The College of the Environment is pleased to announce that we are seeking nominations for awards to honor members of our College community who have demonstrated outstanding service and dedication.  For the 2011-12 year, the College seeks nominations for the following awards: Distinguished Staff Member Criteria:                Nominees should provide extraordinary service beyond the basic job description and demonstrate the University of Washington values of integrity, diversity, excellence, collaboration, innovation and respect. 

The Greenroads Foundation, which facilitates a rating system to provide LEED-like certifications for roadways, made its first award last month, to the Meador/Kansas/Ellis Trail project. The project was recognized at the silver level for its sustainable practices, including the incorporation of around 5 tons of crushed up, recycled toilets as part of the asphalt for a widened sidewalk. Greenroads was developed at University of Washington by faculty and students in Civil and Environmental Engineering and launched with the help of the Center for Commercialization. 

Seattle can learn from Japan’s quake and our own geologic history. Around the year 900, the Salish tribes that lived in Seattle were devastated by an earthquake. UW experts are quoted. 

The Oregon Wave Energy Trust is seeking a consultant to help develop the Pacific Marine Energy Center, which will be undertaken within the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, a collaboration between OSU and UW. Read more here!