Welcome!
This is the main site for the UAF Office of Sustainability. Please visit often to see what is new regarding sustainability efforts on campus. We offer a calendar and a menu full of information from our various partners and programs. Don't forget to take the Sustainability Pledge!
Create our new theme and win UAF apparel
The Office of Sustainability is holding a contest to determine the 2012 sustainability theme for UAF. We're looking for some originality and creativity. If you have an idea, please submit a theme online by March 1.
Project Idea Library
Have an idea for a sustainability project? The UAF Office of Sustainability is always seeking new ideas for projects that increase campus sustainability and energy efficiency. Our new "Project Idea Library" is a forum for you to share your ideas with us. If you don't have time to pursue an idea on your own and would like to see somebody move your idea forward, please summarize your idea for the library. You can also view submitted ideas. Thank you for your feedback.
Sustainability Monday nights at the Pub!
| Date | Title | Subject | Year | Runtime | DVD# | Film bio excerpt |
| 27-Feb |
Nova: Power Surge |
alternative energy | 2011 | 53 min | 8114 | "Can emerging technology defeat global warming...Are we finally on the brink of a green-energy 'power surge,' or is it all a case of too little, too late?" –PBS |
| 5-March | Tipping Point | arctic meltdown/climate change | 2009 | 45 min | 6794 | "Our warming earth is most dramatically revealed in this modern day journey through the North West Passage." –Ironweed Films |
Weekly student radio show Green Talk
The UAF Office of Sustainability students started a weekly radio show on KSUA call Green Talk on 91.5 FM. The program, which airs weekly on Wednesdays 10 a.m.–12 p.m., highlights sustainability happenings on campus, upcoming events and ideas for ways listeners can recycle and reduce energy use. You can listen via the web by following the links at http://ksua.uaf.edu.
UAF participates in the following:
Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education