Sustainability Spotlight

• Urban planning students develop green recommendations for UW–Madison transportation fleet
  The students presented multiple recommendations for a greener fleet—including alternative fuels, electrifying the fleet, and reducing trips. 
• Students complete campus zero waste assessment
  The framework creates a standard benchmarking tool for campuses to measure and track progress towards zero waste. 
• Dying to divest
  UW–Madison students fight for climate justice.
• In historic first, flag of Ho-Chunk Nation raised atop Bascom Hall
  “Thousands of years before Europeans arrived here, the place we now call Bascom Hill was a sacred place for the Ho-Chunk people. They made this their home.”
• New Center for DREAMers to support state's undocumented young adults
  The center will coordinate legal representation, mental and social services, and career and educational counseling for the thousands of DACA beneficiaries in Wisconsin.
• UW–Madison team among winners of Musk Foundation’s XPRIZE for Carbon Removal Student Competition
  The contest is kickstarting projects that could mitigate the impacts of climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the air, ground, and oceans.
• Research team to examine equity-centered principal pipelines
  These efforts will document district attempts to prepare a new generation of school leaders.
• UW–Madison student voting rose in 2020, exceeds national rate
  Student voting efforts were coordinated by BadgersVote, a collaboration between many different campus units.
• Odyssey Beyond Bars receives state award
  The program gives students the academic and professional opportunities they need to succeed when they reenter communities.

• Madison Public Library launches Native American Storyteller-in-Residence program
  It is important that Wisconsin residents understand the Indigenous history of the region because "it is a part" of them. 
• Climate change though an artist's lens
  “There’s a long, rich history of science and art as collaboration—so we’re trying to keep that going in our own way.”
• Recent purchase safeguards largest unprotected forest in Wisconsin
  The Pelican River Forest straddles the Continental Divide and supports water quality in the upper Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds.
• IKEA furniture buy back program planned for Oak Creek location
  "We want to help create a sustainable movement in society, and inspire our customers to acquire, care for and pass on IKEA products in more sustainable ways."
• Second Nature and University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute partner to accelerate university action on climate neutrality
  The enhanced partnership will offer colleges and universities a new, fully integrated platform for more seamlessly tracking and publicly reporting their carbon emissions.

Featured Event

What Happened at COP26 and Why It Matters

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STUDENT
Partner Shares Program Intern, Fair Share CSA Coalition – Remote/ Madison, WI
Community-Based Learning Intern, Morgridge Center for Public Service – Campus 
Electric Food Truck Lead, Campus Dining & Culinary Services – Campus

ENTRY LEVEL
Sustainable Events Coordinator, Aldo Leopold Nature Center – Monona, WI
Property Steward, Ice Age Trail Alliance – Cross Plains, WI
Sustainable Campus Strategist, Penn State University – University Park, PA

PROFESSIONAL
Quantitative Sustainability Lecturer, UW–Madison – Campus
Sustainability Manager, UW-Stout – Menominee, WI
Director, Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Director, Midwest Climate Collaborative, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

JOB BOARDS
UW–Madison Student Jobs
Wisconsin Scholarship Hub
City of Madison Jobs
Dane County Jobs
State of Wisconsin Jobs

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Handshake, Career Services for Undergraduate Students – Campus
Handshake makes it easy for every UW-Madison student to explore career events, connect to jobs and internships, and even schedule on-campus interviews.

Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium Fellowship – Remote
HEASC Fellows are volunteers who spend three to five hours each week working on high impact projects that meet the strategic goals of HEASC and advance sustainability across the higher education sector.