The rope juice is running low and I am thirsty… Our ropes are dirty and sandy. They will wear out much faster because they are filled with grit yum. Let’s wash them. Also one of them is core shot oops so I will cut it if anyone wants to learn how to do that. Also I am going to sort/ …
⚠️GARDEN HOE⚠️ Do you have passionate feelings about this holiday (good or bad)? Many people do. Time to channel that energy into manual labor woooohoooooo! Perhaps we can all discuss our contentious opinions while digging in some dirt. Has corporate greed and excessive consumerism gone so far that it has a vicious, nasty grip on the neck of love? Are …
I canopy without you! You maple me crazy! Ok enough of that. The Rivanna Conservation Alliance and some folks from the Rivanna Forest Restoration Partnership are hosting a workday at Riverview Park on Saturday (2/14) to manage the invasive plants that are threatening native tree canopy in a high-priority forest area. Come help us out! It will be soooo fun! …
Trash. I don’t like it. I want it gone. But fr… Rivanna Conservation Alliance is hosting a trash cleanup in Forest Hills Park this MLK Day. COME WITH US YIPPEEEEEE!!! The plan: 12:45 pm -> Meet at Echols 1-3 pm -> PICK UP TRASH WOOHOOOO 3:10 pm -> Return yup indeed What to bring: – closed toed shoes – clothes …
No experience necessary! On the second and fourth Thursday of every month, the Fairfield Foundation of Gloucester, Virginia, hosts archaeology open to the public at King William Courthouse (ca. 1725), the oldest continuously used courthouse in the U.S. (300 straight years!). Our goal is to find the location of the lost buildings (currently Quarels Tavern and Hills Hotel) that surrounded …
Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s project in sustainable agriculture, and it’s a really cool place to spend a Friday afternoon. This trip is beginner-friendly, and the volunteer work is mostly small manual labor tasks, like harvesting produce, weeding, etc. We usually get a chance to take home some the freshly harvested organic produce in exchange for our hard work! Be …
While operating semi-heavy machinery upon the soft piedmont clay of Morven farm, one John Woodward once said, “this is what people should be doing”. The backbone of our American society is those who engage in the callus-making, sweat-producing, no-sissies-allowed hard work through which we make all attempts to divert from the fact that we have indeed gone soft. That is …
Hello friends! HOWDY! I just love trees! And I know you do too. Otherwise, I am not sure why you would be on the list of people who receive these emails. Might want to do some reflecting on that. But anywhooooo the Rivanna Conservation Alliance is hosting a tree planting event at a local property that is participating in the …
Hello my friends!! Every month, the Rivanna Trails Foundation hosts a trail maintenance work party to maintain a section of the trail. I love the Rivanna trail…you love the Rivanna Trail…so let’s help keep it in good shape for the Charlottesville community. I will also be supplying bagels. Pull up. Here’s the plan: – 8:30: Meet at Echols – 8:45: …
Howdy howdy hello! hello. hello? My friends, do you yearn for a life enriched by tilling, harvesting and munching on cabbage? If so, YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. If not, uhhh, idk come anyways there is much much work to be done. Anyways, the harvest season may be mostly over, but Morven Kitchen Garden still needs plenty of help with …
Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s project in sustainable agriculture, and it’s a really cool place to spend a Friday afternoon. This trip is beginner-friendly, and the volunteer work is mostly small manual labor tasks, like harvesting produce, weeding, etc. We usually get a chance to take home some the freshly harvested organic produce in exchange for our hard work! Be …
Hello my beautiful tree huggers! Remember that one book about the little orange guy called the Lorax who spoke for the trees and how you read it as a kid and were so inspired and forever changed because it was just that good and so true??? Well, allow me to speak for the trees right now: “HELP I AM BEING …
HOWDY HOWDY! Trash on the ground. Pick it up. Enough said. Yeah fire awesome cool ok. Next Saturday (11/15), the Rivanna Conservation Alliance is hosting a cleanup along the Rivanna Trail and River Road. YAYYYYYY SO FUN COME WITH ME PLEASE!!! Here are the details on their website: “We will meet at the RCA office at 1150 River Road and …
FOR THIS WEEK’S WANDER……. we will be venturing to the one and only Camp Holiday Trails!!!! We will be volunteering with trail maintenance and other outdoor tasks that the camp needs a hand with! Camp Holiday Trails is a year-round non-profit camp for children with medical needs based in Charlottesville. They rely on volunteers to keep the camp and trails …
Hello friends! Do you ever find yourself walking around, marveling at nature’s beauty, in awe of the environment that surrounds you, only to have this state of bliss shattered by the sight of trash on the ground? Well, regardless of whether you have been in this position, you can imagine that it sucks. I hate litter, you hate litter, we …
HELLOOO litter-hating ODC folks! Perhaps worse than throwing trash on the ground is leaving it on the ground. You know what brings feelings of indescribable ecstasy? Picking up trash and putting it in its rightful place— the trash. Every piece of trash cleared from the ground grants you good fortune and one wish to be granted. It’s like a shooting …
Just a tad last minute BUT this beautiful weather has me itching to put my hands in dirt and touch some plants! 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, …
Hello friends!! In addition to all the super fun and stoke-filled outdoorsy adventures that ODC leads, we also want to prioritize taking care of our planet and the people we share it with. The Sustainability & Service committee (SustServ) of ODC is like a fun little club within a club where we get together every couple of weeks to hang …
Well hello there… Do you like getting down and dirty? Yeah I thought so. Sooooo join me and Sofia (arguably the coolest and most awesome Morven employee to ever be employed) on 9/26 for a volunteer day at Morven Kitchen Garden! MKG is UVA’s largest student farm and they focus on sustainable agriculture, using regenerative farming practices. Super cool. We …
Hello friends!! Every month the Rivanna Trails Foundation hosts a trail maintenance work party to maintain a section of the trail. I love the Rivanna trail…you love the Rivanna Trail…so let’s help keep it in good shape for the Charlottesville community. I will also be supplying bagels. Pull up. Here’s the plan: – 8:30: Meet at Echols – 8:45: Arrive …
Ya like dirt? Me too. Let’s go put our hands in it. Join me on Friday, September 12 to volunteer at Morven, UVA’s sustainable garden! We’ll show up, do some manual labor (pulling weeds, planting seeds, picking produce, shoveling mulch, etc.) in the garden, and maybe even get to take home a bit of fresh produce! This is a super …
I’ve been stressing about my thesis presentation tomorrow and I decided that there’s no better way to de-stress than a morven trip! Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s project in sustainable agriculture, and there’s really no way to spend a warm Friday afternoon. It also happens to be one of my favorite places in Charlottesville. This trip is beginner-friendly, and the …
Helloooooooooo odc gremlins! I’ve been getting that community service itch, so come join me and Pietro in giving back this Saturday afternoon. The double rush of getting outside AND doing a good thing???? Wow. Nothing better. (Also free Bodo’s 👀) We’ll be picking up trash at Pollocks Branch Trail, a local Charlottesville stream and trail, with the Rivanna Conservation Alliance’s …
Hello friends! Are you feeling the weight of midterms on your shoulders? Screen time got you down? Wondering why every conceivable grocery store item must come wrapped in plastic? That one has been a big grievance for me recently. Well then…what might it look like to live a simple, sustainable life? Come join me on Saturday and meet some folks …
I love trees. I KNOW you love trees. Wouldn’t you like to see more of them? YES! Yes you would! The Rivanna Conservation Alliance is a nonprofit watershed organization that helps keep the Rivanna River healthy. As part of their Rivanna River Forest Health and Resilience Project, they plan to plant a total of 600 trees across 3 city and …
Our ropes had many sends in the desert, but now they are FULL of that sweet desert sand. We want our ropes to be squeaky clean for spring climbing, so come help us do a thorough rope clean at the Shrack on Friday! We will teach you how to properly clean ropes and check them for any damage so that …
water? you doing here? oh just cleaning up this waterway. …anyway…Hello friends! Alana and I are facilitating an epic collab with SURFRIDER!! We will be doing a Rivanna River clean-up at 2pm on 2/28 to keep our local waterways clean. You will get to pick up trash and meet some fellow water lovers. Yay! Enough said. If you know you …
Hello friends!! Every month the Rivanna Trails Foundation hosts a trail maintenance work party to maintain a section of the trail. I love the Rivanna trail…you love the Rivanna Trail…so let’s help keep it in good shape for the Charlottesville community. I will also be supplying bagels. Pull up. Here’s the plan: – 8:30: Meet at Echols – 8:45: Arrive …
Hello friends! In addition to all the super fun and stoke-filled outdoorsy adventures that ODC leads, we also want to prioritize taking care of our planet and the people we share it with. This committee gives ODC folks a great opportunity to learn about and get involved with service and sustainability projects in the area by working with other clubs, …
Hello all This Sunday we are going to Gentle Acres Animal Haven (https://www.gentleacresanimalhaven.org/) and planting some apple trees. At the beginning of the semester there was a trip where we started a small garden there, and adding fruit trees is the next step in helping the animal haven become for self sufficient. Apples are considered a prime treat by the …
Come join me, Emma, and Mackenzie at Morven Kitchen Garden this Friday. MKG is UVA’s project in sustainable agriculture, and it’s a cool place to spend a nice 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 …
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If you’ve ever talked to me for longer than maybe 20 min, you’ve probably thought, “Wow, this girl just won’t shut up about trail work.” Come find out why! (Spoiler: It’s because it’s really fun and really gratifying) ODC has a section of trail in Shenandoah we get to maintain, and that’s where Lillie and I are going THIS FRIDAY! …
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Heyyyy y’all Kate and evelyn and steven here for some more chaos and confusion. If you’ve been feeling guilty all week because you’ve been throwing plastic straws at turtles (we know you have), save your morality by coming on our Guilt Trip (hehe) and pick up trash to make you (and the turtles) feel better! we’re doing this once more …
Hellooooo fellow trail wanderers!! I don’t know about you but I’m very happy the seemingly eternal rain is over so I can go outside and enjoy the sunshine again. If you’re in the same boat, join me on Saturday 10/19 for some trail magic! It will (hopefully) be a beautiful fall morning and we can enjoy Virginia’s fall foliage together …
Did someone say “Let’s go to Morven on Friday”? I think so. Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s project in sustainable agriculture, and it’s a really cool place to spend a nice 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 …
Helllooo trashy people! Are you trashy? Do you love singlehandedly saving the environment? Or, even using two hands to save the environment – by picking up trash! If so, join our trashy adventure where we wander around the hill of the O collecting trash from the earth of the mother. Plan: 10:00am – meet at corner of Echols dorm 10:05am …
HEY Y’ALL! Are you a good person? (Or trying to be) Me, Jackie, and Skylar will be doing a service trip to assist homeowners in Watauga County, NC affected by Hurricane Helene and will help with tree work, debris cleanup, roof tarping, and mud outs. We will be volunteering through the Samaritans Purse hurricane response project so keep in mind …
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 Saturday, September 28th day from 10:30AM-12:30PM, so that they know how many volunteers to expect! Sign up link: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/morven-kitchen-garden-85892970293 Itinerary: 10:00AM- Pickup at …
Hello people who love our Ohill trails! This sunday, the Charlottesville Area Mountain Biking Club has asked for help with some trail maintenance on the lovely Ohill trails! I’m on exec for Epsilon Eta, which is UVA’s professional environmental science fraternity (plug– you should join if you are interested in even more environmental-focused professional/volunteer opportunities on grounds! rush is happening …
I don’t know about you, but this beautiful weather has me itching to put my hands in dirt and touch some plants! 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, …
So this fall I’m working to help plant some apple trees and start a garden for Gentle Acres Animal Haven, a farm animal sanctuary: https://www.gentleacresanimalhaven.org/ The goal is to help them become more self sufficient and provide the animals with a more diverse diet. This Sunday I want to get some stuff in the ground for a fall test run. …
My FIRST EVER ODC trip was a trail service trip led by Grace Gray. It’s quite simply in my Outdoors Club blood to work on the trails. We, along with other humans and animals, use trails all the dang time so we have a responsibility to give back to the dirt we walk on. This Friday we’ll be doing trail …
Owen and I missed Morven this summer and can’t wait to get our hands dirty and touch some plants! 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 …
Trail magic! Trail magic! Trail magic! BY THIS TRIP I WILL BE A UVA GRADUATE … so COME CELEBRATE by giving out yummy food to the Appalachian Trail hiking “bubble” “Trail magic” generally refers to unexpected acts of kindness/support towards hikers, but often it’s in the form of food. We plan on bringing some fresh fruit and other food. The …
(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 …