University of Wisconsin–Madison
It’s easy to recognize a gathering of Facilities Planning & Management staff: just look at the clothing. Sporting everything from suits and sweaters to steel-toed work boots and neon green tee shirts, FP&M employees came together at the Gordon Dining and Event Center on August 21st for the FP&M Employee Recognition Awards. They shared refreshments …
Emily Knipp spent the summer interning for the St. Paul Saints, a minor league baseball team that plays at the Greenest Ballpark in America—CHS Field in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her internship marked the final semester of her accelerated Environmental Conservation program in the Nelson Institute. In just three months, she was able to help the …
Beginning in Fall 2018, all University Housing Dining Markets at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will move to a reusable to-go container program for all carry-out food. Learn more about the Ticket to Take Out program and the goal to reduce single-use disposable waste in University Housing Dining Markets by reading the full news article here.
Hannah Kasun is a junior studying Music Performance and Environmental Studies. She began her internship for the Office of Sustainability this summer as part of the Waste and Recycling Team, which provides education, tools, and resources to help campus groups improve their recycling and composting efforts. She enjoys working with others who are passionate about …
Johnny Uelmen was one of the first applicants to the UW–Madison Green Fund, a program that supports student-initiated projects that reduce the environmental footprint and operating costs of on-campus facilities. Uelemen, a former graduate student at the UW, worked from an office in an older building on campus and noticed that the men’s bathroom on …
Jackie Olson is a sophomore majoring in landscape architecture and a future designer of sustainable architecture. She began her internship for the Office of Sustainability in summer 2018 as part of the Waste and Recycling Team, which provides education, tools, and resources to help campus groups improve their recycling and composting efforts. UW–Madison is home …
Melissa Nergard has been selected as the director of sustainability in Facilities Planning & Management. Learn more about her background and vision for sustainability on campus by reading the full UW–Madison news article here.
Listen to the full conversation on Soundcloud here! A new Green Fund project that helps campus offices and buildings to collect their food waste aims to advance composting across campus, and you can hear the full story from the students behind it. Listen to the podcast above, or read the transcript and check out the …
Hannah Kasun is a junior studying Music Performance and Environmental Studies. She began her internship for the Office of Sustainability this summer as part of the Waste and Recycling Team, which provides education, tools, and resources to help campus groups improve their recycling and composting efforts. She enjoys working with other positive, passionate people interested in sustainability …
An array of towers, aircraft and researchers will keep watch over the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern Wisconsin, focusing on an area from a region of the country that is sensitive to changes in climate. To learn more about the project, named CHEESEHEAD19 (for Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array …