Sustainability Speaker Series

This year, University Housing is hosting a sustainability speaker series featuring five different speakers and a variety of topics.  We will cover everything from living green to what Facilities Planning and Management is doing to keep our campus sustainable.  Below are the presentation topics.

Sustainability on the UW-Whitewater Campus

WES ENTERLINE – CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR, UW-WHITEWATER

4:00PM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 IN UC 262

Have you ever wondered what is being done on campus to make UW-Whitewater a more sustainable place? Of course, there are many things that we try to do to involve and engage students, like RecycleMania and Campus Conservation Nationals. There are also many things that are being done behind the scenes that very few students know about or recognize, such as the steam used on campus instead of gas or the switch to LED lighting in parking lots and walkways. Come learn about all of the sustainable innovations that UWW is using to stay ahead in the sustainability game.

View the presentation here.

Sustainability in Dining Services

ANN RAKOWIECKI – MARKETING DIRECTOR, UW-W DINING SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARTWELLS

4:00PM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 IN UC 261

Green sourcing and management of food and dining has become a huge topic in sustainability. Come and learn about what Chartwells and Dining Services are doing to help protect the environment while providing several dining choices to students.

The Chancellor’s Sustainability Council

JOSH MABIE – PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, SUSTAINABILITY FELLOW

4:00PM ON THURSDAY, MARCH 5 IN UC 261

Josh Mabie is a professor of English at UW-Whitewater and was named the Sustainability Fellow in academic year 2013-2014.  He currently sits on the Sustainability Council and helps to manage the sustainability fund for student projects.  Josh will be talking about what the Sustainability Council does to help promote sustainability on campus, as well as how students can take advantage of the Sustainability Fund.

Green Living and Greenwashing

AMANDA MURPHY – STARIN, CAMBRIDGE, AND FOX MEADOWS COMPLEX DIRECTOR, UW-WHITEWATER

4:00PM ON THURSDAY, MARCH 12 IN UC 69

What does ‘green’ mean? What does it mean to live sustainably? Who decides what it means to be sustainable or eco-friendly? Is everything labeled in the grocery store as ‘green’ or ‘earth friendly’ really a sustainable product? Are green & sustainable the same thing? Come to this session to explore and delve deeper into what it means to live sustainably in our current society.

Sustainability, WSG, and Whitewater’s Future Plans

SARAH BREGANT – WHITEWATER STUDENT GOVERNMENT SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR & WHITEWATER COMMON COUNCIL MEMBER

4:00PM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 2 IN UC 261

Have you ever wondered what the local levels of governance are doing to promote sustainability and help protect the environment? Come to this session to learn about some of the newest projects that the Whitewater Student Government (WSG) and the City of Whitewater are doing to help promote more sustainable living for their residents.

Keeping Materials Out of the Landfill

BRENT FLIKKEMA – SAFETY MANGER, JOHN’S DISPOSAL SERVICES INC.

4:00PM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 9 IN UC 261

Brent started at Johns Disposal in 1995 as Recycling Coordinator and was responsible for educating and setting up commercial and business accounts with a proper recycling programs.  He has continued to promote the value of a good Reduce, Reuse and Recycle program to the businesses, schools, and smaller groups in the communities that John’s Disposal serves.  The primary focus of this presentation is to encourage you, whether at home, school, work, or somewhere in between, to shape the environment around you to make it easy to keep materials out of the landfill.