| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.23 |
| Liaison | Daimon Eklund |
| Submission Date | Oct. 17, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Washington, Seattle
ER-T2-6: Sustainability Events
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Ruth
Johnston Associate Vice President Finance & Facilities; Office of the Provost |
Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
A brief description of the event(s):
The University of Washington holds several major events related to sustainability:
• The UW Sustainability Summit celebrates the University’s leadership and accomplishments in environmental stewardship and sustainability. It provides an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to find ways to get involved with sustainability on campus, and to learn about the Campus Sustainability Fund, the UW Climate Action Plan, and how our community partners play a role in UW sustainability. http://sustainabilitysummit.uw.edu
• The UW Earth Day Celebration brings students, faculty, staff, and community members together to celebrate the environmental stewardship and sustainability efforts across campus and within the community. Groups can share information about their mission, educate others about their area of environmental focus, and encourage others to get involved. http://green.washington.edu/earth-day-2012
•The Denman Forestry Series provides information and discussion on timely forestry and natural resources issues. As with all the activities associated with an academic setting, the ultimate goal is to inform and educate students, faculty, staff and the public. These programs are made possible through support provided by the Denman Endowment for Student Excellence in Forest Resources. http://www.cfr.washington.edu/outreach/denman/index.shtml
• The School of Environmental and Forest Sciences provides three seminar series for students to take for either credit or to attend without course registration. These series are the Water Seminar (ESRM 429/SEFS 529), the Wildlife Science Seminar (ESRM 455/SEFS 554), both offered each Autumn, Winter, and Spring Quarters, and the Silviculture Seminar (SEFS 526), offered Winter Quarter. http://www.cfr.washington.edu/courses/index.shtml
• The 2011 Engineering Lecture Series takes flight to explore the innovations transforming the aerospace industry. Cleaner airplanes and ground operations will decrease environmental impact and boost efficiency and sustainability for commercial aviation and the military. On the horizon, autonomous networked vehicles with astonishing capabilities will accomplish missions too dangerous, difficult, or distant for humans. http://www.washington.edu/alumni/learn/engineering/2011lectures.html
• The University of Washington also has several endowment funds that bring speakers in for public lectures. In the past year, the Jessie and John Danz Endowment sponsored a lecture by Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, the College of the Environment Mindlin Lecture series also sponsors speaker for an evening lecture. http://www.grad.washington.edu/lectures/
• A collection of sustainability events are centralized on the UW Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability's events calendar http://green.washington.edu/events
The website URL where information about the event(s) are available:
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