The Green Umbrella is a student run organization, established in 2010, that encompasses all of the environmental groups on campus including WEED, Outing Club, Slow Food, El Table, and Regeneration.
Wellesley Energy and Environmental Defense, better know as WEED, aims to promote and enhance environmentally friendly practices on campus by coordinating a number of campus wide events and demonstrations, hosting a month long inter-dorm competition, and inviting speakers onto campus.
Revived in 2007, Wellesley College Outing Club offers students an opportunity to go on great adventures, engage in fun and stress-relieving outdoor activities and, with collaboration with PERA, outdoor equipment rentals. Regular outings include hiking, biking, and rock-climbing, additional trips emerge out of the interest of the members. Meetings are biweekly.
Slow Food was founded in 1989 to counter the rise of fast food and fast life. It is a global, grassroots organization with supporters in 150 countries around the world that promote good, clean, and fair food; good for your body and delicious, clean for the environment and the entire community, and fair trade for labor. Wellesley College is proud to have their own chapter in this movement.
El Table is a student-run co-operative cafe that purchases sustainable food items such as fair trade coffee, local and organic produce, and more. They also compost their food scraps.
Sustainable Co-Op on campus is a sustainable housing community on campus. Their sustainable living includes preparing their own meals from local and organic foods, composting their food waste, and living low impact by using less electricity and water.
Regeneration is a student-run farm near campus at the College’s community gardens that grows all organic produce. Their crops range from kale, tomatoes, eggplant, basil, and more.
Sprout is a collaboration of students who strive to live more sustainably in Bates Hall by implementing simple, daily practices to reduce their ecological footprint. In addition, Sprout raises awareness for eco-friendly practices, e.g. turning off the lights, reducing water usage, and recycling paper, plastics, glass, and electronics. Sprout began in Fall 2013, affiliated with the Sustainable Co-Op.