ENVigorate began as a way to celebrate the Faculty of the Environment at what is often a challenging time of year, nearing the end of the Winter season and approaching final course deadlines. Over the years, the festival has evolved into a 2-3 day festival of celebration, involving local food, speakers from the UW community, skill-sharing sustainability workshops, music, art, academic sharing, and more.
Participation is open to all students, staff, and faculty in Environment!
Our goals
The ENVigorate Festival exists to foster community within the Faculty of Environment, and to unite the faculty around a shared sense of identity. Each year, the ENVigorate Festival seeks to:
- Demonstrate a commitment to local sustainability practices through skill-sharing workshops, presentations, demonstrations by local working groups and a local community organization fair;
- Showcase the accomplishments and research of students from both the undergraduate and graduate levels through student projects, displays, and competitions;
- Foster connections and learning opportunities among undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of local community initiatives/organizations;
- Celebrate the end of term with artistic expressions from in-faculty talent;
- Create a relaxed social and learning environment at a time of high stress for both undergraduate and graduate students; this is important for student mental health;
- Contribute to an ongoing legacy and tradition of the festival, which we hope will continue for many years.
Sustainable Development Goals
We aim to incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the festival, and integrate them into our event series through promoting sustainability, providing educational opportunities, and upholding the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Meet the Committee
Co-chairs:
- Ridham Chadha
- Prince Agyapong
Planning Assistant (co-op):
- Charlotte Schwartz
Academic:
Responsible for recruiting students and researchers for the panel and showcase, and organizing presentation materials. The academic team collaborates with faculty and staff to connect our content to course topics and ensure ENVigorate is as educational as possible!
Catering:
Our catering team takes care of choosing the festival catering and food offerings, and contact vendors to build a local, diverse menu. They also manage our deliveries, serving, and ensuring the planning is sustainable as possible.
Events and Workshops:
Recruiting workshops hosts and strategizing new and improved event ideas is their main priority, while simultaneously coordinating the logistics. They organize resource booking and collecting materials to effectively bring to life our ideas!
Marketing:
Split into 'Advertising and Engagement' and 'Branding and Design', the marketing team is behind all of our promotion! They manage our social media, boost event registration, and let everyone know just how awesome ENVigorate is! This includes editing graphics and putting together video content.
SWAP Shop and Fashion Show:
This committee takes care of everything fashion related! Including, but not limited to, coordinating donations, overseeing the event, recruit models, and host fittings and styling sessions.
Volunteer Management:
This coordinator works individually with volunteers to effectively schedule the event, delegate tasks, oversee ENVS-131 credit completion, and collaborate with the Faculty to maintain partnership.
