Date: Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015
Time: 7 – 8 p.m.
Location: Kane Hall 210
More Information: Event Webpage

Christof Mauch, Chair and Professor of American Cultural History at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), presents a Katz Distinguished Lecture.

Category: Academics | Climate Change | Environment | Environmental Health | Events
Tags: Katz Lecture | lectures | Germanics | Sean Notes

The UW's ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio class in the Program on the Environment presents students with a sustainability topic which they engage in as part of an experiential learning course. The topics change each quarter - this spring, the students researched the UW's environmental history. This is part of a series of posts by the students on some of the information they uncovered.

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Category: Environment
Tags: ENVIR480 | Sustainability Studio | history | Ravenna Park | parks

The UW's ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio class in the Program on the Environment presents students with a sustainability topic which they engage in as part of an experiential learning course. The topics change each quarter - this spring, the students researched the UW's environmental history. This is part of a series of posts by the students on some of the information they uncovered.

The...

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Category: Buildings & Grounds | Environment | Recycling, Compost & Waste
Tags: ENVIR480 | Sustainability Studio | history | landfill | Montlake | Union Bay Natural Area

The UW's ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio class in the Program on the Environment presents students with a sustainability topic which they engage in as part of an experiential learning course. The topics change each quarter - this spring, the students researched the UW's environmental history. This is part of a series of posts by the students on some of the information they uncovered....

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Category: Environment
Tags: Richard Haag | Gas Works Park | ENVIR480 | Sustainability Studio | history

The UW's ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio class in the Program on the Environment presents students with a sustainability topic which they engage in as part of an experiential learning course. The topics change each quarter - this spring, the students researched the UW's environmental history. This is part of a series of posts by the students on some of the information they uncovered.

On December 6, 1934...

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Category: Buildings & Grounds
Tags: Botanic Gardens | Washington Park Arboretum | ENVIR480 | Sustainability Studio | history

UW's ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio class in the Program on the Environment presents students with a sustainability topic which they engage in as part of an experiential learning course. The topics change each quarter - this spring, the students researched the UW's environmental history. This is part of a series of posts by the students on some of the information they uncovered.

The history behind the...

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Category: Buildings & Grounds | Water
Tags: ENVIR480 | Sustainability Studio | history | Montlake Cut

The UW's ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio class in the Program on the Environment presents students with a sustainability topic which they engage in as part of an experiential learning course. The topics change each quarter - this spring, the students researched the UW's environmental history. This is part of a series of posts by the students on some of the information they uncovered.

Almost 100 years ago...

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Category: Buildings & Grounds
Tags: ENVIR480 | Sustainability Studio | history

The UW's ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio class in the Program on the Environment presents students with a sustainability topic which they engage in as part of an experiential learning course. The topics change each quarter - this spring, the students researched the UW's environmental history. This is part of a series of posts by the students on some of the information they uncovered.

Montlake Boulevard has been home to Husky football...

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Category: Athletics | Buildings & Grounds
Tags: Husky Stadium | renovation | history | ENVIR480 | Sustainability Studio

Image credit: Madrona

Great to see one of my (and many people's) long-time heros, Bill Ruckelshaus, being honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom....

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Category: Climate Change | Environment | Environmental Health
Tags: Ruckelshaus | GeekWire | Sean Notes

Green Seed Fund logoIf you have an idea for a campus water research project, the deadline to apply for a grant through UW's Green Seed Fund is coming up!

About $250,000 is available for sustainability research projects on the UW campus, but applications need to be in by Dec. 3. All projects must have at least one student, faculty and staff member. The year the fund is specifically looking for...

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Category: Green Seed Fund | Water