Campus Gardens-Spring 2012 Events
Celebrate Earth Day with the UWM Food and Garden Club
Growing the Gardens- Pergola, Pathways, and Plantings
We will be working at the Sandburg Garden site to put in a lot of finishing touches: layout the pathways, building a pergola, planting our shared beds, and implementing a composting site
What: Garden planting and construction at the Sandburg Gardens
When: Friday May 25th, 9am-3pm(Rain Date- May 26th, 9am-3pm)
Where: South of Sandburg East Tower
Bring: Garden hand tools, wheelbarrows, shovels, garden rakes and wear your garden gear
Volunteers Needed! Contact knelson6@uwm.eduRecycleMania 2012 Final Results
| Grand Champion | 59 |
| Per Capita Classic | 76 |
| Gorilla | 27 |
| Waste Minimization | 110 |
| Food Service Organics | 121 |
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UWM saved 488 tons of C02 equivalent which equals 259 cars off the road, or the energy consumption of 129 households!
Sustainability in the News
Secret Sandburg garden exposed on campus- UWM Post
Bike to Campus Day- UWM News
Ready, set, recycle-UWM Post
Food with heatlhy attitude-Today @ UWM
Golda Meir Library gets a Green Lid-UWM News
Blueprint for Success: UW-Milwaukee Residence Halls- RE News, pg. 5
It's Harvesting Time at UWM-A.S. Connection Fall 201, p.3
Carpooling just got easier- UWM Post
UWM featured in Water Conservation and Efficiency- Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine
UWM Does Recycle- UWM Report
Recycling Food Waste:101 - BioCycle
Saving energy gets competitive, computerized at UWM
UWM dorms to compete for energy savings
Energy Matters: Greening the Campus
Energy Matters: UITS Pilots PC Power InitiativeCall 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