1. Student-Powered Sustainability University of Washington

2. If you’re not working with students, you aren’t doing your job.
Why am I here?
If you’re not working with students, you aren’t doing your job.

3. In 50 minutes
Begin conversation about renewal, restoration and regeneration
Meet new people
Share ideas
Come up with 3 action steps!

4. University profile Founded in November 1861
55,767 students (undergraduate, graduate, professional)
$1.3 billion Research Awards (largest federally funded public research institution in America)
Campuses in Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell
UW Medicine (School of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, Northwest Hospital, Valley Medical Center, UW Physicians and UW Neighborhood Clinics)
$3.1 billion endowment

5. Policy context
Executive Order on Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
Sponsored and advised by the Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC)
Guided by the Climate Action Plan
Supported by the UW Sustainability office

6. 1970 World’s first trash-in World's first Trash In hosted at UW
Students brought trash from home and campus to special bins placed in front of the HUB. It was then separated into different categories – paper, plastic, glass, metal – and returned to the original producers with the request that they would be reprocessed. It paved the way for UW to become a leader in recycling.

7. Students voice climate action
2007

8. Student powered start-up
Students were key to establishing UW Sustainability (formerly called the Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability office)
Started with student interns and1.5 FTE
Temporarily funded
To support university-wide committee and Climate Action Plan

9. Student powered development
Green certification for offices, labs and greek houses
Campus sustainability map
Eco-Reps
Sustainability Snapshots
Sustainability Summit (now festival)
Dashboard
Infographics

10. Renew (5 minutes) Are you engaging students in your work?
What kinds of projects do you want students to work on?
What would you like to engage students with?

11. campus sustainability fund
Almost $2M million granted since 2010
Up to 90 projects on Seattle campus
Hundreds of students reached
Annual turn over of student staff and committee
What advice would you give to other students interested in the CSF? "If you see something that really needs to be done, go for it! The university is such a great platform for people who want to make a difference and the CSF is a great program to fund those activities. There are so many different exciting things that are going on because of CSF."

12. Campus sustainability fund

13. Restore (8 minutes)
Do you have a project that students can take apart and redo?
What is your most problematic project?

14. Regenerate (12 minutes)
How can you engage students for the next 5 to 20 years?
What will campus sustainability office look like in 5 to 20 years?

15. Sustainability What motivated you? What surprised you?
What are your 3 action steps?

16. Keep in touch Claudia Frere-Anderson Director, UW Sustainability
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green.uw.edu