Tag: Race

In case you missed it: An Evening with Clint Smith, author of “How the Word is Passed”

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 Narayani Meghna Varanasi with input from the Social Sustainability Coalition. How the Word is Passed, a book by Clint Smith, reckons …

In Case You Missed It: Amplifying BIPOC Voices in Sustainability Series

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 Brooke Bowser. The fight for environmental justice and a sustainable world is inextricably linked with the fight for social justice. This …

Standing In Solidarity

Sustainability is about people thriving on and living in harmony with this planet. To strive for sustainability means practicing equity, compassion, and respect. Sustainability also means acknowledging and addressing the unjust treatment that so many have faced at the hands of the powerful and the dominant. Racist violence, racist policy, and racist ideology are antithetical …

In Case You Missed It: Monica White on “Freedom Farmers”

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 Hannah Kasun. In the fields of both agriculture and history, the stories of people of color are often pushed to the …

Sharing Sustainability Achievements and Insights at the 2018 AASHE Conference

In October, staff and students from the Office of Sustainability joined University Housing sustainability coordinator Breana Nehls and a large contingent from sustainability programs at several UW System schools to attend the 2018 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) conference in Pittsburgh, PA. AASHE, which was established in 2005, bills itself …

Earth Week Celebrations Return to the UW

The Office of Sustainability is celebrating the 48th annual Earth Day with a dynamic week of events. And they aren’t doing it alone: several organizations on campus are working together, including the Sustainability Committee of the Associated Students of Madison, the Multicultural Student Center, F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc., …