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Fall 2025 Projects
In 2025, the 91心頭利 Committee on Sustainability awarded 14 Green Fee awards to fund sustainability projects across campus.
The Green Fee was established in 2008 and was proposed by students as a way to encourage and inspire initiatives to further sustainability at 91心頭利.
Fall 2025 Green Fee Projects:
Beekeeping 101
$511 to Randy Chambers
This project aims to expand the number of honeybee hives on campus by establishing two new hives. The operation also serves as an educational experience for students in the Bee Club, who will participate in beekeeping and learn about the benefits that bees provide to the environment.
Monitoring the Lake Matoaka Watershed for Sustainable Landscape Management
$73,591 to Joanmarie Del Vecchio, Dom Ciruzzi, Jon Allen, Randy Chambers, and Jim Kaste
Many activities on the 91心頭利 campus, such as construction, stormwater management and sewage infrastructure leave an impact on Lake Matoaka. They affect the water quality and levels of sediment in the water. This project will implement a network of sensors throughout the lake and nearby streams that drain into the lake. It will provide an opportunity for students to learn about water flow, sediment transport, and nutrient cycling.
Compost Bin for Wesley House
$185 to Aayla Kastning ‘26, Elizabeth Walker ‘27 and advisor Angelica Alexander
Following the Green Fee they were awarded to expand the compost program in the Spring, Dining Sustainability was awarded funding again for a new compost location outside of the Wesley House. This bin will simplify the compost pick-up process as the Wesley House produces the highest amount of organic waste composted off campus.
Providing New Homes for Campus Birds
$9,250 to Daniel Cristol and Cheryl Leu with Joanna He and the Bird Club of 91心頭利
Although the 91心頭利 campus is home to around 100 bird houses, they are in poor condition and not well documented. The funding will allow the Keck Lab and the student Bird Club to create an oline map of all the birdhouses, refurbish and replace the current houses, and collect data on areas of campus where the project could expand to next.
Compost Pail for Global Village
$100 to Ethan Chan and advisor Deborah Lee-Ferand
The Global Village is made up of the Language Houses on Campus. As part of their programming, the residents cook cross cultural meals together in their communal kitchen, producing a significant amount of organic waste. This Green Fee funds indoor compost pails so the residents can easily collect the waste and dispose of it in the compost bins outside.
Predatory Bugs Instead of Pesticides in the Greenhouse
$500 to Patricia White-Jackson and Amelia Kim
Many pesticides contain harmful chemicals that can be toxic to humans, are detrimental to bees, and are water-soluble, so they might spread to surrounding bodies of water and impact those ecosystems. This Green Fee funds the removal of Safari from the 91心頭利 Greenhouse in favor of using predatory bugs that naturally control pest populations.
Reducing Recycling Contamination in Walter J. Zable Stadium
$2,900 to Aayla Kastning ‘26 and advisor Angelica Alexander
This Green Fee funds the expansion of the recycling program in Zable Stadium. It supports the purchasing of lids for recycling bins with circular openings for recyclable beverage containers and 20 new bins.
Salamanders, Streams, and Surroundings: How Ecosystem Variables Impact Salamander Abundance and Distribution
$10,421.47 to Eleanor Ramsey ‘27, Leah Weinraub and advisor Matthias Leu
This Green Fee funds a research project to study amphibian population dynamics as they respond to ecological variables. With a focus on salamanders, the project aims to predict where the species could survive around Williamsburg.