Sustainability Events this week
On Wednesday, join us for the UW Safety, Sustainability, and Preparedness Expo! We will be in the HUB Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering fun and interesting activities to UW faculty, staff, and students.
UW professor takes us through Seattle’s environmental past
Hundreds of guests gathered in Kane Hall’s gigantic auditorium last week, waiting patiently for UW history professor Linda Nash to present a lecture on Seattle’s environmental past.
“Tonight, I want to propose a different way of looking at Seattle’s history,” she began. “My goal here is to emphasize that our city is not an isolated entity, but is itself a product of connection.”
Green Greeks: Sigma Alpha Epsilon
EcoReps is continuing its Green Greek Representatives blog segment with Danny Maier from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, who wrote a piece on his chapter’s new Sustainability Chairman position:
Recently, my fraternity made a huge stride in going green by adopting a new house position called the 'Sustainability Chair.' Serving on this chair requires you to fulfill 5 major duties. These duties are as follows:
Sustainability events - week of Feb. 2
There’s a whole new lineup of sustainability events this week, ranging from discussions on global warming to chickens and worms on urban farms! Some of the week's highlights are listed below, and you can find out even more items happening on campus with our full calendar. The full Sustainability Events calendar is the best place to find the most up-to-date listings and details on all events. Also, if you know of any events, please let us know. We’d love to add them to our calendar!
Claudia's Corner - An active start to 2016
Welcome to the first edition of my new quarterly blog series, Claudia's Corner!
Highlight on our Paper reduction green bag
At Wednesday's Green Bag, event, we were lucky to hear from Tim Stetter, director of UW in the High School, who shared how the program implemented a major process reform which saved thousands of sheets of paper each year.
The UWHS program allows high school students to complete University of Washington courses in their own classrooms. Teachers in schools across the state teach the courses, using UW curriculum, activities, texts, tests, and grading scales, and students can receive UW credit for the course.
Win a pizza party with your best recycled art
To inspire the campus community to recycle and compost during RecycleMania, UW Recycling is sponsoring a recycled art contest in the residence halls and Greek community!
Leaving paper behind in UW Admissions
Right now, there's something missing at the UW’s Office of Admissions.
Tables, desks and floors are empty instead of being covered with stacks and stacks of paper applications. For the first time, most applications for admission at the University of Washington are being considered as digital files instead of pages of printed paper.
Now hiring EcoReps student coordinator
We’re hiring a student to lead our EcoReps program! As UW Sustainability's’ EcoReps Coordinator, you could manage a student-led organization that works with campus partners to make the University of Washington a more sustainable place. EcoReps initiatives include the Green Greek effort and a project development program that helps students implement their sustainable projects on campus.
To apply, go to HuskyJobs and search for job #98681.
Metric Monday: Paper Reduction at UW
The University of Washington has a goal of reducing paper usage university-wide, in line with a Washington state law directing state agencies to reduce paper consumption by at least 30% from 2008-2009 levels and use 100% recycled copy paper.
UW is still working toward those goals, and you can see the progress on our Sustainability Dashboard's paper page. Below, you can that the amount of paper per employee across all UW campuses has steadily dropped since the law was passed.