{"id":40023,"date":"2015-11-02T14:43:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T00:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=40023"},"modified":"2021-06-25T14:51:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T00:51:17","slug":"applications-open-for-presidents-green-initiative-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/02\/applications-open-for-presidents-green-initiative-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications open for President\u2019s Green Initiative Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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President David Lassner<\/strong> initiatives. <\/p>\n

Two $10,000 Green Project Implementation Awards<\/a> are up for grabs for student-led sustainability projects with measurable outcomes on UH<\/abbr> campus or in the community, while two $5,000 Green Student Leader Awards<\/a> are available to recognize and support students who take on leadership roles in sustainability related activities on-campus and in their communities. <\/p>\n

Nominations and applications are now open<\/a>— nominate staff or faculty who have demonstrated leadership in sustainability for recognition at the annual Sustainability in Higher Education Summit<\/a> in spring 2016. <\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> graduate and undergraduate students are eligible to apply, and partnerships with staff and faculty members are encouraged. Projects that map to UH<\/abbr> Presidents’s Executive Sustainability Policy<\/a> will receive priority consideration, and administrators and\/or facilities and operations staff must approve all project proposals from students in their schools. <\/p>\n

The awards are presented with funding from Hawaiian Electric Industries<\/a> and additional funding support from Johnson Controls, Inc<\/a>. “We care deeply about Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and achieving an affordable clean energy future for generations to come,” said Alan Oshima, Hawaiian Electric<\/a> president and CEO<\/abbr>. “In supporting the Green Initiatives Awards our goal is to encourage young leaders to take purposeful actions that will increase our state’s resiliency and self-sufficiency, while recognizing sustainability efforts that are making a real impact in our communities.” <\/p>\n

“Sustainability is about unleashing our creative innovation to solve the problems created by a rapidly changing world for our communities,” said Matthew Kamakani Lynch<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> System sustainability coordinator. “The President’s GIA<\/abbr> was created as a tool to help unleash the creativity that our students have and create pathways for great ideas to emerge, arise and be built upon from anywhere within our institution.” <\/p>\n

Contact the Office of Sustainability at (808) 956-9437 with any queries or apply online today at http:\/\/hawaii.edu\/sustainability\/presidents-green-initiative-award\/<\/a>. Applications close December 15, 2015. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President David Lassner and the Â鶹´«Ã½Office of Sustainability launch the President\u2019s Green Initiative Awards to support student-led sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[142,73,947],"class_list":["post-40023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-award","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-system","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t