Over the last several decades, Wisconsin has seen an increase in extreme weather and variability, and these conditions are likely to become more common in the years ahead. Scientists in the Nelson Institute Center for …
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Turning bottles into blooms
August 19, 2014 | By Rachel DePalma WE CONSERVE has been inspiring University of Wisconsin–Madison students and faculty to reduce waste since 2006, but this summer, the organization spread its message of environmental stewardship to the Madison …
New analysis links tree height to climate
What limits the height of trees? Is it the fraction of their photosynthetic energy they devote to productive new leaves? Or is it their ability to hoist water hundreds of feet into the air, supplying …
Get a taste of sustainable agriculture, for free
August 12, 2014 | By Katie Herrmann Got a reusable bag and an appetite for fresh, organic produce? If so, the students of F.H. King are ready to set you up with the ingredients for your …
Donate, recycle during Moving Days
August 5, 2014 | by Jill Sakai As the mid-August downtown leases turn over, overflowing dumpsters and buried curbs contain many items that can be reused or recycled.
Mining bacterial blueprints yields novel process for creation of fuel and chemical compounds
A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified the genes and enzymes that create a promising compound — the 19 carbon furan-containing fatty acid (19Fu-FA). The compound has a variety of potential …
Badger Volunteers join service and sustainability
July 29, 2014 | By Sarah Olson and Katie Herrmann Temperatures exceeding 90 degrees Fahrenheit do not keep the sustainability Badger Volunteers out of the native plant gardens at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center in …
Trash and Treasure: Documenting the trash audit experience
July 22, 2014 | By Sarah Olson Interns from the Office of Sustainability and WE CONSERVE have seen trash and treasure at eight of 15 academic buildings scheduled for trash audits this summer.
UW researchers create safe, resistant material to store waste
Storing industrial waste has never been a pretty job, and it’s getting harder. New techniques for refining such metals as aluminum and vanadium, for example, also yield new byproducts that have to be sealed away …
Project to evaluate how farmers markets benefit communities
A new project in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Farmer’s Market Coalition will analyze the impact of farmers markets in communities.