Sustainability

CH2M HILL's Gainesville, Florida office sponsors Neutral Gator, a private, non-profit organization aligned with the University of Florida (UF) Office of Sustainability. Neutral Gator's objective is to neutralize the carbon generated at all 2009-2010 UF athletic events through a program that provides carbon offsets to benefit the local community. Partnering with long-term client Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU), CH2M HILL has provided funding for materials and supplies, as well as field team volunteers who retrofit government-subsidized apartments with features that provide the carbon offsets...

CH2M HILL's Los Angeles office started a Green Team at the beginning of 2005 and since then has participated in more than a dozen environmental cleanup projects. Our involvement emphasizes local organizations and communities that are pushing for substantial positive change in environmental awareness and quality. CH2M HILL supports three major events annually as well as several other ad hoc events. Our biggest annual event is the Coastal Clean Up Day, sponsored by the California Coastal Commission and the local organizer Heal the Bay. In partnership with volunteers from a local church, CH2M HILL sets up and runs the popular beach-front site...

CH2M HILL's Philadelphia office hosted Earth Force’s Youth Leadership Team on January 26, 2009. Twenty students from six Philadelphia and suburban schools participated in the meeting centered on the theme "Civic Engagement, Media Attention, and Grant Writing Education." Murray Rosenberg, a senior project manager with CH2M HILL, kicked off the morning with opening remarks and spoke to the students about career opportunities in engineering and science. Speakers from civic, youth, non-profit, and advocacy groups presented to the students, who were tasked with implementing projects based on what they learned...

The Pittsburgh office's Green Team, sponsored the Moon Township's 2008 Earth Day Celebration. Employees volunteered their Sunday afternoon to work a "fossil play dough" booth. The "green" play dough was created from used coffee grounds collected from the office mixed with flour, salt, and water. One week’s worth of coffee grounds from the office made more than 90 pounds of play dough. The resulting dough looked like stone and smelled like coffee—and the kids loved it...