Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.13
Liaison C Jane Hagen
Submission Date July 25, 2012
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Virginia Commonwealth University
ER-T2-7: Outdoors Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Jacek Ghosh
Director of Sustainability
VCU Sustainability
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Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that organizes hiking, backpacking, kayaking, or other outings for students and follows Leave No Trace principles?:
Yes

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A brief description of the program:
The VCU Sports Recreation's Outdoor Adventure Program ()AP) serves VCU students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests by providing low-cost outdoor activity-based trips, including whitewater rafting, kayaking, rock climbing, canoeing, caving, hiking, backpacking and skiing. On all of the trips every effort is taken to leave the campsite in better condition than it was found to be in. The Outdoor Adventure Program takes the steps to ensure that no one leaves any trash or harms the environment on their trips.

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The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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