(I can’t fix the formatting for some reason so for a prettier trip description check out this doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bC_fIwu9DgcJPGstAsGOugAxO9xrWd9z0XNXjJ_vETQ/edit?usp=sharing) Hello my friend If you are interested in experiencing intentional living communities but while living your best self-sufficient solar-punk life, you should join us for a day trip to Living Energy Farm! LEF is yet another intentional community in Louisa County …
Hey everyone! Join Cat and Cam as we help plant a mini forest on Grounds!! This is a volunteer event organized by Forest Patches at UVA to plant mini forests on grounds as part of UVA’s broader decarbonization initiatives. We’ll plant trees a little up the road from Hereford’s student garden. There will also be BAGELS (yum we know)!! They’ll …
It’s been a looong week and it’s only Tuesday, so I want to go put my hands in some dirt this weekend and I hope you’ll join me! We’ll be headed to volunteer at Morven, UVA’s sustainable garden. We’ll show up, do some work in the garden, and maybe even get to take home a bit of fresh produce! Last …
Is your tent in need of repair? Were you recently on a megatrip where your Club tent seemed less than storm-ready? Come learn how to repair, clean, and maintain tents! We will be working to repair club tents that were damaged while on Moab (or are just in need of a little TLC). This is a great opportunity to give …
Hi! Come fix kids’ bikes with me this Wednesday! It will be awesome and then afterward we can get food roughly equivalent to 7 dollars per person. The plan: Meet at shrack at 2pm Bike over to hearthwood apts and fix bikes for an hour and a half or so Get a late lunch/early dinner nearby Bike home! Also! you …
If you weren’t able to sign up for this trip last weekend, you’re in luck because it got rained out! Soooo we’re going to Morven on Friday (but fr this time) to get our hands dirty and touch some plants!! Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s wonderful project in sustainable agriculture and is a wonderful place to spend a Saturday morning …
HEY So we all got shreddy and dirty at Moab. We are now clean humans 🙁 but the ropes are still dirty and shredded! Come help with climbing gear maintenance at the Shred Shack this Sunday afternoon. LETS GET THESE READY FOR THE SPRGGGGEEEE RATS! We will check all the ropes and begin cleaning them/prep them for chopping. Please wear …
wake up babe, new Morven volunteering trip just dropped!! now that spring has sprung, i have been YEARNING to do some gardening. if you want to welcome the warmer weather by digging in some dirt and cultivating plants, then this trip is for you! come join me this friday afternoon and we will do some beginner-friendly farm work (and maybe …
First of all, if you didn’t look too closely at the trip times… you really, really should (Also the fact that this is technically during Spring Break). I was like “hm I should volunteer at some ultras, that’d be fun,” so I emailed the race organizers being like “u need help?” and before I knew it, I was assigned to …
In case you didn’t get to meet odc’s blue-blazed section of the Brown Rocky Mountain trail back in December, you’re in luck because we’re going back to do some maintenance this Saturday!! This will be our second trip out to the section, and we’ll be joined by two experienced trail maintainers who will teach us more about pruning, waterbar clearing, …
Yo yo what up my fellow bikers, I’ve been wanting to volunteer at CCB for a long ass time, mainly because I don’t have enough to do and academic clubs are boring, but also because they are an awesome organization that empowers people and is actively making Charlottesville and the world a better place. We’ll be learning the basics of …
With the abnormally warm weather on Friday, I wanted to get my hands dirty and touch some plants!! Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s wonderful project in sustainable agriculture. Every time I volunteer here I have such an amazing time. We’ll show up, work in the garden, and (hopefully) get to take home a bit of fresh produce! This trip is …
We are ALL avid trail users here. We hike, bike, climb, run, bird, forage, explore, connect, etc, etc. You get the point – we use trails a LOT. In all our time on the trails, have you ever stopped to think about who keeps these in such great shape for us to safely enjoy our adventures??? Well now the answer …
After a long week of only touching the cold, metallic keys of our computers, Ella and I plan to get our hands dirty and touch some plants!! Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s wonderful project in sustainable agriculture. We volunteered here last year and had such an amazing time. We’ll show up, work in the garden, and get to take home …
Have YOU enjoyed using the beautiful land in good ole Virginia? Do you also want to learn how to better respect and acknowledge the land? Then join us on Dec 2nd for a service trip to the Monacan Nation Museum to learn about the land that we have been using. We will take a tour of the Monacan Nation Museum …
Do you want to break free from your mainstream, high-stress lifestyle and embark on a journey into a world where nature and intentional community living collide? Do you really love hammocks and Ohill tofu? Perfect because we’re going to Twin Oaks!!! Twin Oaks is an intentional community in Louisa, VA with around 85 members (woahhh) who all hold the values of …
HI Do you ever walk through Charlottesville and wonder, “why??? why has my city forsaken me???? why am I forced to persistently cross busy roads, full of metal death boxes on wheels?? is this what society has come to???? is there a way out of this hellscape???” Good. bc me and patrick do too. We decided, maybe we shouldn’t just …
This is a great opportunity to volunteer and plant a mini forest by Scott Stadium! This is through another group so we are just going to get there and then help them plant according to whatever they have planned. – Meet at entrance to scott stadium parking garage at 12PM – Plant until 3 and leave Scott Stadium a more …
Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s project in sustainable agriculture, and it’s a really cool place to spend a warm Friday afternoon! This trip is beginner-friendly, and the volunteer work is mostly small manual labor tasks, like harvesting produce, weeding, etc. Be sure to bring water/snacks and clothes you feel comfortable gardening and getting dirty in. The plan: 2:45 pm – …
After a long week of only touching the cold, metallic keys of our computers, Emi and I plan to get our hands dirty and touch some plants!! Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s wonderful project in sustainable agriculture. We volunteered here last year and had such an amazing time. We’ll show up, work in the garden, and get to take home …
Helloooo amigos!!! As this equinox descends upon us this Satur, Cville as a whole is uniting in our annual trail celebratin, bike galoshing, run hikin, LOOP DeVILLE!!! For those of you who haven’t heard, Loop DeVille is a town-wide celebration of our lovely Rivanna Trail, who embraces Charlottesville in her 24-mile-long arms circumscribing the city!!! Loop DeVille is a free …
Hellooo fellow beings of Shred!!! Much like a forest ecosystem, the communities of us humans here in Charlottesville are oft bustling and abound with uniqueness. Cam and I often find ourselves enamored — tickled, even — by the wonders of both plant and human life around us, and we would like to offer our friendship to all of it…SO, what …
Hello to all you lovely ODC members! Are you passionate about service, sustainability, or DEI (diversity, equity, & inclusivity) within the outdoors? Do you want to get more involved with the club? Well, we have news for you! Much like a natural ecosystem, we believe that many parts of ODC are interwoven. We are merging our DEI / service-sustainability committee …
Come hang out with Mitch and Ed as we work to repair some of our most heavily used and regularly bruised gear items. No experience needed. We will put you to work! Some things we might get up to: Replacing elastic in our poor MSR hubba hubbas Repairing holes in tent bodies with seam seal or patches cleaning tent footprints …
Hello lovelies! Come join me this Sunday morning for a wonderful time gardening at Visible Records. It’s a space for art, community organizing, localized social justice and of course the gardens! Visible Records has two gardens: one, Common Field, produces crops for the local Visions of Liberation Free Store, while their other plot, Solitary Gardens, is an offshoot of a …
SOO you’re an incredibly awesome Tripleader and you’re super comfortable all the time in the outdoors. You know how to pack, to predict the weather, to avoid catastrophes and maybe even how to splint a leg or perform CPR. But do you know what to do when the danger/injury isn’t physically present? Do you want to learn some tried and …
During this lovely month of Earth appreciation UVA’s Office of Sustainability has hosted a ton of events embracing environmental stewardship & fun– one of which is the kayak cleanup! This event gives back to Ragged, a place that has provided ODC with SO many magical adventures. People who have registered for the kayak cleanup will pick up trash, learn a …
Oh helloooooo Shrackadackles!!!! Our last storytelling workshop was deep in the winter moon and now here we are patullutzin about in the spring shade! I don’t know about you all, but the end to this year seems to be hurtling towards us with quite a velocity — so as ponder the summer and the next steps in our life journeys, …
HAPPY EARTH DAYYYY. DO YOU LIKE PRESERVING THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE EARTH? (yes) JOIN THIS! For one hour we will be sauntering around grounds searching for litter to properly dispose of. We’ll start at Scott Stadium and split off in different directions gathering trash. We’ll all head in the madbowl direction around 12:30-45 and get some trash from there …
Visible Records! A wonderful place – It’s a space for art, community organizing, localized social justice and special dirt beds for baby green things to grow…Yeah we’re talking about gardens! Invisible Records has two gardens: one, Common Field, produces crops for the local Visions of Liberation Free Store, while their other plot, Solitary Gardens, is an offshoot of a nationally-known …
Have YOU enjoyed using the beautiful land in good ole Virginia? Do you also want to learn how to better respect and acknowledge the land? Then join us on April 22nd (Earth Day) for a service trip to the Monacan Nation Museum to learn about the land that we have been using. We will take a tour of the Monacan …
Visible Records! A wonderful place – It’s a space for art, community organizing, localized social justice and gardens. Join us Wednesday night at 6 pm to plant some potatoes in one of the gardens and then at 7 pm attend The Visiting Room screening. The Visible Record event description reads: “Join the Virginia Law in Prison Project at UVA Law …
Volunteer at Morven Farm, UVA’s organic and sustainable farm! Bring clothes that can get dirty and bring water 🙂 If you are added to this trip, please make sure to sign up at this link for the April 7th day from 3-5PM, so that they know how many volunteers to expect! Sign up link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/23-volunteer-day-at-morven-kitchen-garden-tickets-518973322177?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Check out this link for …
Visible Records! A wonderful place – It’s a space for art, community organizing, localized social justice and special dirt beds for baby green things to grow…Yeah we’re talking about gardens! Invisible Records has two gardens: one, Common Field, produces crops for the local Visions of Liberation Free Store, while their other plot, Solitary Gardens, is an offshoot of a nationally-known …
Feeling bogged down by modern capitalist society? Is the pressure to conform, get an internship, compete with others, emit CO2, etc. making you feel oh so very sad? Do you wonder if there’s a better way of living for both you AND the planet?? Come join Grace, Elli and Cam as we leave Charlottesville and travel 37 miles east to …
Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s project in sustainable agriculture, and it’s a really cool place to spend a warm Friday afternoon! This trip is beginner-friendly, and the volunteer work is mostly small manual labor tasks, like harvesting produce, weeding, etc. Be sure to bring water/snacks and clothes you feel comfortable gardening and getting dirty in. The plan: 2:30 pm – …
I volunteered at Morven Garden a couple weeks ago and had such a good time being outside and learning about UVA’s sustainable agriculture (it was actually so peaceful to volunteer there), and this weekend they are offering an opportunity to learn to cultivate and inoculate sustainably harvested hardwood logs with Shiitake mushrooms!! Morven is so beautiful and it’s a great …
Visible Records! A wonderful place – as many fellow shredians can concur after last week’s trip. It’s a space for art, community organizing, localized social justice and special dirt beds for baby green things to grow…Yeah we’re talking about gardens! Invisible Records has two gardens: one, Common Field, produces crops for the local Visions of Liberation Free Store, while their …
hello friends! no class thursday morning (or like me deciding you would like to be outside instead (i do not encourage class skipping))? want to get your hands a little muddy and see some life?! Join me to go check out UVA’s Morven Kitchen Gardens on what looks to be an exceptionally warm, rainy morning. Morven is awesome- read some …
Howdy folks, We’re incredibly lucky to have some amazing hiking and biking trails so close to Charlottesville, but winter storms have taken their toll on the forests and many trails are currently blocked by downed trees and limbs. Mill Creek Trail near Sherando Lake is in particularly rough shape, with a few spots of localized heavy damage. The plan for …
Visible Records! A wonderful place – as many fellow shredians can concur after last week’s trip. It’s a space for art, community organizing, localized social justice and special dirt beds for baby green things to grow…Yeah we’re talking about gardens! Invisible Records has two gardens: one, Common Field, produces crops for the local Visions of Liberation Free Store, while their …
Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s project in sustainable agriculture, and it’s a really cool place to volunteer. We’ve never been, and thought it would be great to check out this Friday. This trip is beginner-friendly, and the volunteer work is mostly small manual labor tasks, like harvesting produce, weeding, etc. Be sure to bring water/snacks and clothes you feel comfortable …
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Oh HELLOOOO FRIENDS!!!! No one look but raise your hand if you (1) kinda freaking love storytime, (2) harness a deep love for our fellow humans, animals, plants, minerals, and life and want to understand and connect with them all through story, (3) maybe think data and graphs are social constructs and the world revolves around stories, (4) are in …
HELLO HELLOOO FELLOW SHREDLIANS!!!! We donnu about you, but Cam and I are feeling very excited to jump into this semester by getting to know Cville and our local lands better. Luckily for us, we live a few miles away from this sweet place called Visible Records, an artist-run studio and community organizing space for localized social justice. And!!!! THEY …
Volunteer at Morven Farm, UVA’s organic and sustainable farm! Bring clothes that can get dirty and bring water 🙂 If you are added to this trip, please make sure to sign up at this link so that they know how many volunteers to expect! Sign up link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/23-volunteer-day-at-morven-kitchen-garden-tickets-518973322177?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Check out this link for more information about the farm: https://morven.virginia.edu/mkg-get-involved
HI!!! So I’m taking the train to our nation’s capital as I type this, but while I was waiting for it to arrive and whisk me away, I couldn’t help but notice how much random shit was strewn about the station. If we hope to make car-alternatives viable in this country, we have to make them at a minimum, decently …
Have YOU enjoyed using the beautiful land in good ole Virginia? Do you also want to learn how to better respect and acknowledge the land? Then join us on Dec 3rd for a service trip to the Monacan Nation Museum to learn about the land that we have been using. We will take a tour of the Monacan Nation Museum …
Greetings crunch vessels!! Do you love dirt and earthworms? Do you feel sad when you see countless Roots bowls in the trash cans along the corner and want to better understand where food goes after we say goodbye to it? Do you want to increase the DIRT component of the ODC trinity “peace, love and dirt”? Do you identify with …
Hey All!! To say the least, it has been a hard week. It is important to spend time doing things you care about and getting outside (so for a lot of us, those two things are one and the same). So, if you would like, join me and Emi Saturday morning while we do some trail maintenance on the AT …
Hello friends !! Do you like nature? Do you want to show the O’hill trails some love? Do you want to go on the ultimate scavenger hunt (that of trash and trees)? Do you not want to go to any class you might have (or might not have) on Wednesday 11-12:45? If any one of these things describes you, you …