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FALL 2022 December 21: Bird Bear retires; senior class gift; Midwest Climate Summit November 30: electric mowers; conflicting climate actions; UW System Sustainability meeting October 28: “Potential existential crisis”; alumni speak about corporate sustainability; first student sustainability leaders meeting September 28: Progress after dismay; Sustain-a-Bash; UW–Madison Sustainability Symposium SUMMER 2022 August 24: New climate law; Office of Sustainability annual report; back to school shopping July 22: Supreme Court decisions, carbon-negative cement, SustainUW Podcast with Dr. Barbara Hendrie June 23: UW–Madison maintains STARS Silver rating, welcoming Chancellor Mnookin, sustainable summer travel SPRING 2022 May 24: State of Sustainability report, divestment panel discussion, summer sustainability chats April 18: Earth Week begins, senior class gift, new UW solar project March 24: Chancellor’s blog on sustainability, wolf hunting in Wisconsin, worldwide climate justice teach-in February 25: Badger’s Guide to Sustainability, new climate impacts report, mapping indigenous histories January 27: Semesterly sustainability report, Midwest Climate Collaborative, student intern call for applications FALL 2021 December 16: Solar-powered bus shelters; study abroad sustainability commitment; tips for winter break November 19: Grad student research could change building design; campus zero waste assessment; Ho-Chunk National flag raised on Bascom Hill October 27th: UW–Madison designated Fair Trade University; SustainUW Podcast launches second season; Annual Diversity Forum September 21: Campus sustainability report; Focus on Energy promotion returns; Sustain-a-Bash SUMMER 2021 August 25: New solar field; climate change unequivocal; compost changes on campus July 27: How heat waves form; EPA Green Power Partnership; Educators publish free climate change workbook for educators June 30: Engineering alum lights the way for renewables; Climate Solutions Acceleration Grant; new Chief Diversity Officer SPRING 2021 May 26: Green Ribbon Schools award; Net Impact Sustainability competition; new podcast with Carolyn Finney April 15: Earth Week 2021; Post-Landfill Action Network; new report on Pepin County farmers and nitrate contamination March 23: Resilience Commitment impact report; new campus sustainability map; campus climate progress February 24: UW–Platteville solar array; faculty divestment resolution; Sustainability Advisory Council listening sessions January 25: Dr. Andrea Hicks joins Office of Sustainability; Arboretum solar array video; anti-racism research FALL 2020 December 22: Governor’s Climate Change Report; UW–Madison Recognized by Sierra Magazine and Princeton Review; Mental Health During COVID-19 November 24: Prof. Cathy Middlecamp retires; Native November; Amplifying BIPOC Voices in Sustainability series October 21: Fair Trade University; Arboretum Solar; New Sustainability Expertise September 22: Sustainability Advisory Council; Amplifying BIPOC voices; Highlights from 2019-2020 SUMMER 2020 August 28: New Podcast; Chancellor Blank on Smart Restart; Where Are They Now July 21: Addressing Racial Inequities; Upcycling Plastic; New Interim UW System Director June 22: When Will We Get It?; NOAA Renews Partnership with UW–Madison; Alliant Energy Solar SPRING 2020 May 21: Celebrating Earth Week, From a Distance; Earth’s Bright Future April 16: Earth Week; Saving the Oceans; Coronavirus and Urban Ag March 26: COVID-19 Feature; Women in Sustainability; Nelson Earth Day Moves Online March 4: TWU Collaboration; Our Shared Future expands; Sustainable Salting Practices February 5: Student Intern Certifications; New Weather Norms; Black History Month January 9: Bushfires in Australia; UW Seed to Kitchen Project; UN Climate Talks FALL 2019 December 18: Students Advocate for Climate Action; Sustainability and Christmas Trees; Attending AASHE as a Student November 27: UW System Sustainability Conference; WICCI Works with Governor’s Office; Food Insecurity Project November 8: Platinum-level bicycle friendly university; Patz elected to National Academy of Medicine; Exhibit on Marine Debris October 10: STARS Silver Rating, Public History Project, PFAS in Wisconsin September 20: Follow the STARS, Green Roofs, Ho-Chunk History SUMMER 2019 August 29: Cardboard Compactor; Health Risks of CO2; Faith in Action August 2: The Royal Flush; #MeToo in Science; Cheap Solar EnergySign up to receive the newsletter, with updates on campus sustainability, news, events, and internship and job opportunities.
July 8: Reach for the STARS; Sustainable Nursing; Pride and Stonewall; Did We #RecycleRight?
June 13: University Housing Sustainability Coordinator; Native Nations_UW Summit; Community Gardens SPRING 2019 April 11: Earth Week; Mental Health Services; Drinking Water Study March 28: Solar Array on Gordon Dining & Event Center; Monica White on “Freedom Farmers”; Turn Off a Light, Save a Life March 7: Sustainability Working Group; New Staff and Students; Circular Economy; Diversity and Inclusion in Biomedical Engineering February 13: Charter Street Heating & Cooling Plant; Black History Month; Sustainable Valentine’s Day January 23: Climate Change and Public Health; Historic Speaker for MLK Day; Major Water Use Reduction in Madison FALL 2018 December 20: Tips for a Sustainable Winter Break; Lake and Mercury Levels; Steve Carpenter Receives Ecology Prize November 28: #RecycleRight; Green Greeks; ICYMI November 5: Journey of Compost; AASHE 2018; Green Changes at Wisconsin Campuses October 9: Sustain-A-Bash; Great Lakes Initiative; Wisconsin Science Festival September 18: Green Fund & University Housing Introduce Hydration Stations; Teaching Teachers About Sustainability; Plants Signal Danger SUMMER 2018 August 28: Jelle Receives Award for Sustainability Efforts; Sustainability by Way of Good Relationships; CSA Subscription Boxes; Ticket to Take Out Program August 14: New Director of Sustainability; Green Fund Toilet Project; How Does Campus Stay Sustainable? July 24: Compost Stewards; Where does water go?; UW-Madison Climate Change Study July 3: Two Approaches to Sustainability; Inclusive Sustainability Education; Conscientious Consumption June 12: New Interns; Sustainable Summer; Algae Blooms May 22: Zero Waste Pilot; Climate Change Negotiations; Intern Report from Copenhagen SPRING 2018 May 1: Earth Week 2018 Recap; Volunteer at Sustainable Move Out; Silent Spring April 10: Earth Week; Native Bee Habitats in Urban Areas; Cow Carbon Footprints March 13: Empowering Women in Costa Rica; CALS Urban Tree Survey; Energy and Sustainability Challenge February 20: Sustainable Commuting; CEES Students, CLEAN Student Organization January 30: New Green Fund Projects; Center for Climatic Research; Greening Plastic January 9: Salt Brining; The Worth of Water; UW–Madison professor led fight to ban pesticide DDT FALL 2017 December 12: Artist Nina Elder; New Student Programs Manager; Heather Swan on Bees November 21: Sustainable Learning and Dining; Business and Sustainability Certificate; New Arboretum Director October 31: Waste & Recycling Interns; 5 Ways to Have A Greener Winter; AASHE 2017 October 10: Sustainable Cleaning; Green Office Team; ASM Sustainability Committee Chair September 19: Sustain-A-Bash; Green Fund Proposals ; Badger Bioneers SUMMER 2017 August 15: New Communications Director; Clean Technology Forum; Campus Historian July 25: Sustainability Work Visits A National Conference, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Chosen For Next-Phase Funding, New Water Bottle Research June 27: Welcome to student interns; Energy-generating flooring; Student sustainability committee June 6: Student project promotes food access; Move Out 2017; New Green Fund Program manager SPRING 2017 April 25: Green Fund project; Move-out volunteering; Day of Service April 11: First green offices; Climate change symposium; Bucky’s Award March 28: Fall sustainability classes; Waste to art; Symposium smorgasbord March 14: Energy master’s; Car-free vacations; Spring break recharge February 28: Amazon deforestation; Aldo Leopold weekend; Dairy-energy-water links February 14: Green Office program; Composting; Water pollution laws January 31: Earth Day registration; Conscious capitalism; Leopold’s legacy January 17: SustainUW internships; Badger Volunteers; Sustainable manufacturing FALL 2016 December 6: New Green Fund; Online shopping; Yahara videos November 22: Buying happiness; WESC winners; Winter biking November 8: Spring sustainability courses; Sustainability & elections; Energy Hub 2016 October 25: Green therapy; Underfoot energy; Diversity Forum October 18: Urban eating, healthy eating; New county hiking lands; Wellness Symposium October 11: National spotlight on move-out; Campus democracy challenge; Rare bees October 4: UW System sustainability; Mindful police; Past 400 ppm September 27: Badger Bioneers; Poverty recognition; Milwaukee composting September 20: Sustain-a-bash; #DearUWMadison; Elvey leaving September 13: Laura’s legacy; Energy Institute director; Forest resilience September 6: Fall Badger Volunteers; Farm to Table; New WI Idea series SUMMER 2016 August 30: Sustainability welcome; Ride the bus; Campus farmers’ market August 23: Building community; Move-in; Backup plans August 9: Moving Days; Primary election; Cultural competency July 26: New Bascom garden; Shared Solar; Meat taxes July 12: Smart moves; Preserving the Preserve; LED Paradox June 28: Meet the interns; What is ‘local’ food?; Teaching sustainability June 14: Sustainable soirees; Paper v. plastic; #StoptheSpiny May 31: Food waste cookbook; Harvest Handouts; Top city for biking SPRING 2016May 17: Learning through lighting; Summer Badger Volunteers; Res hall recycling
May 10: Receipt redux award; Finals tips; Community gardens
May 3: Former intern wins Udall; Res hall donations; “Evicted”
April 26: New dish at Ginger Root; Help moveout recycling; Day of Service
April 19: Earth Day Conference; New co-director; Farmers’ market guide
April 12: Earth Week; Undergrad Symposium; Market moves outside
April 5: Voting day; Fall courses; Wood microchips
March 29: Res hall waste; Tenure in spotlight; Criminal justice reform March 22: Improve your well-being; Safe biking; Global Health Symposium March 15: Voting prep; Tenure vote; Climate change symposium March 8: All about energy; Banning bag bans; Climate + mind March 1: Clothes swap; Race & environment; Election effects February 23: E-waste to jobs; Diversity talks; Changing prairies February 16: ‘Power’ walking; Organic ag; Bæredygtighed February 9: Inclusive workplaces; Bike winter; No more CFLs February 2: Solar textiles; Workplace racism; Campus pantry January 26: UniverCity; Stuff swap; Pollinator protection January 19: Earth Day Conference; Badger Volunteers; College affordability January 12: Community capstone; Green Teams workshop; Perennial biomass January 5: Sustainable resolutions; Debt-free college; Green Madison celebration FALL 2015 December 15: Year in review; Flavorful produce; Paris climate agreement December 8: Conscious capitalist; Food policy change; Winter biking December 1: Paris climate talks; Green Fund cut; Holiday decorating November 24: Rhodes Scholar; Sustainable Thanksgiving; UN climate talks November 17: Our Waters, Our Future; Ex-inmate health; Poverty, Inc. November 10: Designing natural spaces; Energy Hub; Lignin vision November 3: Spring classes; Badger Bioneers; How stress makes you sickOctober 27: National award win; Tales from Planet Earth; Best ways to get to work
October 20: #SustainableBadgers; Climate change and health; Defining a sustainable diet
October 13: Sustainability in Madison; F.H. King Harvest Fest; Day Without Cars October 6: Students present at PLAN conference; 2015 Energy Summit; Geothermal energy in WI September 29: Reducing campus receipts; Green Fund; Avoid the flu September 22: Sustain-A-Bash success; Food co-op partnership; Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability ChallengeSeptember 15: Campus master plan; Sustain-A-Bash; Water-splitting catalyst
September 8: Energy Summit keynote; Forest, climate and health discussion groups; Garden design competition September 1: Sustainability Welcome; Fall for Badger Volunteers; Union South farmers’ market SUMMER 2015 August 25: Fewer biking deaths; Local food conference; Pesticide-free cranberries August 18: Colombian carbon reduction; 100K donation mark; Focus on coal August 11: Moving Days underway; Ethiopian electricity; Urban horticulture August 4: Beach forecasts; Solar textiles; Green Madison launch July 28: Moving Days; Farewell to a friend; Community through Cooking July 21: Sort by Number plastic; Energy discussion groups; Lower-carbon transit June 14: New garden curators, UW Night Out,Workplace well-being July 7: 2015 Energy Summit; New organic ag chair; Sweet biomass products June 30: Our 30×30; Latino Earth Partnership; Gaylord Nelson’s legacy June 23: Energy innovation; Campus wildlife; Scott Walker’s environmental legacy June 16: Energy cost of water; Help Lake Mendota; Beestock June 9: Nature Challenge; Water lab open house; Bioneer nominations June 2: Budget news; Biodegradable computer chips; Madison Bike Week May 26: Campus as a research canvas; 30×30 Nature Challenge; Sustainable transportation May 19: Get outside; Energy MOOC; Sharefest SPRING 2015 May 12: Learning through eating; Master plan input; Commencement May 5: Styrofoam legacy; Housing move-out; Water@UW-Madison April 28: Housing move-out; Campus Kitchen; Sustainability Challenge winners April 21: Energy diary app; Spring biking tips; Optimizing ecology April 14: ABCs of Waste; Earth Week roundup; Green Fund update April 7: Fall courses; Skill Share Fair; Cooking without waste March 31: Campus without crowds; Sustainable clothing; Natural egg dyes March 24: Pre-break tips; Ginger Root footprint; Res hall savings March 17: Great Lakes MOOC; Science Expeditions; B-cycles are back March 10: Seeking skills; Yogurt waste; Urban food insecurity March 3: Conserve 24/7; Climate Quest winner; Forum photo gallery February 24: Campus efficiencies; Waste in its place; Weather and climate February 17: Wisconservation; Campus commuting; Last chance forum registration February 10: Forum registration; Blank budget address; Flexible degrees February 3: Budget cuts; Climate Quest Finale; Forum registration January 27: Climate Quest Finale; Badger Volunteers; Soy Moratorium January 20: TOPICS; Climate policy; Climate Quest viewing January 13: SIRE awards; MOOC discussion groups; Student leader position January 6: Athletics recycling; Science of resolutions; Internships FALL 2014 December 16: Year in review; CURB magazine; Winter solstice December 9: Sustainability MOOCs; Stress management; SIRE deadline December 2: Campus Kitchen; Recycling survey; Buying local November 25: Green Fund revisited; Sustainable Thanksgiving; Winter biking November 18: Climate Quest Finale set; Historic carbon cuts; Trash Auditing 101 November 11: Forum Save the Date; Energy conservation masters; Taste of Energy November 4: Spring courses; Voting day; Anthropocene Slam October 28: Edible Landscapes; SIRE proposals; TEDx UW–Madison October 21: Certificate community engagement; Energy Summit; Thank Your Farmer October 14: Sustainable Homecoming; Wisconsin Science Festival; Edge Effects blog October 7: Game Day Challenge; MGE rate proposal; Walk the Walk September 30: Climate Quest finalists; Bill Cronon honored; Ignite Madison September 23: UW System Sustainability; Concept Pitch videos; Badger Bioneers September 16: Climate Quest Concept Pitch; Sustain-A-Bash; UN Climate Summit September 9: Campus farmers’ market; Camp Randall follow-up; SIRE-REU awards September 2: Camp Randall zero-waste, Party on the Path; Email tyranny- Broken link: Taking the trash out of Camp Randall