Sustainability Champions Recognized at Seventh Annual Sustainability Awards

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UC San Francisco faculty, students, and staff members were recognized for their efforts in supporting and advocating for sustainability measures at the seventh annual Sustainability Awards in the Rock Hall Auditorium on June 20.

“We are here today to recognize our Sustainability Award winners, our outstanding faculty, staff, students and teams who exemplified PRIDE values around sustainability throughout the university,” said Cynthia Chiarappa, the vice president of UCSF Health Administration and co-chair the UCSF Advisory Committee on Sustainability.

“Words used to describe these extraordinary individuals included relentless, engaged, devotion, inspiring, diligent, successful, continually, innovative, and leader, to name just a few,” said Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, as he introduced the 2017 Sustainability Award winners.

Each award winner went above and beyond the duties of their position to integrate environmental sustainability into existing campus programs in education, research, operations, and public service. They also instilled a culture of sustainable practices amongst their peers and engaged the campus/medical center in an ongoing dialogue about reaching UCSF’s environmental sustainability goals.

Sustainability Award Winners

This year UCSF received nominations for the Sustainability Awards from across the UCSF community. The following groups and individuals were winners this year:

The Matthew State Lab was recognized for its efforts in becoming first laboratory to ever achieve a Platinum level certification. Photo by Marco SanchezTeam Category:  The Matthew State Lab in Rock Hall was recognized for its efforts in becoming first laboratory to ever achieve a Platinum level certification. Last year, the lab received a Gold-level certification and was inspired to improve their conservation efforts.

In the lab, pipette tip boxes, glassware, cardboard and Styrofoam are recycled and only compostable or washable items are used in the kitchen. The lab’s 20 computer screens are set to sleep after two minutes, which has the added benefit of increasing HIPAA security. Their single-shared printer defaults to double-sided printing and uses 100 ...

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