Sustainability Newsletter
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Did We Learn to #RecycleRight?
Consider your average Monday morning: maybe you pick up a coffee on your way into campus. Later, you swing by College Library to pick up a book, and on your way out the door you …
July 3, 2019UW-Madison and the Office of Sustainability Reach for the STARS
Since early 2019, the Office of Sustainability (OS) has worked to identify, compile, and review data for UW-Madison’s first Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) report. STARS, which is administered by the Association for …
July 3, 2019Student Intern Column: Community Gardens Offer Benefits But Face Challenges
Ally Magnin is a rising senior studying Environmental Sciences with a certificate in Sustainability. She is a member of the Green Events team, where she works to provide resources to make events across campus more …
June 12, 2019University Housing Sustainability Coordinator Makes Green Living a “Common Practice”
For about two weeks in the middle of May, you can find University Housing Sustainability Coordinator Breana Nehls behind the wheel of an F-250 pickup truck, rumbling through narrow service driveways and parking alongside Move …
June 12, 2019Earth Week 2019 Highlights Campus Partnerships and Opportunities
What does environmental injustice mean, and how does it manifest in Madison? How does one create an activist campaign to address climate change? Let’s say you tear your favorite jeans—how do you stitch them up …
May 10, 2019Student Intern Column: “National Sword: How China has Changed the Global Recycling Market”
Elisa Guerrero a senior studying Community and Environmental Sociology with a certificate in Environmental Studies. She began interning at the Office of Sustainability during the summer of 2018 and has worked with the Green Office …
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