In Our Nature

Come celebrate Dawg Daze with UW Sustainability and UW Recycling on Red Square! We’re bringing you two days full of games, prizes, gift cards, and more.

Find us under the UW Recycling tent in front of Gerbderding Hall between 9.30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30, and Thursday, October 1. We’ll be there to answer your questions and chat all things sustainable – whether it’s learning how to properly recycle and compost or finding a student group to get involved with. 

We also have giveaways for those who try their hand at our sustainability game. Spin the wheel,...

Join the Enviro-Quest during Dawg Daze! Join in on a photo scavenger hunt to uncover some of the College of the Environment's best kept secrets, while also learning about the environmental programs at UW and meeting students with similar interests.

To participate, join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/enviroquest2015/

On Thursday, Sept. 24, the first Quest will be announced. Prizes will be awarded at an ice cream social for all participants...

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 UW Farm...

For every home football game, UW Transportation Services offer a free bike valet service, allowing you to easily pedal to and from Husky Stadium without worrying about your ride during the game.

The free bike parking is located on Rainer Vista at Stevens Way, just off the Burke-Gilman Trail. You can drop off your bike starting three hours before kickoff and Transportation Services staff will watch it during the game. Post-game, you can pick up your bike within an hour after the game ends. You don't even need to...

The need to conserve water has been readily apparent this summer, as water levels in Washington have dropped enough for the City of Seattle to call on residents and businesses to voluntarily reduce water consumption by 10 percent. The University of Washington supports this effort, and in today's look at the Sustainability Dashboard you can see how the UW has been reducing water consumption for years.

Since 2001, the UW has spent about $3 million on water conservation efforts. Those efforts have led to a continued downward trend in water...

With the Huskies playing their first home game of the season tomorrow, it’s only fitting that we remind fans of the Stadium’s many sustainable features.

UW practices sustainability all over campus, even in the largest structure of all. During the 2012 Husky Stadium renovation, over 95 percent of construction waste was reused or recycled. Concrete was removed from the lower bowl, crushed on site...

Energy conservation measures aren't just good for the environment. At the University of Washington, our conservation is also good for the budget.

Conservation measures at the UW added up to a savings of more than $14 million over the last fiscal year in avoided utility costs. That includes nearly $6 million in savings due to water conservation, and another $4.76 million for electricity conservation.

You can see this information and more on our Sustainability Dashboard, including downloads of the Excel documents with...

EPA is calling for entries in its fourth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a green infrastructure design competition for undergraduate and graduate students.

Student teams, working with a faculty advisor, will submit design boards, a project narrative, and a letter of support describing a proposed green infrastructure project for a location on their campuses. This year student teams will be encouraged to incorporate climate resiliency into their stormwater management designs.

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Craving something fresh, delicious, local and sustainable? Satisfy your taste buds or learn a thing or two about sustainable living at this year’s CHOMP! festival, the first sustainability living festival organized by King County. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 13 at Marymoor Park near Redmond.

CHOMP! offers a full day of free fun where attendees of all ages can enjoy a wide variety of activities. Listen to some of Seattle’s up and coming indie artists, go on a scavenger hunt, ride bikes, jump on trampolines...

From taking showers to eating breakfast, individual actions can contribute to making UW more sustainable.

UW Students, faculty and staff are putting sustainability at the forefront, continuing to set the bar high for universities around the country. UW takes conservation of any kind seriously. So much that it has decreased its water usage by over 770,000 gallons per day since 2001. UW is also proud to source local food – 53 percent of food purchases...