the UW Sustainability blog
the UW Sustainability blog
This article is from the UW Environmental Health & Safety newsletter.
We invite all members of the UW community to contribute to improving the environment by participating in our integrated pest management program. You can help by not using pesticides or insecticides on campus.
If you see pests in a building or on UW grounds, please contact UW Environmental Health & Safety at 206-543-7209, 206-616-1623, or phdept@uw.edu. We will send a pest control...
UW Sustainability supports sustainable initiatives happening all over. The UW Tacoma campus has outstanding sustainability efforts, and the surrounding City of Tacoma is also working to address environmental challenges.
Tacoma is working on an Environmental Action Plan (EAP) which will work to identify priority actions to address environmental challenges. The city of Tacoma strives to achieve quality of life for every generation, present and future. The city hopes to work together...
UW's Climate Change video contest is back! The School of Environmental and Forest Sciences wants you to create a short (3 minutes or less) video showing what climate change means to you.
Grab your camera, phone or tablet and show the world how you feel about climate change - your vision, your voice. Are you confused, angry, powerless or scared? Or hopeful and inspired to take action?
Your video may address the impacts, challenges and solutions associated with climate change at any scale, from your...
UW graduate student Matt MacDonald has been researching man-made floating wetlands in a Redmond creek. The floating wetlands help create a space for plants to grow on the water, which improves water quality and habitat. Check out the video for more details on his project.
Penguins in Argentina got some good news this month. On December 3, the local province legislature established a new marine protected area off Punta Tombo, Argentina, which is currently home to over 500,000 Magellanic penguins.
UW biology professor Dee Boersma has been studying penguins in this area for more than 30 years, and is excited to see the area protected. The protected area will help save marine...
Salina Abraham was one of a group of UW students who traveled to Paris this month to be a part of events around the 2015 Climate Change Conference. As the head of the International Forestry Students' Associaton (IFSA) International Processes Commission, Abraham addressed the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris on the power of youth to discover...
If you have a great idea for an innovation that will contribute to a healthier planet, there is $50,000 in funding available to help you build a prototype. Don't wait - the deadline to apply for funding is this Sunday, Dec. 20.
The funding is available for student teams who want to build prototypes for the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge. The funds can be...
Gov. Jay Inslee joined students at the University of Washington - and several other campuses around the state via videoconference - for a conversation on climate change this week.
The event, which allowed students to pose questions to the governor, was hosted by the College of the Environment and Dean Lisa Graumlich. Inslee had recently returned from the COP21 Climate Change talks in Paris, which led to an international agreement to combat climate change.
"What happened in Paris is a chance for us to succeed. It's not a done deal. It's set the stage for what we have to...
The UW Tower Data Center has been ENERGY STAR certified for the third year in a row - one of just 14 data centers in the country to have been certified each of the last three years.
The UW Tower Data Center provides managed space, power and cooling of critical infrastructure supporting IT departments campus-wide. It is one of only two university data centers to have ever earned ENERGY STAR...
Suzanne Zitzer is committed to sustainability! She was one of the driving forces (along with a former colleague) behind getting the College of the Environment Dean's Office certified as a Green Office back in 2013 and has been focusing on green office practices ever since.
Before the College of the Environment Dean's Office was green certified, Suzanne noticed the office was using a large amount of paper and printing single-sided, as well as leaving lights on in the office kitchen. Since going through the certification process, the office has decreased...