Seattle wants your perspective on how to improve the pedestrian experience in the city. The Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board is now accepting applications for several new members to help make walking in Seattle safer and easier.  The volunteer board, which was created by Seattle City Council in 1993, plays an influential role in implementing Seattle’s Pedestrian Master Plan. The board advises the Mayor and City Council, participates in planning and project development, evaluates policies and makes recommendations to all city departments including the Seattle Department of Transportation (...

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Tags: City of Seattle | pedestrians | walking | government

This article is from the UW Environmental Health & Safety newsletter.

We invite all members of the UW community to contribute to improving the environment by participating in our integrated pest management program. You can help by not using pesticides or insecticides on campus.

If you see pests in a building or on UW grounds, please contact UW Environmental Health & Safety at 206-543-7209, 206-616-1623, or phdept@uw.edu. We will send a pest control...

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Category: Environment
Tags: EH&S | pest control | pesticides | insecticides

UW's Climate Change video contest is back! The School of Environmental and Forest Sciences wants you to create a short (3 minutes or less) video showing what climate change means to you.

Grab your camera, phone or tablet and show the world how you feel about climate change - your vision, your voice. Are you confused, angry, powerless or scared? Or hopeful and inspired to take action?

Your video may address the impacts, challenges and solutions associated with climate change at any scale, from your everyday life to the...

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Category: Awards & Recognition | Climate Change
Tags: contest | Videos | SEFS
Two photos of University of Washington Tacoma signage.

UW Sustainability supports sustainable initiatives happening all over. The UW Tacoma campus has outstanding sustainability efforts, and the surrounding City of Tacoma is also working to address environmental challenges.

Tacoma is working on an Environmental Action Plan (EAP) which will work to identify priority actions to address environmental challenges. The city of Tacoma strives to achieve quality of life for every generation, present and...

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Category: UW Tacoma
Tags: Toren's Tidbits | Tacoma

UW graduate student Matt MacDonald has been researching man-made floating wetlands in a Redmond creek. The floating wetlands help create a space for plants to grow on the water, which improves water quality and habitat. Check out the video for more details on his project.

Category: Environment | Research | Water
Tags: Videos | wetlands

Penguins in Argentina got some good news this month. On December 3, the local province legislature established a new marine protected area off Punta Tombo, Argentina, which is currently home to over 500,000 Magellanic penguins.

UW biology professor Dee Boersma has been studying penguins in this area for more than 30 years, and is excited to see the area protected. The protected area will help save marine...

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Category: Environment
Tags: Penguin Sentinals | Conservation

Thank you to everyone who helped make 2015 a great year. We're looking forward to an even better 2016!

Salina Abraham was one of a group of UW students who traveled to Paris this month to be a part of events around the 2015 Climate Change Conference. As the head of the International Forestry Students' Associaton (IFSA) International Processes Commission, Abraham addressed the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on the power of youth to discover...

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Category: Climate Change
Tags: Videos | Salina Abraham | COP21

If you have a great idea for an innovation that will contribute to a healthier planet, there is $50,000 in funding available to help you build a prototype. Don't wait - the deadline to apply for funding is this Sunday, Dec. 20.

Apply herehttps://app.reviewr.com/site/EIC

The funding is available for student teams who want to build prototypes for the Alaska Airlines...

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Category: Academics | Environment | Research
Tags: Environmental Innovation Challenge | Buerke Center for Entrepreneurship | grant fund

Gov. Jay Inslee joined students at the University of Washington - and several other campuses around the state via videoconference - for a conversation on climate change this week.

The event, which allowed students to pose questions to the governor, was hosted by the College of the Environment and Dean Lisa Graumlich. Inslee had recently returned from the COP21 Climate Change talks in Paris, which led to an international agreement to combat climate change.

"What happened in Paris is a chance for us to succeed. It's not a done deal. It's set the stage for what we have to...

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Category: Climate Change | Events
Tags: Gov Jay Inslee | College of the Environment | COP21