“I’ve reported on Princeton’s Greening Reunions Alumni Working Group, which has been working to make reunions more sustainable, with the ultimate vision of carbon neutrality and zero waste. In the past, reunions sustainability efforts had been largely ad hoc, but since GRAWG was formed in 2020, $38,800 has been raised to purchase carbon offsets to cover travel emissions, campus dining has offered more vegetarian and beef-free meals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and both compostable and reusable cups have been piloted to prevent the use of hundreds of thousands of nonrecyclable plastic cups.”

– Julie Bonette, Writer/Assistant Editor at Princeton Alumni Weekly, Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.