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Hi everyone, my name is Noah Babai. I am a Junior in Visual Communication Design with a minor in Data Science. I am excited to use my skills as a graphic designer to support UW Sustainability and make a difference on campus. As a student, I know it can often feel hard to be sustainable, which is why I am happy to help others learn about the resources on campus that can support them.

It's football season, and UW Transportation Services is again making it easy to bike to Husky games by providing a free bike valet service.

The bike valet is on Rainier Vista, just off the Burke-Gilman trail and close to Husky Stadium. You can drop your bike off anytime starting two hours before kickoff, and pick up in the hour after the game ends. 

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UW Sustainability is hiring a Green Labs Program Manager. This full-time staff position is responsible for building and implementing the new program around the following core focus areas: energy efficiency, water conservation, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, waste minimization, and sustainable purchasing. Using other university and institutional green labs program as a model, the Green Labs Program Manager will develop program offerings, incentives, green lab website resources and content, create toolkits, and more.

The National Laboratory of the Rockies is hosting a collegiate Technology Recycling and Repurposing (T-ReX) Competition, challenging students to find creative yet practical ways to recycle or repurpose retired energy components and materials. Student teams interested in competing must apply by September 30, 2026.

The competition is designed to increase student awareness and knowledge about:

The Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) will be hosted by the Evergreen State College in Olympia on March 3-5, 2027. The conference is now accepting proposals for program content, speakers and sessions.

The 2027 conference theme is "The Future Starts Now: From Action to Sustainable Impact." Proposals will be accepted until October 16, 2026. See the details below or as a PDF.

UW students living in the North campus neighborhood can get rid of unwanted items for free during the Husky Neighborhood Cleanup. On August 27 and September 21 & 22 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:

The 2026 Husky Sustainability Award winners have been named, with six annual awards along with three Legacy award winners.

This year's winners include students, faculty and staff who have demonstrated impact, initiative and leadership for sustainability. This is the 17th year the UW Environment Stewardship Committee has presented sustainability awards to recognize individuals and groups who lead the way in sustainability at the UW.

For Earth Day 2026, UW’s Executive Director of Campus Energy, Utilities & Operations David Woodson and UW Sustainability Director Lisa Dulude gave an online presentation on the work around decarbonizing the Seattle campus energy system.

The discussion touched on why we're working to decarbonize, the need to shift our campus Power Plant from natural-gas powered boilers that provide building heat to electric heat pumps, some recent good news around state funding for an initial project, some success stories from existing work and more.

Watch the presentation below.

Cultural Harvest, a student-led project at the UW that celebrates food, culture, and community, is holding their Year-end event on May 21 from 2:30-5 p.m. in HUB 340. The event celebrates UNESCO’s World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development and features the Cultural Harvest showcase.