Holly Gibbs was awarded a SIRE grant from the UW Office of Sustainability to integrate teaching with research on food sustainability. Gibbs will use the grant to expand her People, Land, and Food (Geog/ES 309) and Consumer-Driven Sustainability (ES 600) courses to include service learning projects aiming to develop metrics of campus food sustainability.

The Sustainability Innovation in Research and Education (SIRE) grants program provides funding for research and educational initiatives. The current themes are Buildings and Energy & Food Sustainability.