Events

Jul

01

12:00am - 12:00am

Freezer Challenge 2025

Join the WCM Freezer Challenge, part of the International Laboratory Freezer Challenge 2025, organized by My Green Lab and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL). This is a free competition to promote best practices in cold storage management to achieve greater energy efficiency, sample integrity, risk prevention, and cost savings. Freezer Challenge participants saved a combined 31.8 million kWh of energy last year, equal to avoiding 22,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions.

How to join the challenge:

Sign up as a Lab Lead here
You’ll receive an email to verify your email address. Click on the link, then select Weill Cornell Medicine as your organization and type your lab name.
Fill out the Lab Information page, selecting the type of Industry and typing the name of your Department in the Site/Department field, the subject area of your lab, and the number of members.
Answer the questions applicable to your lab in the rest of the category sections. On July 1, all answers will be automatically saved and submitted.

Your lab can earn points for actions taken between July 2024 and July 1, 2025.

The WCM lab with the highest energy-efficient score will win a pizza party!

Apr

25

9:00am - 2:30pm

Stop & Swap - Exchange books and clothes with the WCM community

Share gently used clothes and books with the WCM community on April 25 in the Olin Hall Gym (445 E 69th St, Basement).

•9:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Drop off clothes and books

•11:00 AM - 2:30 PM: Browse and pick up any books or clothing items

You don't need to contribute with a donation in order to pick up something. You can donate only, you can take some items without having donated, or you can do both!

Items to Donate

Clothes: Clean, and in good condition (no rips or stains).

Books: No writing and in good condition. Hardcover books must include jackets.

For more information or if you are interested in volunteering during the Stop & Swap event email WCM-Sustainability@med.cornell.edu.

Apr

01

12:00am - 12:00pm

One Healthcare EcoChallenge

The One Healthcare EcoChallenge is a free, virtual, and friendly month-long competition (April 1 - 30, 2024) between healthcare organizations that aims to promote healthy, sustainable habits and community health. Use the EcoChallenge platform to select impactful actions at work and at home, and log your progress to see how your actions add up. You can join the challenge before or at any time during the month of April.

How to participate:

Log on: onehealthcare.ecochallenge.org
Join team Weill Cornell Medicine (use this link or search for Weill Cornell Medicine in the list of participating organizations)
Select daily and one-time actions to accumulate points

The top two scorers from Weill Cornell Medicine will receive a $50 gift card from Earth Hero.

About the EcoChallenge
During the challenge, participants will use the EcoChallenge platform to select actions to take at work and home that positively impact the community. By logging progress throughout the challenge, participants will see their individual and team impacts add up on the Ecochallenge site. Other features of the platform include unique resource links and reflection questions associated with each daily and one-time action, interactive team feeds, and more.

Questions?
Contact us at: WCM-Sustainability@med.cornell.edu

Mar

21

2:00pm - 3:00pm

WCM UnPower Hour

Reduce your group's electricity use for one hour at work by switching off one or more lights, appliances, and equipment.

When you sign up for the WCM UnPower Hour via a group coordinator (Green Leader), you get the chance to win a sustainable gift bag. Three lucky winners will be randomly selected by the Office of Energy & Sustainability. Sign up as a Green Leader here.