sustainability

March 19, 2025

A woman in a striped shirt and protective gear steadies a piece of wood in a workshop

Giving trees

UW Facilities' Salvage Wood Program provides new homes for felled trees on campus. A new grant creates even greater possibilities for students.


December 19, 2016

karen cheng trash bin

Smarter garbage

Compost. Recycle. Landfill. Three words, so many headaches. Two design professors think interactive trash bins could make life much easier.


December 15, 2016

Kathleen Alcala

Food fighter

Bainbridge Island author Kathleen Alcalá, ’85, cooks up a guide to food activism.