CU Boulder announces recipients of 2023 Campus Sustainability Awards

The 26th annual Campus Sustainability awards program recognizes outstanding individuals and departments who demonstrate a sincere commitment to continuing the CU Boulder tradition of leadership and student participation in campus sustainability. Awardees exhibit innovation that directly reduces the University's ecological footprint, enhances social cohesion and equity in the campus community, and/or integrates sustainability into the culture of Boulder and our local communities.

This year, there are seven Campus Sustainability awardees:

• Karen Bailey, Green Faculty

• The Colorado Environmental Justice Digital Storytelling Project, Civic Achievement

• Fossil Free CU, Student Leadership

• Emily Yeh, Green Faculty

• Scott King, Outstanding Alumni

• Mountain Research Station, Departmental Achievement

• Mortenson Center in Global Engineering and Resilience, Civic Achievement

Three partnership initiatives deserve special recognition: 

• Climate Across the Curriculum Training, Special Recognition, Partnership for Sustainability

• Urban Heat Mapping Project, Special Recognition, Partnership for Sustainability

• Buffs One Read, Special Recognition, Partnership for Sustainability

The CU Green Labs Program recognizes three awardees:

• MIMIC Core Facility, Partnership for Sustainability

• Department of Biochemistry Shared Equipment, Departmental Achievement 

• CHEM 1021 Green Chemistry Integration, Partnership for Sustainability

Awards will be in the form of a 100% recycled-content plaque presented by campus leadership at the 30th annual Campus Sustainability Summit scheduled for April 19-20, 2023.  

Learn more about the Campus Sustainability Awards program and the 2023 awardees.