Dine
Cool Foods: Cool Food Meals are offered every day at all three dining halls. Look for the Cool Food logo.
1 point
The Castle: Eat a meal from The Castle.
1 point
Local Taste Cart: Eat a meal from the Local Taste cart at Newcomb; Thursdays from 5 to 7 pm at Fresh Food Co.
1 point
Local Dining: Choose a plant-based meal at a local restaurant.
1 point
Meatless Meal: Replace animal protein for one meal with plant protein, like beans.
3 points
Meatless Meal – Vegetarian: Convince a friend to eat a vegetarian meal with you.
2 points
Plant-Based UVA: Cook a meal from @plantbaseduva on Instagram. While you’re there, follow @plantbaseduva for future fun and recipes!
2 points
Cooking Class: Take a cooking class at the Teaching Kitchen in the Student Health Building! Classes take place every Thursday from 5-6:30.
3 points
Read the schedule here.
Cooking Class – Create a Group: Get a group of friends to join you at a Student Health cooking class. See logistical details above. .
5 points
Grow Your Own Garden – Indoors: Start a kitchen garden – one seedling planted in a container or window box.
3 points
Grow Your Own Garden – Outdoors: Start or renew an outside garden plot – plant the site, prep the soil, acquire and plant the seeds. .
5 points
Volunteer
UVA Student Garden: Complete a shift at the UVA Student Garden.
3 points
UVA Community Food Pantry: Complete a shift at UVA’s Community Food Pantry, located in Newcomb Hall.
3 points
Cultivate Charlottesville: Volunteer for the Harvest of the Month at a local school.
10 points
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank – Volunteer at the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
10 points
Attend/Join
Farm to Fork: Swipe into Newcomb Dining Hall March 30 or April 20, 5-8pm, in Newcomb Dining Hall, to have a meal featuring locally
2 points
produced ingredients. Sponsored by UVA Dine.
Cville Market: Walk through the UVA Dine Farmers Market, taking place April 5th and 26th between 12-4pm at the Amphitheater.
2 points
Morven Reading Day: Travel to Morven Farm using one of the shuttles leaving from Grounds to enjoy the gardens and learn more about
3 points
UVA’s recently announced “Sustainability Lab.” No prior registration required. Details coming soon.
UVA Sustainability Eco-Fair: Attend this celebratory fair on April 21st, on the Lawn. Part of the Office for Sustainability’s Earth Day Every
2 points
Day celebration.
Cool Food Takeover: Swipe into O’Hill on April 19th, where staff will showcase Cool Food options in the Dining halls.
2 points
Miscellaneous
Sign-up a Friend: Enlist a friend to join you in the Green Up Your Food Game challenge.
2 points
#PlasticFree2023: Take the Plastic Free in 2023 Pledge!
1 point
Learn More: Subscribe to one or more of these helpful newsletters: UVA Sustainability, Green Dine.
1 point
To-Go Containers: Opt for a reusable to go container in the dining hall.
2 points
To-Go Containers – Compost: Compost your compostable containers at West Range, Fine Arts Cafe, the Castle, or at the Amphitheater.
2 points
Nitrogen Footprint – Calculate your nitrogen or greenhouse gas footprint and report it us.
2 points