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Campus Sustainability Award Nominations

In celebration of UC San Diego's Earth Week, April 20 - 25, 2009, the Advisory Committee on Sustainability is recognizing individuals and groups (teams, departments, units, student organizations, etc.) that have made UC San Diego more sustainable.

Nominees must be closely affiliated with UCSD and have worked to advance one of the Advisory Committee on Sustainability's goals:

* To make sustainability part of UCSD's ongoing education, research, planning, operation or outreach programs

* To share information about UCSD's education, research, planning, operation or outreach activities related to environmental stewardship and sustainability with the campus community and the public

Nominators may submit more than one nomination. All nominations must be received by 5 p.m. on April 3, 2009.

To nominate someone or yourself, complete the online nomination form at http://earthweek.ucsd.edu/form/default.aspx

If you have any questions, please contact Campus Sustainability Coordinator Maggie Souder (msouder@ucsd.edu, 858-822-7840) or Kristin Hansen (krhansen@ucsd.edu, 858-534-5563). We look forward to celebrating our UCSD community's achievements in sustainability.

Russell Thackston Assistant Vice Chancellor Auxiliary and Plant Services