Sustainability Summit

The Summit honors the sustainability achievements of the university, recognizes leaders who help create a more sustainable campus as Sustainability Champion Award recipients, and provides student programs and groups with an opportunity to share their accomplishments over the last academic year. 

2022 Sustainability Summit

At this year's sustainability summit, Chancellor May will lead the delivery of the Sustainability Champion awards followed by a conversation with Leah Thomas, eco-communicator, activist and founder of the organization Intersectional Environmentalist. She will be speaking with our campus's Carbon Neutrality Initiative fellows, fielding audience questions and sharing her perspectives on environmental justice and its intersection with cultural and racial identities.

Keynote Speaker for 2022 Summit:  Leah Thomas

Leah Thomas, eco-communicator, activist and founder of the organization Intersectional Environmentalist, will be the keynote speaker for the 2022 Summit. Her appearance features an interview by our campus's Carbon Neutrality Initiative fellows who will engage Thomas about her perspectives on environmental justice, its intersection with aspects of cultural and racial identities and discuss her new book, The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet. 

 

UC Davis Sustainability Champion Awards

About the Award

UC Davis Sustainability Champions are environmental leaders on campus—students, staff, and faculty/academic staff—who exemplify why UC Davis continues to lead the way in sustainability efforts. Sustainability Champions are selected from amongst nominees by a diverse review panel and announced annually during the Sustainability Summit near the end of each academic year. 

Submit your nomination!

• Preview nomination requirements
• Nominator Information: Name, Campus Affiliation, Campus Department & Address, UC Davis Email, Phone Number, Affiliation with Nominee, Anonymity Preferences.
  
  Nominee Information: Proposed Award Category (Academic Staff/Faculty, Staff, Student), Name, Campus Department & Address, UC Davis Email, Phone Number, 3 questions requesting explanations and examples of how the nominator feels the nominee meets each of the evaluation criteria goals, 2 questions regarding clarification on whether the nominee's job duties require sustainability promotion and how they exceed these responsibilities. 

Deadline for 2022 Sustainability Champion nominations : Sunday, May 1st @ 11:59pm

Visit the Sustainability Champion nomination form 

Previous Sustainability Summit events

• 2022 Sustainability Summit  |  May 20, 2022

• The fourth annual Sustainability Summit was a much anticipated in person event   |  Watch the interview with co-communicator and activist Leah Thomas 
   

  

  Keynote Speaker for 2022 Summit:  Leah Thomas

  Leah Thomas, eco-communicator, activist and founder of the organization Intersectional Environmentalist, was the keynote speaker for the 2022 Summit. Our campus's Carbon Neutrality Initiative fellows, Mariah Padilla and Aleesa Palmer interviewed Thomas about her perspectives on environmental justice, its intersection with aspects of cultural and racial identities, and her new book, The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet. 
  
  Access a recording of this conversation with Leah Thomas here: Part 1 and Part 2. 

   

• 2021 Sustainability Summit  |  May 21, 2021

• Third annual and second virtual Sustainability Summit  |  Read "Sustainability Summit highlights champions and partnerships."  |  Watch the 2021 Sustainability Summit on our YouTube channel.
• 2020 Sustainability Summit  |  May 29, 2020
• Second annual and first virtual Sustainability Summit.  |  Read "Sustainability: A Summit of Champions."  |  Watch the 2020 Sustainability Summit on our YouTube channel.
• 2019 Sustainability Summit  |  May 31, 2019
• First annual Sustainability Summit hosted by UC Davis Sustainability.