May 18, 2018
My Dawg Life | “Sacred Pastures” by Guy Anderson
That’s some BIG ART! “Sacred Pastures” by Guy Anderson, 1978, in Meany Hall. UW Students pushed our office to start a Sustainability in the Arts (SITA) program to support efforts to make arts operations more sustainable and to promote sustainability themes in art works (e.g. social justice, environmental awareness, etc.). Being a horse lover, this…
May 17, 2018
My Dawg Life | CEP Senior Project Night
Awesome way to spend an evening…as a reviewer for UW Community, Environment, and Planning (CEP)‘s Senior Project Night. On deck…environmental impact projects. When space is limited, you get resourceful 😉
Isabelle de Mozenette Infuses Sustainability into UW School of Dentistry
The US throws away 50 million pounds of plastic toothbrushes every year. Isabelle de Mozenette, a UW Community, Environment, and Planning (CEP) student piloted a small project with the University of Washington School of Dentistry students to switch to compostable options in dental patient goodie bags. I was super psyched about this project when Isabelle brought it up to…
My Dawg Life | Peony
Couldn’t pass up taking a photo of this peony in UW’s Medicinal Herb Garden.
May 12, 2018
My Dawg Life | “Feast for the Senses”
UW CEP student Kat Kavanagh recently completed her senior capstone project, an art installation and event titled “Feast for the Senses“. The project was supported in part by a small grant from CSF. The photo above is of “Kindrid” (a menu, closeup at bottom of this post), one element of Kavanagh’s “Feast for the Senses”…
May 8, 2018
My Dawg Life | Purple Azaleas
That’s some serious purple!
September 7, 2017
ENVIR 498 | EcoReps Project Leadership
Through a partnership with the UW Program on the Environment (PoE), students can now earn 1 or more credits for project work in EcoReps and Green Greeks. Although getting credit is great, it is only an option not a requirement…you can still be an EcoRep without choosing the for-credit option. To register for EcoReps (ENVIR…
September 7, 2016
GEN ST 297 | Exploring Sustainability Series
I teach a quarterly undergraduate seminar series through First Year Programs that gives students the opportunity to explore sustainability at UW and beyond. Autumn Quarter The autumn quarter seminar in the series explores sustainability efforts and resources on campus such as the UW Sustainability campus map, UW Recycling programs, and the student-administered Campus Sustainability Fund…
April 16, 2016
My Dawg Life | Purple and Gold All the Way
You have to take a pic when you’re wearing purple and gold AND sitting next to a old tree 😉
March 9, 2016
My Dawg Life | Gina McCarthy Visits UW
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visited UW today. REALLY inspiring meeting and discussion. This post relates to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG):