The Leiden University Green Office is pleased to announce the details of its Spring Event, which will consist of a poetry reading and a clotheswap! 

The event will take place May 10^th at Rapenburg 100, in Leiden, from 17.30-20.30. You can register for the event here. 

FREE vegan snacks (by the Green Kitchen), a drink and plenty of tea will be provided! 

Poetry Reading and Award Ceremony 

The past couple weeks saw LUGO organise its Spring Poetry competition on the theme: Environmental Guilt.  

Environmental guilt reflects the dread associated with feeling as though you will never be doing enough to save the planet, and/or that you should be doing more. LUGO saw the relevance in acknowledging the validity of these feelings in its students and staff and providing a space to voice them through poetry. As such, we asked you: What is your relationship to (environmental) Guilt? What is it to be guilty at all?   

We received a variety of submissions. To highlight these and award our 1^st place prize, we have organised a reading and award ceremony. To attend and support our poets, please register here. 

Did you not have time to submit but would like to read a poem on the theme? Email communication@lugo.leidenuniv.nl before the 8^th of May to discuss the possibility of doing so. 

Clotheswap 

LUGO has also organised a clotheswap, to exchange your valued but no longer used clothing for clothing you will use! 

How it works: 

1. Find the clothes lying at the back of your closet, still in perfect condition, that you don't wear anymore. 
2. Join us on May 10th and receive a token for each item you give in (maximum of 5 tokens provided). 
3. Exchange your tokens for new items you really love while making someone else happy. 

Joining us from the Hague? Optional: Hand in your clothes and receive your tokens for the event a day early (May 9th) at Wijnhaven. 

Event Schedule 

• 17.30 Clotheswap opens 
• Have a drink and a snack and a chat 
• 18.00 Introductory statements 
• 18.30 Individual poetry readings 
• 20.00 1st prize winner announced 
• Closing statements 
• 20.30 Clotheswap closes 

Reminder: The event will take place May 10^th at Rapenburg 100, in Leiden, from 17.30-20.30. You can register for the event here. 

The Green Office collaborated on this event with: Rapenburg100, the Green Kitchen, the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability and GOSSA. 

Sign up!