Tim Stetter in front of a projection screen showing his UW in the High School presentation.

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.

In order to keep each course up to standards, there is an application...

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Category: Paper Reduction
Tags: UWHS | Green Bag
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!
 
Student teams are encouraged to make art from clean reused, recycled or salvaged materials. Each team must have at least two people, be all UW students, and at least two members of the team must be members of a UW residence hall or Greek Community. Artworks must convey the idea of sustainability and fit within a 2-foot-square...
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Category: Events | Recycling, Compost & Waste | Residence Halls | Student Organizations
Tags: RecycleMania | Art | UW Recycling | contest
Event poster: Green bad luncheon for paper reduction, January 2016

Wednesday we're hosting a paper reduction Green Bag talk in Gerberding Hall, starting at 11:30 a.m. in room 26! We are joined by Tim Stetter, Director of the UW in the High School program who will talk about their paper reduction efforts in the last year.

A bit about the program and paper reduction: UW in the High School offers high school students UW credit for courses that they take in high school. Typically, approving courses is a rigorous, paper-heavy activity in...

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Category: Paper Reduction
Tags: Green Bag | UWHS
Shelves full of color-coded admissions packets.

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.

About 32,000 students from within the U.S. applied for admission this fall, which means 32,000 files were not printed and stacked around the admissions office. Moving away from paper helps the UW reduce...

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Category: Paper Reduction
Tags: Admissions

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.

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Category: Paper Reduction
Tags: Dashboard | Metrics
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.
Category: Student Organizations
Tags: EcoReps | jobs

UW Sustainability is excited to introduce paper reduction week! All week on the blog we'll be highlighting stories of people and groups on campus who have taken steps to reduce paper use, and providing tips and resources for you to do the same. This week is all about reducing the amount of paper we use, going digital and making small changes with big impacts. Reducing paper can save money and time as well as significantly reducing our environmental impact.

The University of Washington is committed to reducing paper. The UW recognizes paper reduction...

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Category: Paper Reduction
Tags: Paper Reduction Pros
UW Sustainability's weekly events banner.

There’s a whole new lineup of sustainability events this week, ranging from discussions on global warming and Seattle’s environmental history to a natural resources career fair. 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! And if...

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Category: Events
Tags: Weekly Events

UW's student Earth Club is starting to plan this year's Earth Day festivities, and they're looking for any interested students to join the planning committee.

Students should email Lauren Rowe at laur.rowe@gmail.com if they are interested. The planning committee will determine the programming for the Earth Day campus celebrations on April 22.

Category: Events | Student Organizations
Tags: Earth Day | Earth Club

UW Transportation Services' Commute Concierge is hiring! We’re looking for students who are interested in helping UW commuters find sustainable, affordable, enjoyable ways of getting to, from, and around campus. Students who are interested in sustainable transportation, behavior change, problem solving, transportation demand management, and helping people are encouraged to apply. 

Concierge staff will develop personalized commute plans for individuals recommending various mode of transportation based on each...

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Category: Transportation
Tags: Transportation Services | jobs | commuting