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Latest Sustainability News at UW-Stout

Spring Move Out 2013

Spring Move Out is a great opportunity to donate your unwanted belongings to those in need. This year's Spring Move Out will be held May 13th-16th from 11AM-5PM at the Johnson Fieldhouse parking lot (Lot 29).

Sustainability at UW-Stout EDGE Presentation

Sarah Rykal and Jill Webb from UW-Stout's Sustainability Office gave the first sustainability presentation for UW-Stout's EDGE (Employee Development, Growth, & Enrichment) Sessions in April 2013.  Click here to see their presentation and all the excellent sustainability initiatives taking place on the UW-Stout campus.

Earth Week Events 2013

Earth Day will be celebrated with a weeks' worth of events sponsored by organizations across campus. See the full schedule at: http://www.uwstout.edu/sustainability/earthweek.cfm

UW-Stout's Recyclemania Flash Mob 2013

A group of exuberant campus and community members got their boogie on for UW-Stout's Recyclemania Flash Mob in the Memorial Student Center!  For more on UW-Stout's participation in Recyclemania, go here: http://www.uwstout.edu/sustainability/recyclemania.cfm/.
For the UW-Stout Recyclemania Flash Mob Video, click HERE.

Recyclemania 2013

UW-Stout is participating in its 7th year of Recyclemania, a nationwide recycling competition between colleges and universities.  At the same time, Advanced Disposal is sponsoring its annual Western Wisconsin Battle of the Universities competition between UW-Stout and UW-Eau Claire, awarding $1,500 for on-campus sustainability initiatives to the university that places higher in Recyclemania.  Here are our current weekly recycling breakdowns:

I LOVE TAP WATER CAMPAIGN: A BIG SUCCESS!

Since beginning of the I LOVE TAP WATER campaign in 2010, UW-Stout has installed 51 hydration stations across campus. According to bottles saved counters on these stations, the campus has saved 840,383 plastic water bottles. To learn more about the I LOVE TAP WATER campaign, go here.

NEW RECYCLING, COMPOSTING, and TRASH PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED ON CAMPUS

During Winter Break 2013, UW-Stout transitioned to a new universal recycling, composting, and trash program. Single collection containers have been removed from general assignment classrooms and meeting rooms. And container sets for NO SORT RECYCLING, ORGANICS FOR COMPOST, and TRASH FOR LANDFILL are located throughout hallways and entrances of all campus buildings.

Check out the Recycling Page for more information on recycling at UW-Stout.

Food for Thought Film & Speaker Series 2012-2013

Check out the complete schedule for the second annual Food for Thought Film & Speaker Series, co-hosted by UW-Stout's Environmental Sustainability Office, Ally Initiatives, Sustainable Dunn, University Library, and UW-Stout's Center for Applied Ethics.

Sustainability Across the Curriculum Network Meetings

If you're interested in networking with others who are exploring the integration of sustainability into course curricula, join the Sustainability Across the Curriculum Network (SACN). New members are always welcome.

The SACN will meet again in Fall 2013, so check back for a schedule of dates and locations.

If you have questions about sustainability in the curriculum at UW-Stout, please contact Joan Menefee or Sarah Rykal.

New Carpool, Biking, Pedestrian Program for UW-Stout Employees

Faculty and staff are encouraged to explore the opportunity of commuting to campus as a member of a carpool. Carpooling is environmentally friendly and enables efficient, less parking-intensive use of limited campus lands.

Parking Services, in collaboration with the Environmental Sustainability Office, has initiated a Carpool Program to encourage ride sharing. For an overview of the program, click here.

The carpool program offers several incentives to current and prospective carpoolers, including discounted parking permits and free/discounted permits for those times when you don't join your carpool.

If interested, please email Keith McCarten for additional information.

Please note that this program also offers incentives to those who commonly bike/walk to campus.