Generation Conscious = student org + sustainable detergent sheets
Generation Conscious, a Registered Student Organization (RSO) at Williams, aims to educate students around climate justice, help Williams College fulfill its institutional goals with regards to the Strategic Plan and Zero Waste Action Plan in tangible ways, and provide students with hands-on experiences in activism and disrupting unjust systems that disproportionately affect people of color and disadvantaged communities. Generation Conscious is a Black-owned small business in New York City with many chapters in peer institutions such as Connecticut College and Bowdoin College.
Working closely with the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives, GenCo student leaders host workshops that educate students about climate justice – how climate change and social justice are two sides of the same coin – and empowers students to engender change. GenCo @ Williams will provide funding for the free laundry detergent sheet program that simultaneously addresses hygiene insecurity for low-income, first-generation, and international students and reduces the laundry-related carbon footprint of Williams College by avoiding wasteful and environmentally damaging traditional laundry detergent products.
The refill station is plugged into an outlet in the lobby of Mission and dispenses 10 detergent sheets each time a student enters their email address into the machine. Throughout the 2022-23 academic year, all Williams students will have an unlimited number of free refills per the school’s contract with Generation Conscious.
The Zilkha Center and its campus partners are thrilled to bring Generation Conscious to Williams as we work toward reducing waste on campus and furthering environmental justice.
Megamenu Social