The Rise of Sustainability Communications
As higher ed institutions have rushed to respond to the realities of climate change, they have increasingly formed offices of sustainability and hired communicators to lead their messaging.
University of Wisconsin–Madison
As higher ed institutions have rushed to respond to the realities of climate change, they have increasingly formed offices of sustainability and hired communicators to lead their messaging.
This March, the Office of Sustainability hired Lauren Graves as its new Sustainability Communications and Engagement Manager. Graves joins the O.S. at a time when higher ed sustainability programs ramp up their communications efforts and when UW–Madison’s Office of Sustainability is expanding its staff, events, initiatives, and climate goals. Graves will help communicate the breadth …
Led by student interns from the Office of Sustainability, the pilot program has helped 7 campus labs pursue certification and reduce the resource intensity of their facilities.
Advice on topics ranging from beginning gardens, using herbicides, attracting pollinators, combatting the effects of climate change, and maintaining hope in that fickle, challenging, and inspiring practice known as gardening.
Members of the UW Zero Waste team joined the Sustain UW Podcast to talk “zero waste” at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In the episode, host Bennett Artman explores what zero waste means and how the University might get there. The guests discuss the foundational building blocks that the UW Zero Waste team are laying down to …
Are you interested in supporting a zero waste campus? The UW Zero Waste Team wants your feedback on the Strategic Vision for Institutional Zero Waste at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
When Malorie Garbe became the Sustainability Coordinator for University Housing in July 2020, she faced a unique experience with Sustainability Move Out. Her predecessor, Breana Nehls, had developed the program to donate or recycle as many belongings as possible when first-year students departed the residence halls at the end of the spring semester. But in …
The UW–Madison Office of Sustainability has created an interactive dashboard where users can explore trends, engage with sustainability data, and track the university’s progress. The dashboard incorporates topics such as greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, affordability, sustainability research, and campus engagement. The goal of the Sustainability Dashboard is to display data that has been collected …
After a stretch of spring that felt like early summer—sunshine, 80 degrees—the sixth annual Earth Week began with gray skies, mist, and gusts blowing flakes of snow across the budding plants and trees on campus. Yet the Office of Sustainability and its partners forged ahead with events, moving them inside as necessary and inviting the …
UW–Madison is a Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) member until September 30th, 2023. All UW–Madison students, staff, and faculty are eligible to take advantage of the campus membership offerings. Anyone with a valid “@wisc.edu” email address can join! Below, you can learn more about benefits and registration details. SPLC Member Benefits To access these benefits, …