Dan Sweetman Discusses Governor Doyle's Executive Order #145

UW-L's Dan Sweetman presented to the JCES about Govenor Doyle's Executive Order #145 requiring all state buildings to conform to high environmental and energy efficiency standards. The order will affect both existing buildings and future construction. You can listen to a podcast of Dan's presentation. You can also read the original press release related to the signing.

Dan also discussed Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown, available free online in PDF format.

Through a strategic realignment of responsibilities, Dan now has duties to represent UW-L Facilities Management's involvement with implementing an integrated campus-wide sustainability program.

Sonya Newenhouse from Community Car

The JCES recently had an opportunity to listen to a presentation by Sonya Newenhouse of Madison, WI about her business, Community Car, a member-based, car sharing service. There has been interest in expanding Community Car to the La Crosse area. You can listen to a podcast of Sonya's presentation as well as download and view the PowerPoint slides in PDF format.

UW-L Composting Program Back on Track

Although it originally started in 2002, the UW-L composting program was halted in 2006 due to a lack of volunteers to haul the food waste from Whitney Center to the composting bin. This year, with the help of Student Services and the hiring of a four student Composting Crew, the composing program has been revitalized and should prove to be a valuable addition to UW-L's sustainability efforts. Read more at: http://www.uwlax.edu/sustainability/html/composting.htm.

New UW-La Crosse Sustainability Website

The UW-La Crosse Joint Committee on Environmental Sustainability (JCES) has launched a new sustainability website, www.uwlax.edu/sustainability. This website was developed willto keep the UW-L community informed about the work JCES is doing as well as other sustainability efforts across campus. There are also resources available on the website to help raise awareness about sustainability issues and show the campus community what it can do to make UW-L a more sustainable campus.