University of Wisconsin–Madison
The sustainability certificate at UW–Madison empowers undergraduate students to address sustainability challenges by integrating knowledge across diverse fields, from business and engineering to public policy and social sciences. This interdisciplinary approach helps students develop a broad skill set to create positive impacts in academic, professional, and community settings. Whether you’re pursuing the sustainability certificate or …
This fall, UW–Madison is launching an organic landscape management pilot project that will transition four prominent campus areas—Library Mall, Henry Mall, Ogg Residence Hall, and the Divine Nine Plaza—to organic landscaping methods. Over the next three years, students, Grounds, and faculty experts will work together to test and refine the management process, with the goal …
This article, by Chelsea Severin, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories. Dr. Noah Feinstein is worried about climate change. “Lots of academics …
Private residential landowners overwhelmingly see the trees on their properties as beneficial, according to the results of the recent Wisconsin Urban Landowner Survey. Read the full article on the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences news page here.