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This essay, by Maisha Islam, is one of three winners of the 2024 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Maisha here. The summer of 2022 completely changed how I thought about environmental challenges. I found myself caught between two worlds: the bustling, chaotic cities and the quiet, serene villages …
This essay, by Veronica Goveas, is one of three winners of the 2024 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Veronica here. I grew up in a village in Wisconsin, where summer heat was mild and fleeting. We measured storms by the inches they left on the sidewalk, not by …
The White Mesa Uranium Mill leaching radioactive waste near the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The bustling streets of Bangladesh and the quaint, rural villages on the outskirts both deluged with pollution. A health clinic in Milwaukee inundated with patients whose conditions are exacerbated by the intense heat of climate change. These are the …
The Midwest Climate Summit—a three-day gathering of climate leaders, researchers, and professionals focused on expanding knowledge, accelerating climate action, and catalyzing new partnerships for an equitable Midwestern response to the climate crisis—is coming to Madison from April 30-May 2, 2025 at the Memorial Union. The Summit will bring together bright minds working in government, education, …
In his late twenties, University of Wisconsin–Madison senior Nick Brennan decided he wanted to go back to school. Brennan felt that “mechanical engineering would be a good way for me to get a generic, versatile degree that I could take and do whatever I wanted with,” so he decided to enroll at Madison Area Technical …
A group of researchers from the UW–Madison Office of Sustainability, the La Follette School of Public Affairs, and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies have partnered with two student organizations to assess potential locations on campus that might be suitable for solar panels. “People frequently ask our office about rooftop solar,” said Josh Arnold, …
This article is a contribution by Kim Wahl, who is a lecturer for the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Office of Sustainability. As part of University of Wisconsin–Madison’s comprehensive environmental sustainability initiative and goals, sustainability opportunities have continued to grow across campus. These opportunities include a sustainability internship program, a corporate sustainability internship program, …
“The experience of disability is wide, and deep, and sprawling, and can look like a lot of different things … it’s important for us to have that space to share with the community,” said Rebekah Taussig, the author of “Sitting Pretty: The View from my Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body,” which was the 2024 Go Big …
Grandma Josephine Mandamin, an elder of the Anishinabek Nation, was known as the Water Walker. According to the Great Lakes nonprofit, FLOW, Grandma Josephine dedicated her life to raising awareness about water issues through “water walks.” Since beginning the walks in 2003, she logged more than 25,000 kilometers, or over 15,534 miles, walking around Lake …
The SustainUW Podcast is created and hosted by Office of Sustainability interns, bringing conversations about sustainability at UW–Madison to life. In this episode, EPA Chief of Staff Dan Utech discusses climate optimism as it relates to the past, present, and future of environmental policy in the United States. Hosted by Brynne Hill, Audrey Davies, and …