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By Lindsey Boisvin, Facilities Services’ Sustainability Communications Intern
The Burke-Gilman Trail is swamped with puddles and leaves, but that isn’t stopping Ride in the Rain bike riders.
Beginning Nov. 1, UW students, faculty, and employees created teams to take on one of the rainiest months of the year as part of the Ride in the Rain challenge. Each individual logged trips longer than 0.25 miles online to attempt to meet 50,000 trips across all teams.
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.
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
By Lindsey Boisvin, Facilities Services’ Sustainability Communications Intern
Sean Schmidt takes “going green” to a whole new level.
By Lindsey Boisvin, Facilities Services’ Sustainability Communications Intern
Although Halloween is just around the corner, UW Sustainability has been meticulously organizing their own series of events – without the "tricks," and pumpkins guts.