PURCHASES
Food
(See also the Student Farm listed under "UW Groups")
The UW spends over $10,000,000 per year on food.
- 6% is grown within 100 miles of campus
- 25% is grown within 280 miles of campus
- 6% is USDA-certified organic
- 18% of meat served is grass-fed beef
- Vegan and vegetarian entrees are provided at every meal
- We use only cage-free eggs
Metrics: ................
Link to Housing & Food Services 'sustainable dining' page
Student Farm
students.washington.edu/uwfarm
Article on College of Arts & Sciences site
Food-related courses
The Urban Farm: This course, BIOL 240, develops students' understanding of the ecological connections between food production, human health, and planetary sustainability. The class covers basic skills needed for food production in urban areas and the ethics behind sustainable urban agriculture, including a hands-on component at the biology greenhouse. Offered: Sp.
ANTH 361 Anthropology of Food (5) I&S
Explores how foods reproduce social relations, the meanings food acquire within culture, how food systems are intertwined with structures of power and economic inequality, national cuisines and restaurant cultures, the global marketing of foods, controversies surrounding GMO foods, and alternative food communities. Prerequisite: one 200-level ANTH course.ANTH 488 Agroecology (5) I&S Pena
Cross-cultural survey of agroecological research methods, theoretical problems, policy issues, and ethical debates. Local knowledge and ethnoscientific bases of alternative agriculture. Comparative political ecology of agroecosystems with a focus on indicators of social equity and ecological sustainability.
Instructor Course Description: Devon G Pena
Supplies
Green Purchasing Policy: http://f2.washington.edu/fm/ps/green-purchasing
The areas to which our policy pertains (and whether purchase is required or encouraged)
Appliances
x Required □ Encouraged
Cleaning products
x Required □ Encouraged
Computers/electronics
□ Required x Encouraged
Lighting
□ Required x Encouraged
Office supplies
□ Required x Encouraged
Paper products
x Required □ Encouraged
Reduced packaging for purchases
□ Required x Encouraged
Other. Please describe below. See below
Procurement policies/guidelines:
Paper
State law requires the University to purchase 100% recycled copy paper and to reduce our use by 30% effective January 1, 2010.
The law itself can be read here: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202009/2287-S.SL.pdf
Dawg Prints copy centers use 100% recycled paper and default to double-sided printing.
A committee is working bring the UW into compliance with this law.
Equipment
Guide for green computing from IT
