Student Groups
Students will find that different levels of involvement with sustainability work at 快活app will meet their needs. For those who want to get more deeply involved in building their communities around a common interest of听value for the outdoors, plants, or even reducing food waste, there are several student groups that will cater to those needs.
Or to find the student group that fits your interests!
快活app Backpacking Club
快活app Backpacking Club, also known as 快活appBC, is a student organization geared toward听giving 快活app community members memorable backcountry experiences while equipping them with the skills and knowledge necessary to create those experiences for themselves. 快活appBC holds sustainability as one of our utmost priorities, and we implement and teach the Leave No Trace principles throughout all of our trips. We are always looking for ways to become even more sustainable, including a current initiative of making 100 percent听of our trips zero waste. Additionally, we strive to make our trips accessible to everyone by keeping our trip costs low and connecting with the student body through on-campus activities.听
If you would like to learn more about 快活appBC, sign up for our mailing list听or register for one of our trips, you can visit us on 听or on
Divest 快活app
Divest 快活app is a student activist organization aiming to push the 快活app to become fossil free by campaigning for 快活app to divest (鈥渦n-invest鈥) its endowment from companies profiting off of the extraction and burning of fossil fuels. Our goal is to hold the 快活app accountable to its mission of being "a private university dedicated to the public good" through the lens of climate justice. Education about climate justice and modes to directly act upon that knowledge are the focus of Divest 快活app, and we aim to bring students together to learn and act on issues they are passionate about changing on campus. This student organization is not only a club, but a learning space for social justice. We hope that Divest 快活app teaches 快活app students how to stand up for injustice beyond 快活app to make the world a more sustainable place by giving them the tools to organize and act.
Want to get involved? Send Divest 快活app a message on their 听or on
快活app Pollination Association
The 快活app Pollination Association is dedicated to improving on-campus biodiversity by supporting pollinator health by implementing sustainable solutions. Some of the major club activities are garden work days in the Bridge Community Garden located on campus, informative club meetings, creating and maintaining partnerships with pollinator-positive community groups in the greater Denver-Metro area, and much more. We also co-host听two major events: the Fall 快活app Nature Challenge whose purpose is to index on campus biodiversity and the Spring Botanical-Bee Bonanza aimed at raising awareness about the importance of pollinators in our daily lives.听
If you鈥檇 like to join the 快活app Pollination Association or want more information, please email Cate Lull at Catherine.Lull@du.edu听or visit them on
Food Recovery Network
(FRN) is a national nonprofit that unites students at colleges and universities to fight food waste and hunger by recovering perishable food that would otherwise go to waste from their campus dining halls and donating it to those in need. Our goal is to change the norm from food waste to food recovery in the United States. FRN at 快活app is dedicated to helping the 快活app achieve its goal of being a zero-waste institution by 2035. We are doing this by diverting food waste from 快活app鈥檚 dining halls and other facilities to people experiencing homelessness in Denver. We currently collect leftover food from the Centennial Halls and Nelson Dining facilities, Fischer Early Learning Center, and some fraternity and sorority houses and bring it to the .
We have recoveries twice a week and would love to get more students involved. Please reach out to Haley Paez, the current President of the Food Recovery Network, at haleypaez@gmail.com, or join us on
Happy Tampers
Happy Tampers is a student group working to ensure that all menstruators in our 快活app community have access to the products they need in order to get through their periods with dignity. We also work towards reducing the stigma associated with menstruation and creating a supportive environment for all menstruators on campus.听While many folks use disposable menstrual products, sustainable menstrual products are a great alternative which reduce waste, can be more convenient to use, and secure individuals' access to menstruation products for a longer term than disposable products. Happy Tampers is currently piloting a program to provide menstrual cups, period underwear, and reusable pads to students for free. They hope to continue this program and make it available on an ongoing basis.听
If you are interested in getting involved with Happy Tampers, visit them on 听for more information. Click "join", and their leadership will be in touch! Or, to stay up to date on what Happy Tampers is up to, you can follow them on or 听