Tag: Pollinators

Driven by the Wisconsin Idea, Claudio Gratton works to understand and support communities of Wisconsin insects — and people

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This article, by Talia O’Shea, 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.  Insects often get a bad reputation, triggering feelings of annoyance at …

A Rusty Resolution

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This essay, by Madelyn Anderson, is one of three winners of the 2023 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Madelyn here.   Where were you on August 18, 2023? Did you feel the air shift? Did you hear your heart still? Did you let your hands cease to …

Strategies to save insects: In lieu of pesticides, Christelle Guédot’s “integrated pest-pollinator management”

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This article, by Alexander Leat, 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.  Most of us seldom think about the countless insects that surround …

Fool’s Spring Survival Guide: Expert Tips for a Thriving Midwest Garden

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Advice on topics ranging from beginning gardens, using herbicides, attracting pollinators, combatting the effects of climate change, and maintaining hope in that fickle, challenging, and inspiring practice known as gardening.

UW–Madison earns Bee Campus USA certification

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The University of Wisconsin–Madison has earned the Bee Campus USA Certification, making it one of 140 Bee Campus Affiliates nationwide. Bee Campus USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society, “…provides a framework for campus communities to work together to conserve native pollinators by increasing the abundance of native plants, providing nest sites, and reducing the …