UW-L Vermicomposting Update

Photo courtesy UW-L University Communications

UW-L's Campus Connection did an article about the vermicomposting machine purchased with funding from UW-L students' Green Fund. The vermicomposter was originally purchased in 2011 and is now going strong in a cooperative effort with Western Technical College and Hilview Urban Agriculture Center.

Read the entire article here.

Hillview Urban Agriculture Center Meet & Greet and Film PLANEAT

Hillview Urban Agriculture Center Meet & Greet

Wednesday, October 24
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Wormington H.Q.
North of Bittersweet Flower Market @N3089 HWY 16
Come to the new home of our worm composting system ‘Wormington'. Meet the worms and meet the board of directors!

Film PLANEAT

Wednesday, October 24
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Viterbo University
Brophy Center 122 (Dahl School of Business)

PLANEAT is the story of three men's life-long search for a diet, which is good for our health, good for the environment and good for the future of the planet.

UW-La Crosse Hosting UW System Sustainability Meeting

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will be hosting the 2012 UW System Sustainability Meeting on November 1-2. The agenda includes presentations about AASHE's STARS program, water conservation, energy, native plantings, sustainability in the curriculum and more. The agenda and registration information are available online.

Making Connections Between Schools and Local Foods

From the La Crosse Tribune, June 25, 2012

Josh Miner, husband of UW-La Crosse biology faculty member Meredith Thomsen, is working to make it easier for local Wisconsin food growers to have their fruits and vegetables in local school cafeterias. Miner is featured in the June 25th Monday Profile in the La Crosse Tribune.

Read more here...

Researcher Park Williams to Speak on Forests and Climate Change

Dr. Park Williams, a researcher from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, will be speaking at UW-La Crosse about the affect of global climate change and drought on forests.

Thursday, April 26
4:00 p.m. 
1400 Centennial Hall
Free and open to the public


You can read more about Williams and his research in the UW-L Campus Connection article.

You can also download and read Dr William's journal article (PDF), "Forest responses to increasing aridity and warmth in the southwestern United States."

UW-L Green Fund Summaries Now Online

Summaries for UW-La Crosse Green Fund projects for 2009, 2010 and 2011 are now online. Take a look to see all of the great ways student supported funding has improved the sustainability of the UW-L campus.

• 2009 Green Fund summary
• 2010 Green Fund summary
• 2011 Green Fund summary

Dr. Stanley Temple, Aldo Leopold Foundation Senior Fellow

Dr. Stanley Temple

On Thursday, February 9th, the film Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time was shown on campus. Introducing the film and leading a discussion afterwards was Dr. Stanley Temple, now a senior fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation. For 32 years Dr. Temple held the same faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as Aldo Leopold.

Here's an article about Dr. Temple and his thoughts on Aldo Leopold written by Kjerstin Lang with UW-L University Communications.

http://news.uwlax.edu/what-we-can-learn-from-leopold/