Rising tides, solarpunk cities, ghosts that haunt us. This year’s winners of the Sustainability Writing Awards looked beyond the now to imagine what the places we love might look like in a world shaped by …
Sustainability Writing Awards
The Metal Grown in her Nursery
This story, by Devin Guthrie, is one of three winners of the 2025 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Devin here. Octavia removed the last piece of Estelle from …
Adon
This story, by Ross O’Donnell, is one of three winners of the 2025 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Ross here. The city barely looks like a city from …
Songbirds and Other Farewells
This story, by Lily Smogor, is one of three winners of the 2025 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Lily here. Josey knew it was over three weeks before …
The American Dream Was Buried in Southern Utah
This essay, by Lily Smogor, is one of three winners of the 2024 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Lily here. The twin mesas rise together at the end …
Understanding Sustainability Through Privilege and Survival
This essay, by Maisha Islam, is one of three winners of the 2024 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Maisha here. The summer of 2022 completely changed how I …
Where Health and Heat Meet
This essay, by Veronica Goveas, is one of three winners of the 2024 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Veronica here. I grew up in a village in Wisconsin, …
2024 Sustainability Writing Awards winners explore the intersections of climate, health, and environmental justice
The White Mesa Uranium Mill leaching radioactive waste near the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The bustling streets of Bangladesh and the quaint, rural villages on the outskirts both deluged with pollution. A health …
Bird, Tree, and Me: Resolutions for the Climate Crisis
This essay, by Scott Hershberger, is one of three winners of the 2023 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Scott here. Due to its innovative formatting, we have uploaded …
Her historic snowfall: when will it be the last in her lifetime?
This essay, by Hailey Sewell, is one of three winners of the 2023 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Hailey here. During the winter of 2007-8, there was a …