When junior Hannah Stahmann arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she was looking for community. As she navigated various campus fairs, tabling events on Library Mall, and the Office of Sustainability’s annual Sustain-a-Bash event, she …
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14 Must-See Earth Fest Events
After hosting Earth Week for the last six years, the Office of Sustainability is partnering with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies to launch Earth Fest, an annual celebration of Earth Day filled with over …
Psychedelics, free plants, and flowers to chew on: A rooted return to full in-person programming at UW–Madison’s Earth Week
After a stretch of spring that felt like early summer—sunshine, 80 degrees—the sixth annual Earth Week began with gray skies, mist, and gusts blowing flakes of snow across the budding plants and trees on campus. …
“So we can hold each other accountable”: sounding off and setting goals at the first Student Sustainability Leaders Meeting
The first Student Sustainability Leaders Meeting took place on October 10, 2022 at The Crossing on the UW–Madison campus. The event was hosted by Angelina Mico, the co-executive director of Slow Food UW; Jacob Breit, …
Sustain-a-Bash celebrates campus sustainability community
On Friday, September 16, on East Campus Mall, a group of students congregated around a bicycle. One pedaled at full speed while the other held down a blender jar to get the smoothie going. A …
In Case You Missed It: Swipe Out Hunger Campaign
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 Nina Delgadillo. …
Earth Week 2019 Highlights Campus Partnerships and Opportunities
What does environmental injustice mean, and how does it manifest in Madison? How does one create an activist campaign to address climate change? Let’s say you tear your favorite jeans—how do you stitch them up …