Sustainability at Puget Sound

What's New?

Sustainability Pilot Grants

While SAC has long given grants for sustainability projects on campus, we have recently refocused these efforts and the evaluation criteria for the grant proposals to align more closely with our work on the STARS rating system (see below). Pilot grants may now be applied for on a rolling cycle rather than by a specific deadline, although priority is given to proposals that are submitted by March 11.

Loggers Commute

As part of efforts to encourage green commute options, a new section has been added to the sustainability website (and cross-referenced from other areas on the website).

Zipcars

New on campus in 2010, the campus community can reserve a Zipcar online, choosing to use one of the two Zipcars located here on campus rather than deal with the hassles of bringing a car on campus. Not 21? Not a problem. Users as young as 18 can be approved for the collegiate program with Zipcar. For details see www.zipcar.com/pugetsound.

Green Advocate Pilot Funded by Puget Sound Energy

The university received a grant from Puget Sound Energy in 2010 that funded a new peer-to-peer sustainability education and outreach program called Green Advocates. Look for Green Advocates in your residence hall as part of the Residential Student Association/Residence Hall Association structure.

Sustainability Tracking and Rating System (STARS)

The university officially joined the new STARS rating program at the end of 2009, and spent 2010 collecting data for our first official sustainablity rating through this comprehensive evaluation that considers everything from facilities data to outreach efforts to purchasing policies to sustainability in the curriculum. 

Loggers Live Green

During the summer of 2008, the Sustainability Advisory Committee (SAC) developed a branding program to identify sustainability efforts on campus. Loggers Live Green is the marketing campaign that identifies sustainability efforts in general.

Efforts related to transportation bear the slogan Loggers Go Green, waste reduction programs use the slogan Loggers Cut Waste, energy conservation efforts are labeled with Loggers Unplug, and water conservation messaging bears the slogan Loggers Save Water.