Category: News

Climate Quest will use design thinking to develop climate change solutions

May 6, 2014 | by Jill Sakai Climate Quest, a community-wide climate solutions challenge, is sponsoring a design-thinking workshop to help applicants grow the seeds of ideas into practical, high-impact climate change solutions. May 6, 2014 | by Jill Sakai Climate Quest, a community-wide climate solutions challenge, is sponsoring a design-thinking workshop to help applicants …

Sustainability capstone class reports on current and future campus energy use

May 6, 2014 | by Jill Sakai The first offering of the Sustainability in Practice capstone class culminated in student presentations of research on campus energy use on April 30. May 6, 2014 | by Jill Sakai The first offering of the Sustainability in Practice capstone class culminated in student presentations of research on campus …

University Housing announces receipt reduction survey results

May 6, 2104 | by Sarah Olson A University Housing receipt reduction survey found 62 percent of dining hall services customers are interested in optional receipt printing in University of Wisconsin–Madison dining halls. May 6, 2104 | by Sarah Olson A University Housing receipt reduction survey found 62 percent of dining hall services customers are interested in optional receipt …

UW–Madison Styrofoam reuse and recycling program wins undergraduate research competition

April 29, 2014 | by Jill Sakai A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduates has won a $90,000 award to expand a novel Styrofoam reuse and recycling program in the Madison area. April 29, 2014 | by Jill Sakai A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduates has won a $90,000 award to expand a novel …

Student groups across campus recognized for achievements in sustainability

April 28, 2014 | by Sarah Olson Four groups of University of Wisconsin–Madison students received recognition for their efforts to promote sustainability on campus and around the world last week, including awards received in the Agricultural Innovation Prize competition and the Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability Challenge. April 28, 2014 | by Sarah Olson Four groups …

UW-Madison team to present Styrofoam reuse program in Washington, D.C.

April 22, 2014 | By Sarah Olson A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison students is educating people, promoting prosperity and protecting the planet in its development of recycling and reuse networks for Styrofoam boxes and shipping materials on campus. April 22, 2014 | By Sarah Olson A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison students is educating people, promoting …

Second Sustainability Lunch HOUR highlights campus receipt reduction and waste management and conservation policy

April 14, 2014 | by Sarah Olson The Wisconsin Union and University Housing could save more than $700,000 combined if they stopped printing individual transaction receipts for the next 15 years, according to research presented at the Sustainability Lunch HOUR (Highlight of Undergraduate Research) March 28. April 14, 2014 | by Sarah Olson The Wisconsin …

Colin Higgins, student sustainability leader, wins Udall scholarship

by Jill Sakai University of Wisconsin–Madison junior Colin Higgins has been selected as a 2014 Udall Scholar. by Jill Sakai University of Wisconsin–Madison junior Colin Higgins has been selected as a 2014 Udall Scholar.

Cell Phone Recycling

Have you upgraded to the latest technology and have no use for your old phone? You can drop off your old, broken, or dead cell phones and chargers at the following locations: 1) The front door to Helen C. White Library, 2) Union South, 3) 21 S. Park, 4) Education, 5) Microbial Sciences, 6) Engineering Hall near the coffee shop, 7) Grainger …

First Sustainability Lunch HOUR draws variety of student sustainability researchers

Sustainable electricity production, local food vending and carbonated beverages were the sustainability research topics students presented to an audience of more than 25 students, faculty and staff at the first-ever Sustainability Lunch HOUR (Highlight of Undergraduate Research) last month. The event, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Sustainability, is an undergraduate research brownbag …