Student-Powered Sustainability University of Washington

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.

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

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

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

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.

Students voice climate action 2007

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

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

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?

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."

Campus sustainability fund http://green.uw.edu/climate-of-change

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

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?

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

Keep in touch Claudia Frere-Anderson Director, UW Sustainability frerec@uw.edu (206) 221-0391 green.uw.edu