The 26th annual Campus Sustainability Awards program recognizes outstanding individuals and departments who demonstrate a sincere commitment to enhancing CU Boulder’s longstanding commitment to sustainability.ÌýAwardees exhibit innovation that directly reduces the university's ecological footprint, enhances social cohesion and equity in the campus community, and/or integrates sustainability into the culture of Boulder and our local communities.
Awards will be in the form of a 100% recycled-content plaque presented by campus leadership at the 30th annual Campus Sustainability SummitÌýscheduled for April 19–20.
This year, there are seven campus sustainability awardees:
- Karen Bailey, Green Faculty
- The Colorado Environmental Justice Digital Storytelling Project, Civic Achievement
- , Student Leadership
- Emily Yeh, Green Faculty
- , Outstanding Alumni
- Mountain Research Station, Departmental Achievement
- Mortenson Center in Global Engineering and Resilience, Civic Achievement
about the Campus Sustainability Awards program and 2023 awardees
Three partnership initiatives deserve special recognition:Ìý
- Climate Across the Curriculum Training, Special Recognition, Partnership for Sustainability
- , Special Recognition, Partnership for Sustainability
- Buffs One Read, Special Recognition, Partnership for Sustainability
The CU Green Labs Program recognizes three awardees:
- MIMIC Core Facility, Partnership for Sustainability
- Department of Biochemistry Shared Equipment, Departmental AchievementÌý
- CHEM 1021 Green Chemistry Integration, Partnership for Sustainability