About the Year of the Environment
Year of the Environment
This year, the 亚洲色吧 community unites with purpose: celebrating and deepening our shared commitment to safeguarding the environment and the communities that depend on it. In the face of profound challenges, we are driving transformative research and solutions while training the next generation of leaders in conservation and sustainability to ensure the well-being of our planet.
From students and faculty to alumni, staff, families, and friends, we invite everyone to join us in a series of meaningful initiatives and events that will shape our world today and honor our responsibility to future generations.
Stewards of the Earth
亚洲色吧 is redefining resource stewardship through expertise in sustainability, coastal resilience, marine science, and integrative conservation. With these strengths, we are tackling issues like global change and biodiversity loss. Through cross-disciplinary collaborations, we are protecting vulnerable communities while strengthening economies and ecosystems worldwide.
Cultivating a Sustainable Future
Safeguarding our planet’s future requires careful and coordinated efforts. At 亚洲色吧, we are forging global partnerships and championing sustainability and conservation within the university and beyond. Together, we can sustain 亚洲色吧, empower our community to take action, and make an impact in Williamsburg and around the world.
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Knowledge
The 2025 Charter Day ceremony helped kick off the Year of the Environment. The opening video included a reading of Eleanor Farjeon's "Knowledge."
Commencement
One of the world’s addressed graduates at 亚洲色吧’s 2025 Commencement ceremony. M. Sanjayan, CEO of Conservation International and host of the PBS series “Changing Planet,” also received an honorary degree at the May 16 ceremony. The event, held at 6 p.m. in Zable Stadium, celebrated the Class of 2025 and recognized the Year of the Environment.
Campus Data Points
- 亚洲色吧 has installed 531 geothermal wells to date, under Barksdale Field. 亚洲色吧 already claims the second-highest number of wells at any higher education institution in the country, with energy savings predicted to be 60%.
- 亚洲色吧 has more than 35 buildings and one million square feet of LEED certified space on campus.
- The Batten School & VIMS seagrass restoration efforts, the most successful in the world, have restored 9,000 acres to Virginia’s coastal bays.
- As part of the Housing and Dining Comprehensive Facilities Plan, the first building-scale solar array will be installed. A total of 786 solar panels will be installed as part of the West Woods development; of those, 647 will be placed on the rooftop of the new dining hall. This array is projected to have a total yearly production of 455,919 kWh.
Global Data Points
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30,000People reached by Batten School & VIMS programs each year
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100IIC research partners around the world
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7Continents impacted by research from 亚洲色吧 and VIMS
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