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The university completed its second comprehensive sustainability report through the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS), improving in several categories but maintaining its Silver rating.
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- The Water We Swim In: new podcast series by the Wisconsin Sea Grant
Join Bonnie Willison and Hali Jama as they bring inspiring stories about advocates working toward equity in a society where environmental injustice, racism, ableism and economic injustice are the waters we swim in.
- Hundreds gather for historic unveiling of the Divine Nine Garden Plaza
The Plaza is named in honor of the historically Black fraternities and sororities that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council, also known as the Divine Nine.
- Mnookin brings deep experience, wide perspective to UW–Madison role
Chancellor-designee Jennifer Mnookin noted that she is "incredibly excited and inspired to become a Badger," adding that she feels deep appreciation both to the Board of Regents for selecting her and to outgoing Chancellor Rebecca Blank for her years of leadership.
- UW–Madison professor appointed to commission addressing violent crime against Indigenous Americans
Grace Bulltail, a professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, is among those appointed to serve on a commission focusing on addressing violent crime within Indian lands and against American Indians and Alaska Natives.
- Life Sciences Communication class partners with Arboretum to tell unique tree stories
The Arboretum hoped to learn more–directly from young people–about ways to better reach them through social media and to encourage visitation for personal enjoyment that could also foster appreciation, respect, and care for nature.
- Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change opens applications for 2022 Climate Champions
The Climate Champions program recognizes local entities that are leading on climate action, including individuals, government, schools, businesses, and nonprofits across Dane County. Applications are due by August 1.
- Four projects selected for WARF Accelerator Electrification Challenge Grant
The grant invited submissions for new technologies to help leverage electricity from sources other than fossil fuels to power our buildings, vehicles and world.
- 3D scan will reveal the stories hidden within 1,200-year-old Wisconsin canoe
The fragile canoe is one of about three dozen ever found in Wisconsin and is the only one discovered with associated artifacts.
- Call for proposals: UW–Madison Diversity Forum 2022
The theme for Forum will be "The Power of Remembering: Reclaiming Our Legacies to Imagine New Futures," in an effort to understand and utilize the lessons learned from the past to inform current and future equity-minded policies, practices, and curriculum, and to create living and learning communities characterized by organizational and inclusive excellence.
- A Juneteenth celebration of science: photo gallery
Outreach teams from UW–Madison brought the “Kitchen Chemist,” hands-on exploration stations, and a chance to chat with scientists to the Kujichagulia Center for Self-Determination Juneteenth celebration.
- Erin Silva named endowed chair in organic agriculture and outreach
Silva’s research and outreach efforts focus on improving organic and sustainable cropping systems, with a special emphasis on organic no-till production and cover crops.
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Throwback Episode: Farmers, Markets, and Justice
In this Season 1 episode, which was made in collaboration with the Social Justice Hub, hosts Marina Minic and Arushi Gupta discuss markets and trade with special guests: Alfonso Morales, who is Vilas distinguished achievement professor at UW–Madison and managing director at Farm2Facts; and Aureal Ojeda, entrepreneur and founder of Outwoken tea, a direct trade tea supplier.
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Featured Event
June 29, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual / Zoom
Wisconsin’s forested landscapes are ripe with potential for increasing carbon sequestration and storage. The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters has worked with a team of forestry experts from across the state, and conducted focus groups and interviews with 57 people who work in the forestry industry. From this research effort, the Climate & Energy team wrote a report that contains recommendations that, if implemented, will increase carbon sequestration and storage in forestry.
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- Leave no trace: follow these seven principles when visiting the outdoors
Based on research from recreation ecology and human dimensions of natural resources, which studies how attitudes influence natural resources management, Leave No Trace is a framework for enjoying the outdoors responsibly.
- Home composting options for any living situation
Composting can be easy, even for apartment and condo dwellers. Here's how to do it, no matter your domicile.
- Cutting air pollution emissions would save 50,000 U.S. lives, $600 billion each year
"Our work provides a sense of the scale of the air quality health benefits that could accompany deep decarbonization of the U.S. energy system," says Nick Mailloux, lead author of the study and a graduate student at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment in UW–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
- Gardening with native plants: at the root
There are many features and roles of root systems that are important for gardens, restorations, remnant native plant communities, and more.
- EPA releases Green Chemistry Challenge winners for 2022
The Green Chemistry Challenge Awards promote the environmental and economic benefits of developing and using novel green chemistry.
- A New York power line divided environmentalists. Here's what it says about the larger climate fight.
States waited too long to decarbonize, and now they have to make tough choices.
- These 9 cities are leading the nation's solar surge
Nine cities—Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Honolulu, San Antonio, New York, Phoenix, San Jose, and Albuquerque—now have the collective capacity to generate nearly 3.5 gigawatts of power through solar, more than the entire country did a decade ago.
- Living and learning sustainability in education abroad
While study abroad has long been a staple of higher education’s offerings, cognizance of the environmental impact that education abroad can have on host communities has only grown more recently.
- Director of 350 Wisconsin committed to reversing 'dire' situation of climate change
“We know that we have the knowledge and capacity to not only level this off, but even bring it down. Getting it back to 350 ppm, which we passed in the late 1980s, is a very challenging but attainable goal.”
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Communications and Conversations – Virtual
Communications & Conversations is a first of its kind conference for the higher education sustainability community. This two-day virtual conference will review best practices and guidelines in communications and guide sustainability professionals in practical skills ranging from graphic design to accessibility to behavior change. Participants will have the opportunity to develop and refine their own communications strategies as well as build their professional networks.
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.
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The University of Wisconsin–Madison strives to integrate sustainability into our thriving campus culture, our world-class educational and research enterprises, and our practice of operational excellence.
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