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UW to host WOHESC 2019

The University of Washington is hosting the 2019 Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC), February 25-27. This conference is an opportunity for collective direction and solidarity in higher education for our region. This will be the second annual WOHESC conference, following the successful 2018 program hosted by Portland State. WOHESC 2019 will continue its work advancing equity, diversity and inclusion through thematic elements, speakers and attendees. We aim to examine systemic change and generate dialogue that guides and inspires action.
Early Bird registration for the conference is currently open, and proposals for sessions, speakers and posters are due October 5, 2018.

UW earns 8th straight Green Honor Roll award

The University of Washington has earned a perfect score on the The Princeton Review’s Green Rating system for the eighth straight year.

The UW is one of 26 colleges and universities to be named to the Green Honor Roll with a perfect score in the 2019 rankings, out of 648 schools reviewed.

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In Our Nature

Discover what's happening in sustainability across UW at the "In Our Nature" blog. Recent stories include:

Husky Green Award winner Alexa Russo

Husky Green Award winner: Frieda Cohan

Recycling training and presentations available

UW Sustainability is hosting two exciting Dawg Daze events this year. All students can join us Sept. 21 for a walking tour highlighting campus sustainability, and also be sure to swing by our open house Sept. 25 to meet our team, UW EcoReps and the Campus Sustainability Fund.

Sustainability Fair

Oct. 17, 11am-2pm
HUB North Ballroom

Join us for the 2018 UW Sustainability Fair on October 17 in the HUB, celebrating sustainability efforts across the University of Washington. UW departments, student groups and organizations who are interested in being a part of the Sustainability Fair can email sustainability@uw.edu.

Event details will be posted at green.uw.edu/fair

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Throughout 2017-2018, green.uw.edu had more than 131,000 pageviews, with about 15% more visitors than the previous year.
Thank you for all of your visits and feedback!

CSF finalizes 2017-18 grant awards

The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) awarded a total of $371,748 to 29 projects in the 2017-2018 school year. This is the largest number of projects the CSF has funded in a single year. The fund has now awarded more than $2.5 million to 136 projects since it was created in 2010.

See the full list of projects and more details on the CSF website.

"In Our Nature" podcast

UW Sustainability's "In Our Nature" podcast features the people working to make the University of Washington a leader in sustainability.

Check out our latest episode, a discussion with UW Program on the Environment faculty member - and Husky Green Award winner - Beth Wheat on the state of our food systems and her experiences running a farm practicing regenerative agriculture.

Listen to all our episodes and subscribe with your podcast platform of choice at our podcast home.