University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Advocacy

Registration open for 2025 Midwest Climate Summit

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, …

Her historic snowfall: when will it be the last in her lifetime?

This essay, by Hailey Sewell, is one of three winners of the 2023 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Hailey here.  During the winter of 2007-8, there was a total snowfall of more than 100 inches in the city of Madison. The biggest storm occurred just before the turn …

In Case You Missed It: Students Systems Conference at the Midwest Regional Climate Summit

In our In Case You Missed It series (also known as ICYMI), students from the Office of Sustainability offer reflective reports on sustainability-related events and lectures at UW–Madison. The following entry is by Natalie Tinsen. Across the nation, undergraduate students are organizing and advocating for sustainability at their individual schools. However, their efforts have yet …