About the 2024-2025 Team

The Husky Sustainability Team is dedicated to advancing a wide range of sustainability initiatives across campus. We facilitate outreach and manage projects funded by the Husky Sustainability Fund, organize sustainability events for the entire student body, and oversee the Sustainability Leadership Certificate. Our goal is to deepen the understanding of sustainability, inspiring students, staff, and faculty to bring their innovative ideas together and to life with our department’s support. By raising awareness and encouraging participation in HSF initiatives, we want to demonstrate that we have the power to shape our future and create a campus environment we are proud to be part of.

Our Mission

The Husky Sustainability Fund's mission is to foster a culture of sustainability at the University of Washington Tacoma. We empower our campus community to engage in innovative and collaborative activities that promote social, environmental, and economic well-being. By supporting creative projects and initiatives among students, faculty, and staff, we hope to create a healthier, more sustainable future for our campus and wider Tacoma community.

Values

Innovation:

We encourage projects and thinking that push the boundaries of what has been done before. Our fund exists to support ideas that are new and may take some time to fully succeed.

Community Roots & Growth:

The work we do is rooted in the story, history, and current community experience of Tacoma. We strive to address community needs through our funded projects because UW Tacoma directly impacts our surrounding Tacoma neighbors.

Collaboration:

We believe that sustainability can only be done as a whole community. We aim to connect with other groups, actively seek people and projects that we might contribute to, and constantly learn from all of our partners.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:

The HSF recognizes that the sustainability movement has historically left out and ignored BIPOC communities and experiences. In all our projects and events, we work to create spaces where everyone feels welcome. Our work aims to break down barriers and invite everyone to have a voice on campus.

Circular Economic Practices:

We aim to practice and encourage minimal consumption practices that prioritize longevity, reuse, and recycling. We actively work with applicants to reuse supplies already on campus and create long term plans for items that cannot be reused or borrowed.

Student Empowerment:

The HSF is fully funded by student fees, and we strive to approve projects and events that will directly benefit students. Our program is a great first step into grant writing, project management, and leadership with built-in support from our team. We are here to help students leave a positive impact on campus.
 

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Land Acknowledgement

We recognize that all of us at UW Tacoma learn, live, and work on or near the ancestral homeland of the Coast Salish people. In particular, our campus is situated on the traditional territory of Puyallup. And, since we’re gathered virtually, we also want to acknowledge the lands of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Suquamish, Duwamish, and all other traditional lands we may be on. As people on these occupied territories, we have a responsibility to acknowledge the land, the ancestors who have cared for this land since time immemorial, and all our Indigenous connections today. We also have the responsibility to acknowledge the histories of dispossession and forced removal that have allowed for the growth and survival of this nation and institution. In light of this history, let us take active efforts to partner with our Indigenous community members and neighbors to seek justice as we continue our work together as a community of learners, leaders, and educators.

Access Statement

 The University of Washington is committed to providing access and accommodation in its services, programs, and activities. To make a request connected to a disability or health condition contact Conor Leary, cleary2@uw.edu.