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As part of UW’s International Education Month, faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the International & English Language Programs (IELP) for the “Becoming a Global Citizen” poster session!
Date | Tuesday, November 17
Time | 12pm-1pm
Location | UW Tower, Floor Mezzanine, North Cafeteria
It's time for the annual One Thing Challenge!
The One Thing Challenge is a competition between residence hall students at UW and Washington State University to see which campus is committed to being the greenest. The school with the most participants will gain bragging rights and the ceremonial awarding of the One Thing Cup - a trophy made from recycled materials.
Each quarter, the UW Farm hosts a "Farm Lunch" seminar for students interested in learning more about urban agriculture. The informal seminars can be taken for a credit, although all are welcome to join in the discussion.
For the upcoming 2016 Winter Quarter, the Farm Lunch seminar will will highlight a mix of local farmers, policy makers and deep conversations about the work of building a resilient food system. The seminars will meet Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in Wallace Hall 120.
Long before Seattle existed, this area was home to Native Americans with deep knowledge of the abundant natural food resources of the area. This video, part of the Burke Museum's "Salish Bounty" project, shows what archeologists learned about traditional Coast Salish food from looking at 130 archaelogical sites in the area and talking with local tribal members.
For more information on the project, including recorded stories from tribal members, see burkemuseum.org/salish_bounty
Another new course through the Husky Leadership Initiative...
A great new leadership is being offered for freshman...
By Lindsey Boisvin, Facilities Services' Sustainability Communications Intern
To recognize the efforts of the University of Washington campus community, UW Sustainability hosted a Sustainability Leadership event on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Campus sustainability leaders met in Odegaard Undergraduate Library to celebrate national recognition of UW's sustainability efforts and other successes on campus.
The UW Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration is holding a native plant sale on Sunday, Nov. 15, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the SER's nursery at the Center for Urban Horticulture.
By Lindsey Boisvin, Facilities Services' Sustainability Communications Intern
Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Husky Union Building Lyceum was filled with employees, students, faculty, and surrounding Seattle community members as UW Sustainability co-hosted a Seattle Greendrinks gathering with the UW Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge, UW Surplus, UW Professional and Continuing Education and UW Bothell's School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) is hosting an evening of interdisciplinary discussion and project brainstorming. CSF representatives will share information on the fund, and how students can apply for grants to make their environmental ideas a reality on campus, as well as brainstorming ideas for projects. The goal of the event is to engage the campus community in brainstorming sustainability improvements we want to see at UW, and moreover, to empower students to make an impact by applying for a grant and starting their own project!