Beyond Waste Summit 2025: University of Louisville

This event is co-hosted in-person by University of Lousiville 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:

Zeroing in on Waste to Energy

[description coming soon]

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:
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• 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

University of Louisville, 2301 South 3rd Street, Louisville, United States