At UWM
UW-Milwaukee is a large system that places many demands on the earth’s natural resources. As the University looks to expand both academically and physically, there is the potential to exhibit sustainable, smart growth that manages its resources wisely.
UWM can evaluate a life-cycle analysis of purchases, buildings, and maintenance that enhances dollars spent over time, while minimizing impacts on the environment.
A sustainable UWM looks to maximize new uses for campus waste, educate all members of campus on energy conservation, and start to look for more creative solutions where all social, economic, and environmental means can be met.
Sustainability at UWM will be a process that engages students, faculty, staff, and the community that it is a part of, both locally and globally.
News & Events [archieved news]
| Campus Sustainability Day | Wednesday October 21, 2009Join the UWM Community in celebrating sustainability on campus. Dust off old campus directories and phonebooks piling up in your home or office, and drop them off for recycling. Right after you enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast in the Student Union. |
| Organic Pancake Breakfast | 7:30am – 10:00am (or until the pancakes run out!)Enjoy a healthy organic breakfast with pancakes, fruit, coffee, & tea. Free to students. $3 for faculty/staff. Sponsored by Union Programming, Share the Earth. |
| Project ReDirectory
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11am-6pm Come to the Zelazo Parking Lot to recycle your old phonebooks. Campus Directories taken too! Enjoy a great local, harvest snack as well. Would you like to volunteer to help at this event? Contact Kate Nelson at knelson6@uwm.edu if you would like to volunteer, or if you any other questions about phonebook recycling.
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Calendar
Sustainability in the News
Call it ‘spring greening’ - UWM Report
UWM to sign on to anti-sweatshop policy - JSOnline
Campus Sustainability Moves From Concept To Concrete- UWM Today
Can UWM win RecycleMania? - UWM Report
Local Foods Flourish - UWM Report
Burn will help UWM prairie bloom - UWM Report
UWM to compete in Solar Decathlon 2009 - UWM Report
New Environmental Coordinator aims to save green by going green - UWM Report
Sustainability Map
Take the virtual sustainability tour through campus. This map is an easy visual guide to see how UWM is addressing sustainability.