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The Office of Sustainability strives to integrate sustainability into our thriving campus culture, our world-class educational and research enterprises, and our practice of operational excellence.

Sustainability Across Campus

A volunteer dismantles a futon during Move Out in 2017. Photo courtesy of University Housing.

Support Sustainability

Help make change at UW–Madison by supporting the Office of Sustainability's work across campus.

Photo of UW-Madison students Daniel Ledin, Molly Pistono and Courtney Gorum working together to paint a mural commemorating the names of Black victims of police violence and racial injustice throughout the country on a boarded up window of the Community Pharmacy building on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin on June 5, 2020. The mural is one of many that have been painted on businesses and shops along the street following several nights of protests in response to the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a black man, on May 25, 2020. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)

Resilience Commitment

UW–Madison is building a network to empower campus and community members for bold climate action.

Green Fund

Financial support for students with great sustainability ideas for campus facilities.

Social Sustainability

The Social Sustainability Coalition seeks to build collaborative partnerships that support a culture of equity and inclusion.

Sustainability News

At the UW–Madison Sustainability Symposium, presenters address “a potential existential crisis”

“So we can hold each other accountable”: sounding off and setting goals at the first Student Sustainability Leaders Meeting

Resilience Spotlight: Applying advanced climate models to future-proof building specification

Every Badger Can Do Something

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