This spring, the UW Earth Day Committee - made up of passionate and driven students - was the driving force behind a dynamic week of programming that celebrated sustainability in all forms. Through weekly planning meetings with my supervisor Emily and coworker Kellie, we co-created interactive and educational events that raised visibility for intersectional sustainability and highlighted the importance of environmental action. Collaborating with student leaders connected us with a wide array of on-campus organizations and helped us...
In Our Nature
the UW Sustainability blog
The 2025 Husky Sustainability Awards have been awarded to nine recipients, as well as a Husky Sustainability Legacy Award honoree.
The winners will be recognized at an award ceremony on Thursday, May 29 at 3:30 p.m. in the Kane Hall Walker-Ames Room. All are invited to attend.
This year's winners include students, faculty and staff who have demonstrated impact, initiative and leadership for sustainability. This is the 16th year the UW Environment Stewardship Committee has presented sustainability...
Sustainability Action Plan Community Briefing
Friday, June 6, 10-11 a.m. online
Register for Zoom link
Join us for a virtual update on the University of Washington's Sustainability Action Plan (SAP) development.
More than 350 students, staff, and faculty across all UW campuses have contributed their vision for our sustainable future over the past six months. In this one-hour...
UW students living in the North campus neighborhood can get rid of unwanted items for free during the Husky Neighborhood Cleanup. On June 12, 16 and 17 trucks will be on site accepting items for recycling or disposal.
A UW student Husky card will be required to drop off material. Items can be taken on those days to the median at 17th Ave NE & NE 47th St. from 1 to 5 p.m. or until the trucks are full.
Accepted items include:
- Recyclable materials, including scrap metal and painted or unpainted wood
- Disposal of items in poor condition,...
If you are moving out of an HFS residence hall or apartment, you can donate certain items through the UW’s SCRAM (Student Cleanup, Recycle and Moveout) event. The event runs from June 9 – 14, 2025 and is only open for HFS residents to donate.
SCRAM donation sites are in the below locations. If there isn’t a donation station in your residence hall, bring your items to a nearby location.
SCRAM donation sites
Sites are drop-off only. Please do not touch or move other donations.
UW Transportation Services is hosting an Earth Day-themed scavenger hunt! Pick up a scavenger sheet at the UW Sustainability office in the basement of Gerberding Hall, room B40, or see the list below. Complete three of the five items and return to Transportation Services to win a prize. If you complete all five, you'll also be entered in a grand giveaway.
Find Transportation Services' table on Red Square on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, from 1-5 p.m. to turn in your scavenger sheet or learn more about transportation options on campus.
Scavenger items:
Campus artists utilized their own waste to create thoughtful and delightful pieces in UW Recycling’s sixth annual contest. This year’s submissions included a cat statuette made entirely from bread bag tags, a life-size bathroom display constructed by a house of students and placemats weaved from plastic newspaper bags.
Each of these art pieces represent an artist re-contextualizing their waste into a new form. This is UW Recycling’s goal...
The University of Washington is hosting events to recognize Earth Day throughout the month of April - and beyond.
See the full UW Earth Month calendar to see all of the events happening at all three UW campuses, hosted by many different departments and student groups. Volunteer opportunities, inspiring speakers, discussions, tours, hands-on activities and much more are happening nearly every day this month.
Starting April 21, some of the highlights of the student-driven Earth Week programming include:
The Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) program is an undergraduate summer internship program designed to link dedicated engineering, chemistry, sustainability and environmental sciences students with business and industry in Washington. This program is open to Washington-based undergraduate student with junior or senior standing (including graduating seniors) in business, economics, engineering, environmental science, green chemistry, physical science or sustainability science programs.
Interns will be placed into Oregon or Washington based businesses to achieve...
UW Sustainability invites all members of the UW community to share their visions for a sustainable and equitable future through creative expression by participating in the "Message to the Future" campaign.
This project is part of the work to update the University's Sustainability Action Plan, which sets our sustainability goals and informs the UW's actions. As part of the update process, there have been a range of engagement opportunities...