Celebrating Earth Week 2025 at RiverWoods Exeter

Earth Week Highlights: Engaging Minds, and Building Connections

Residents came together across our campuses to enjoy, explore, and enhance our natural environment through a full lineup of engaging activities:

Earth Week Activities Included:

  • Landscape Clean-Ups
  • Dining Patios Opening
  • Trail Walks
  • Film Screening: An Inconvenient Truth – Presented by the RESCUE Committee
  • The Nature of Oaks, a recorded presentation by Doug Tallamy – Hosted by the Arboretum Interest Group
  • Lyme Disease prevention information session

Throughout the week, residents were also encouraged to stop by the RESCUE Committee’s information table near the Woods Café, where committee members answered questions and shared insights about:

  • Soft plastic recycling (collected for the Lions Club, earning a bench for every 500 pounds sent)
  • Mr. Fox composting kitchen food waste across all campuses
  • The community’s shift toward fully compostable dining materials

Sustainability: Current Achievements and Future Goals

Sustainability at RiverWoods Exeter is deeply rooted and ever evolving. Here’s a look at the progress we’ve already made—and what’s coming soon:

Ongoing Initiatives

  • Solar panels at Ridge and Woods campuses
  • Organic lawn care and composting yard waste
  • Plastic bag recycling for community benches
  • Textile recycling with bins at Boulders and Woods
  • Rain barrels to conserve water naturally
  • Water bottle filling stations in all fitness areas
  • EV charging station installed at Woods campus (with future expansion under assessment)
  • Christmas trees and wreaths are recycled for goat feed
  • Pumpkin composting with plans for a resident pumpkin patch

In Development

  • All take-home containers and event products will be compostable
  • Compost return bins for resident convenience
  • Additional solar panels
  • Compostable laundry wrap

A Shared Effort for a Shared Future

Much of this progress is made possible by dedicated resident-led groups, such as:

  • RESCUE (RiverWoods Environmental Sustainability Committee United Effort) – spearheading efforts in recycling, composting, and sustainability education
  • The Arboretum Interest Group, working toward official arboretum recognition
  • Forest and Land Committee – maintaining healthy woodland ecosystems
  • Gardening Group – promoting organic practices
  • Invasive Species Interest Group (Janet Sullivan) – protecting native species
  • Trails Committee– ensuring safe and scenic access to our natural spaces

The RiverWoods Exeter Commitment

RiverWoods Exeter is more than a beautiful place to live—it’s a community committed to preserving and enhancing the world around us. Earth Week 2025 was a testament to our collective will, creative spirit, and the strength that comes from living with purpose.

Join us in creating a sustainable tomorrow.

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