Sustainability

News and Annoucements

2010

Peace and Social Justice Course Offerings Beginning at UW-Whitewater (Marketing and Media Relations - 9/30/10)
Maintaining Beauty & Sustainability of UW-W Campus (video) (Chancellor's Blog - 7/28/10)
Student Receives Research Grant to Study Composting at UW-Whitewater (Marketing and Media Relations - 5/18/10)
UW-Whitewater Recycles and Reuses to Improve Sustainability (Marketing and Media Relations - 5/6/10)
Fraternity Wins Greenest Group Competition (Royal Purple - 4/21/10)
Earth Week is Blooming, Featuring Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jean Brennan (Marketing and Media Relations - 4/19/10)
Sustainability Work Recognized During Earth Week (Marketing and Media Relations - 4/15/10)
Education 360, Harnessing Student Innovation (Royal Purple - 4/7/10)
"Green" Major Developing in Science Department for 2011 (Royal Purple - 3/17/10)
Students Get Their Hands Dirty for a Cleaner Earth (Royal Purple - 3/2/10)
'Green' performance of 'An Enemy of the People' comes to UW-Whitewater March 2 (Marketing and Media Relations - 3/1/10)

2009

Hyland Hall: Stunningly Sustainable (Royal Purple - 10/14/09)
Campus Sustainability Garden Plans Still in Growing Stage (Royal Purple - 10/7/09)
DLK Recycling A Work in Progress (Royal Purple - 9/22/09)
Sustainability Garden Should Be Finalized By Now (Royal Purple - 5/6/09)
Sustainability Garden Given a New Location (Royal Purple - 5/6/09)
2009 Environmental Award Winners Include Local Resident, Manufacturing Company (Marketing and Media Relations - 5/1/09)
Hybrid Cars (Royal Purple - 4/29/09)
Granting Sustainability (Royal Purple - 4/22/09)
Campus Scene Needs More Green (Royal Purple - 4/22/09)
Campus Celebrates Earth Day (Royal Purple - 4/22/09)
RecycleMania a Success for UW-Whitewater (Marketing and Media Relations - 4/21/09)
Save the Earth while Saving Cash (Royal Purple - 4/15/09)
Why One Student is Going Green... (Royal Purple - 4/15/09)
Simple Ideas to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint (Royal Purple - 4/15/09)
Campus to Celebrate with Various Activities (Royal Purple - 4/15/09)
Earth Day Founder Called Wisconsin Home (Royal Purple - 4/15/09)
Finalists Named for Whitewater Environmental Achievement Awards (Marketing and Media Relations - 4/13/09)
Earth Day at UW-Whitewater (Morning Magazine with Michael Clish WFAW 940 AM - 4/8/09 - MP3 format)
Clean Result: Early Figures Place UW-Whitewater Third Overall at State Level in RecycleMania (Royal Purple - 4/7/09)
Competition Takes Trash Off Campus (Janesville Gazette - 4/3/09)
Deadline to Submit Nominations for Whitewater Environmental Achievement Awards Approaching (Marketing and Media Relations - 3/17/09)
Campus Participates in RecycleMania (Marketing and Media Relations - 3/13/09)
Balancing Act: Dining at UW-Whitewater Gone Trayless (Janesville Gazette - 2/15/09)
Trayless Tuesdays Expanded on Campus (Royal Purple - 2/4/09)
Nominations Sought for Second Annual Whitewater Environmental Achievement Awards (Marketing and Media Relations - 2/2/09)
Chancellor Joins the Mania (Royal Purple - 1/28/09)
University to Enter National "Green" Event (Royal Purple - 1/21/09)

2008

Construction Begins on New Dorm (Royal Purple - 12/3/08)
Residence Hall Groundbreaking Ceremony Set for Nov. 24 (Marketing and Media Relations - 11/21/08)
UW-Whitewater joins AASHE (Marketing and Media Relations - 11/5/08)
University Dining Goes Trayless on Tuesdays (Royal Purple - 10/8/08)
Letter: University Back-tracks on Goal of Sustainability (Royal Purple - 10/8/08)
A Certain Shade of Green (Royal Purple - 10/1/08)
UWW Construction Site Recognized for Recycling (Janesville Gazette - 7/30/08)
Hyland Hall Construction Project a “State Model” for Sustainability (Marketing and Media Relations - 7/24/08)
Research Shows Water Bottles May be Harmful (Royal Purple - 5/7/08)
Climatologist Develops Contrail Avoidance Model (Marketing and Media Relations - 5/1/08)
Local Café Implements Earth-Friendly Practices (Royal Purple - 4/30/08)
Environmental Achievement Award Winners Named (Marketing and Media Relations - 4/25/08)
Small Changes Only are First Step to Protect Earth (Janesville Gazette - 4/22/08)
Student Teachers Share Earth Day Lessons with Local Kindergarteners (Marketing and Media Relations - 4/21/08)
Recycling Research (Royal Purple - 4/16/08)
University Shouldn’t Ignore Effects of Foam Cups (Royal Purple - 4/16/08)
Hybrid Cars (Royal Purple - 4/16/08)
Your Ecological Footprint (Royal Purple - 4/16/08)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Royal Purple - 4/16/08)
Environmentalists Say Alt on Roads Affects Drivers, Cars (Royal Purple - 3/5/08)
Demand Increases for Environmentally Friendly Household Cleaning Products (Royal Purple - 3/5/08)
Professor’s Research on Environmental Toxicology Plays Role in Agriculture (Marketing and Media Relations - 3/4/08)
Campus Greens Petition Pesticide Use on Campus (Royal Purple - 2/6/08)
“Focus the Nation” Event Encourages Students to Go Green (Marketing and Media Relations - 1/29/08)
UW-Whitewater a Leader in Energy Reduction (Royal Purple - 1/23/08)

2006-2007

“Vampire Electronics” Zaps up to $4 billion in Energy Costs Annually (Royal Purple - 12/5/07)
Campus Greens “Step It Up” to Rally for a Cleaner Earth (Royal Purple - 11/7/07)
Campus Construction Wins Recycling Award (Royal Purple - 10/31/07)
Miron Construction Wins State Recycling Award (Marketing and Media Relations - 10/26/07)
UW-Whitewater Nominated for State Construction Recycling Award (Marketing and Media Relations - 10/17/07)
Nature Writer Speaks About Ways to Heal the Environment (Royal Purple - 10/17/07)
College Fashion: Going “Green with Eco-friendly Threads (Royal Purple - 9/5/07)
Field of Greens: Local Farmer Dishes the Dirt on Organic Food (Royal Purple - 7/4/07)
Students Secure Grant to Help Preserve the Environment (Marketing and Media Relations - 6/20/07)
Green Chemist John Warner Visits Campus April 20 (Marketing and Media Relations - 4/19/07)
UW-Whitewater Celebrates Earth Day April 20 (Marketing and Media Relations - 4/5/07)
Earth Day Schedule of Events (Marketing and Media Relations - 4/10/06)