Please join members of Green Unity for VCU as we honor Michael Rao, Ph.D., president of Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System, on the occasion of his Inauguration. Lunch will be served. Sponsored by MCV Campus SGA and Green Unity for MCV Campus. This is a zero waste event. Please bring your student ID to receive your complementary lunch.

Help Us Paint the Town Green

Time	Saturday, October 8 · 8:00am - 1:00pm
Location	Meet at Monroe Park Richmond, Virginia
More Info	Show your neighborhood spirit and strengthen the relationship between VCU and its surrounding communities by picking up trash with VCU students, faculty, staff, and community residents. Free food after the clean up! Lead VCU Group: VCU Monroe Park Student Government Association

Participating Neighborhoods: Jackson Ward, The Fan, Oregon Hill, Randolph, Carver. http://www.community.vcu.edu/solutions/cce/calendar.html A collaborative neighborhood clean-up between the VCU Monroe Park campus and its surrounding neighborhoods. Immediately following the clean-up, each neighborhood will host a social event.

Union Hill Gets It's Green On

Time Sunday, October 9 · 1:00pm - 3:00pm Location Meet at corner of O St. and N 20th St. Richmond, VA More Info Help beautify RVA! Wear sturdy shoes, and bring your own water bottle and gloves if you have them. Free snacks and beverages, as well as disposable gloves, trash pickers, and trash bags will be provided. Directions to the event: http://green-unity.blogspot.com/2011/03/which-way-to-neighborhood-clean-up.html Free information about VCU sustainability and how to get city curb-side recycling pick-up will be on hand. We will also be selling rain barrels ($55), Green Unity water bottles ($10, 22oz, aluminum, BPA-free), Green Unity t-shirts ($10, 69% recycled Cotton), and reusable ChicoBags ($10, 100% recycled PET) to fundraise for Green Unity in order to continue our community and educational outreach events like this one.

Pine Street Neighborhood Clean-Up

Time	Sunday, October 2 · 2:00pm - 3:30pm
More Info	Help beautify RVA! Green Unity 4 VCU invites you to take part in the tradition of community clean-ups, on Sunday, Oct. 2nd. Wear sturdy shoes and bring your own water bottle and gloves if you have them. Free snacks will be provided, as well as disposable gloves, trash pickers, and trash bags. Meet at Mojo's, on the corner of Cary and Laurel at 2 pm. It will wrap up around 3:30. Tell your friends and enjoy the day outside!

Facebook Event	http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207841305948746

Electronics Recycling Thursday, Sept. 29th

Time	Thursday, September 29 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location	The sidewalk between Cabell Library and the Student Commons, Monroe Park Campus
More Info	Have old cell phones? Chargers? A pile up of drained batteries? We will be collecting all unwanted electronics that you may have! Even the big stuff. One exception is Incandescent light bulbs, they are unable to be recycled. Hope to see you all out there, and tell your friends!

Electronics Accepted

Anything you can plug-in except large appliances (i.e. refrigerators, stoves)
Microwaves
Television Sets (No big screen TVs)
Old & New Computers
Computer Monitors
Cell Phones
Printers
Printer cartridges
Fluorescent Bulbs (No incandescent bulbs)
Batteries
Device charging cords/equipment
Extension Cords

Come Garden with us in Union Hill!

We're still on for today - see you at 2pm at O & N 20th


Union Hill Community Garden Project

Time	Saturday, September 24 · 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location	Meet at corner of O St. and N 20th St. Richmond, Virginia
More Info	Join us and the local residents and kids this week planting flowers to beautify RVA, and vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, lettuce) too! Bring study shoes, gloves, a small shovel (trowel) & a large shovel, hoe, or pick ax if you have them. We will have extra garden tools to share. Free snacks & water provided. This is a family friendly event - feel free to bring your kids to help beautify RVA! Thanks to all of our loyal gardeners for their help every week, and to Tricycle Gardens, Stacey Moulds, Mechanicsville Home Depot, Central Richmond Lowes, and VCU Office of Sustainability for their generous donations to help support this project! Also thanks to Cynthia Oliver for the use of her land to plant the apple trees!

Green Lunch with Nick Cooney

RSVP here for your free lunch! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YNG5HTK

Time	Thursday, September 22 · 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location	Room 114, MCV Alumni House, MCV Campus 1016 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA
More Info	Please RSVP if you wish to receive a free lunch, using the link below: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YNG5HTK Join us for a free lunch at this zero waste event with special guest Nick Cooney. Hear about Green Unity and what you can do to get involved in sustainability and community outreach at VCU and the surrounding communities. All students, faculty, staff, and Richmond community members are welcome to attend! Nick Cooney is a 29 year old founder of two non-profits and the author of Change Of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change. His advocacy work has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine. Each year he speaks to hundreds of college activists, which has included Harvard and Princeton, about how they can be more effective at creating the change they want to see on their campus and in the world. More information on his book can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Change-Heart-Psychology-Spreading-Social/dp/159056233X Free information about VCU sustainability and how to get city curb-side recycling pick-up will be on hand. We will also be selling Green Unity water bottles ($10, 22oz, aluminum, BPA-free), Green Unity t-shirts ($10, 69% recycled Cotton), and reusable ChicoBags ($10, 100% recycled PET) to fundraise for Green Unity in order to continue our community and educational outreach events like Green Lunch, neighborhood clean-ups, and community garden projects.

Next Union Hill Community Garden Planting Wednesday, September 7th

Update: This event has been rescheduled for tomorrow because of rain.

Time	Thursday, September 8 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location	Corner of O St. & N 22ND St Richmond, VA Map & Directions
More Info	Join us and the local residents and kids this week planting flowers to beautify RVA, and hopefully some cool crops (broccoli, cabbage, lettuce) too! We're meeting at the old spot on the corner of O St. & N 22ND St. Bring study shoes, gloves, a small shovel (trowel) & a large shovel, hoe, or pick ax if you have them. We will have extra garden tools to share. Free snacks & water provided. This is a family friendly event - feel free to bring your kids to help beautify RVA! Thanks to all of our loyal gardeners for their help every week, and to Tricycle Gardens, Stacey Moulds, Mechanicsville Home Depot, Central Richmond Lowes, and VCU Office of Sustainability for their generous donations to help support this project! Also thanks to Cynthia Oliver for the use of her land to plant the apple trees!