University of Wisconsin–Madison
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 …
This article, by Joel Beier, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Madeline Fisher’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories. Big data has become ubiquitous in transit use, monitoring foot traffic …
In our In Case You Missed It series (also known as ICYMI), students working at the Office of Sustainability offer reflective reports on sustainability-related events and lectures at UW–Madison. The following entry is by Bailey Kestner. On Tuesday, September 13th, the Wisconsin School of Business and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies hosted People, Planet, …
On October 7, 2021, UW–Madison was designated as a Fair Trade University, making it just the second school in the Big Ten to attain this status, as well as the third within the UW System. The Fair Trade designation is administered by Fair Trade Campaigns (FTC), a grassroots organization that began in the U.K. by …
In our “Where Are They Now?” series, current student interns interview former interns about their experience at the Office of Sustainability, and in particular how that experience has helped them since graduation. In the following entry, Julia Tuttle relates her conversation with Suzie Kazar. Suzanne (Suzie) Kazar interned with the Office of Sustainability from the spring …
In our In Case You Missed It series (also known as ICYMI), student interns from the Office of Sustainability offer reflective reports on sustainability-related events and lectures at UW–Madison. The following entry is by Savannah Holt. Sustainability and the economy are interconnected. Business practices provide an opportunity for companies to connect their purpose with environmental …
Jackson Webster is a junior studying Environmental Science with certificates in Computer Science and Engineering for Energy Sustainability. He began his internship with the Office of Sustainability in the summer of 2018 as a member of the Green Office team, which consults with campus offices to provide sustainability resources for UW–Madison employees. Jackson is interested …
This guest article was written by Jason Gallup, former Student Programs Director at the Office of Sustainability. The window for avoiding the catastrophic effects of environmental degradation is small. As a society, we are now well aware that without major reductions in our carbon emissions, we soon will face irreversible changes to our planet that …
It has become commonplace to categorize climate change as a “wicked problem”. It is “wicked” because, in addition to its profound complexity as an atmospheric phenomenon, preventing climate change from causing catastrophic damage will require unprecedented global cooperation. Sadly, it is also commonplace to feel doubtful that world governments will succeed in this feat of …
Professor Ann Terlaak did not enter academia with a grand plan to bring a sustainable certificate program to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business. Instead, following on her undergraduate degree in economics, she entered the very first Ph.D. cohort of the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara. There she …