Beyond Waste Summit 2025: Agnes Scott

This event is co-hosted in-person by Agnes Scott Center for Sustainability and the Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN). For any questions, please email [email protected].

Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and other roleplaying games, Beyond Waste Summits have attendees portray students at the fictional “Emergence University” and work together to build conceptual campus sustainability projects.

Students collaborate on activities like mapping key stakeholders, creating a social media strategy, and planning the logistics for an event. These encourage in-depth program planning, troubleshooting, and leadership development skills. At the end of the day, students present their work to a “Board of Trustees” and gain experience with both giving & receiving feedback.

The project simulations highlighted in this event will be:

Creating A Thrift Store

Though there is a significant interest in Sustainable Fashion and campus clothing swaps, there is no thrift store on campus. In this simulation, students will work on building a permanent, accessible, and welcoming space where students have access to discounted and secondhand items.

Navigating Campus Bureaucracy

Emergence University students are super engaged in sustainability projects on campus. However, adminsitration can sometimes act as a barrier to the type of systems change that students are calling for. In this simulation, students will rally interest from among the campus community and host an event to bring the Emergence University staff and President into making sustainable change.

Special Topic

Depending on number of registrants, we may add additional campaigns. Stay tuned!

About the Post-Landfill Action Network: PLAN is a small but mighty nonprofit that supports student-led zero waste initiatives on college campuses. We provide an extensive library of digital resources, coordinate Fellowship programs, offer 1-on-1 advising on the creation of campus programs, inspire & connect through annual events, and more. This will be the 9th Beyond Waste Summit we have hosted since 2020! Learn more about PLAN at www.postlandfill.org.

If you have special needs/requests, please indicate them at check-out.

• Parking: There is free general parking available in the garage across the street, as well as ADA parking spaces directly in front of the building.
• Seating: Rebekah Scott Hall is updated to 2018 ADA standards. We will make every aim to have size- and space-inclusive seating options in every room.
• Mobility: There are ramps to get in and out of the building. While the event is on the ground floor, there is also an elevator should it be needed.
• Gender-Inclusive Restrooms: There are single-stall, all-gender restrooms located in the main hall.
• Covid Safety: This event will be masks required indoors (PLAN will provide quality masks), except when dining in the shared space. For those who do not wish to dine with others, there will be designated study rooms to use. We encourage attendees to minimize exposure the 7 days preceding the event. There will be a running HEPA filter in every main room.
• Quiet Rooms: Separate quiet rooms will be available for attendees to take a self-regulated break.
• No Scents/Perfumes: In order to ensure that this space is as accessibile as possible, we kindly ask that you do not wear perfumes or strongly scented items.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Agnes Scott College, 141 East College Avenue, Decatur, United States