{"id":70362,"date":"2017-10-31T16:48:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T02:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=70362"},"modified":"2019-03-13T13:20:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T23:20:43","slug":"presidents-green-initiative-awards-2018-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/31\/presidents-green-initiative-awards-2018-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s Green Initiative Awards accepting proposals for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/system-sustainability-digging.jpg\" alt=\"Sustainability summit participants working outside\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/system-sustainability-digging.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/system-sustainability-digging-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Up to $10,000 in prize money is up for grabs through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sustainability\/2018-greenawards\/\">2018 University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> President\u2019s Green Initiative Awards<\/a>. The prize will go to the top student-driven sustainability project to be implemented at <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> campuses or in the community. Multiple $1,000 Green Student Leader Awards are also available to recognize and support students who take on leadership roles in sustainability related activities.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> graduate and undergraduate students are eligible to apply, and partnerships with staff and faculty members are encouraged. Projects that align with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sustainability\/mm1u17-18\/\">Many Minds, One University<\/a> systemwide focused inquiry project exploring the grand challenges of water will receive priority consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Any project proposals impacting campus operations must be approved by campus administrators and\/or facilities and operations staff.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScsnb6fG35YqBflF0hjg-SPgqRiPXstsuaM5-daF961iR5Jwg\/viewform\">Submit Project proposals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSet32brms92eZ-GAtaWC8E_O7-oI0ffX2vFeSMqXdpmteFXlg\/viewform\">Nominate a student green leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfk2trECNm2hqOc-Bz1xZ1-HS2Ppkz7uiud_1yTIiMMeXGAkA\/viewform\">Nominate green faculty\/staff awards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;This awards program showcases the creative and innovative ideas to advance sustainability that our students are developing in the course of their <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> education&rdquo; said <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/leadership\/david-lassner\/\"><strong>David Lassner<\/strong><\/a>. &ldquo;It is important to recognize and celebrate good ideas, and I hope these awards can take us even further into implementation projects on our campuses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Winning projects from 2017 include a campus composting project at the Student Organic Farm Training program at <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and a student-led food waste reduction project at <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> News story<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/22\/uh-systemwide-sustainability-efforts-recognized\/\"><abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> systemwide sustainability efforts recognized<\/a>, March 22, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;Sustainability is about applying systems-thinking, creativity and innovation to solve the complex and interconnected challenges of our times,&rdquo; said <strong>Matthew Kamakani Lynch<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> System sustainability coordinator. &ldquo;This year we invite faculty to consider submitting proposals for projects that integrate hands-on learning and student-driven projects into course curriculum.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 awards are presented with funding support from Johnson Controls, Inc. and the Castiglione A. Casauria Foundation. Applications close on December 30, 2017, and awards will be presented on February 8, 2018 at the 6th Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sustainability\/6th-annual-hawai%CA%BBi-sustainability-in-higher-education-summit\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Sustainability in Higher Education Summit<\/a> on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the Office of Sustainability at (808) 956-9452 or visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sustainability\/2018-greenawards\/\"><abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> President\u2019s Green Initiative Awards website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to $10,000 in prize money is up for grabs for the top student-driven sustainability project to be implemented at <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> campuses or in the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":70377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,1038,73,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-70362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-office-of-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/system-sustainability-digging.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70362"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70379,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70362\/revisions\/70379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}