In conjunction with Sustainability Fest 2015, the UH Office of Sustainability conducted the Creative Expressions Contest, which blossomed from the Sustainable Poetry Contest in 2014. The goal of the Creative Expressions Contest was to provide an artistic platform for the campus community to explore social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability. View the contest rules and suggested topics.

Nine written entries and 14 visual entries were submitted to the Office of Sustainability for the 2015 Creative Expressions Contest. The event coordination team judged and voted on the top three entries in both categories using a weighted point system. The winning entries were displayed at Sustainability Fest 2015.

Written category:

First place winner - Green Beans, Laura Lee

Second place winner - Descending, April Lim

Third place winner - Animals with Arsenic, Sabrina Mendiola

Read the rest of the written category submissions:

• Conserving the Labors of the Great Depression, Jack Enochs
• L.A.B.E.L.S, Bridget McDowell
• Understanding of Peace, Elisabeth Saucedo
• Sustain, Anastasiya Kopteva
• Where the Living Meet, Rida Rangoonwala
• Not just black and white, Swati Mahapatra

Visual category:

First place winner - Suicide, Taylor Chan

Second place winner - Survival of the Forest, Katherine Michael

Third place winner - Bones, Iman Balagam

View the rest of the visual category submissions:

• From tall trees to tall buildings, Ivette Guana
• For You, Alison Mak
• Global Forces, David Loredo
• Earth is home to all the living, Maham Choudry
• Incomplete recycling triangle, Pasan Bandara
• Facilities Services’ Shasta Stands Proud, Craig Whitfield
• 3T, Sandra Santos
• No Smoking - Together, we can do it!!!, Quynh Le
• Don’t Mess with UH, Natalia Rodriguez
• Mirror Seeds, Caroline Cao
• H2O Phase Change, Thomas Vandeweerd, Chris Nagala, Nhat Bui, Cuong Pham and Weyinmi Eresanara