The UW-L Joint Committee on Environmental Sustainability will sponsor the 30-minute WebCast, Solutions for the First 100 Days, on February 5th at 6:30 p.m.
Join nationally known scholars and activists David Orr, Hunter Lovins, Betsy Taylor, Ray Anderson, Dianne Dillon-Ridgely, Jessy Tolkan, Billy Parish and Wahleah Johns as they discuss global warming solutions for the first 100 days of President Obama's new administration.
A group discussion on how each of us can be a part of the solutions, will follow the WebCast.
When: February 5th-- Introduction at 6:30 p.m., Webcast at 7:00 p.m., Discussion at 7:30 p.m.
Where: UW-L's Wing Technology Center Room 102
No charge, no advanced registration necessary
Contact: Carol Miller, Sociology/Archaeology, miller.caro@uwlax.edu, (608)785-6777.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Viterbo University Hosting Sustainability Symposium
The Viterbo University School of Letters and Sciences HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM 2009 has a sustainability theme this year. The Good Earth: Understanding Our Relationship with Nature will be running from February 2–4, 2009 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. All events are free and open to the public.
Keynote speaker Curt Meine, Ph.D., will present “Leopold’s Land Ethic in an Age of Consequences” at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Fine Arts Center Main Theatre. Meine is the director of the Center for Humans and Nature in Baraboo.
There will also be a free soup luncheon held Feb. 3-4 in the Reinhart Center Board Room on the Viterbo University campus.
You can find out more about the symposium and a schedule of events at: http://www.viterbo.edu/GoodEarth.aspx.
Keynote speaker Curt Meine, Ph.D., will present “Leopold’s Land Ethic in an Age of Consequences” at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Fine Arts Center Main Theatre. Meine is the director of the Center for Humans and Nature in Baraboo.
There will also be a free soup luncheon held Feb. 3-4 in the Reinhart Center Board Room on the Viterbo University campus.
You can find out more about the symposium and a schedule of events at: http://www.viterbo.edu/GoodEarth.aspx.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Chancellor's Energy Challenge Begins February 9th
The Chancellor’s Energy Challenge is a month-long competition where all UW-L residence halls will compete against each other to reduce there energy consumption. The competition will begin on February 9th and run until March 8th.
Weekly challenge updates and final results will be posted at www.uwlax.edu/sustainability. At the end of the challenge, there will be an award ceremony hosted by Chancellor Joe Gow. A tree will be planted outside the winning residence hall with a plaque indicating the winner of the 2009 Chancellor’s Energy Challenge. Individuals from any residence hall who submit a pledge at the sustainability website will be eligible to win prizes throughout the competition. Winners will be drawn randomly from the pool of submitted pledges.
For more information about the Chancellor’s Energy Challenge, contact Matt Groshek, groshek.matt@students.uwlax.edu.
Weekly challenge updates and final results will be posted at www.uwlax.edu/sustainability. At the end of the challenge, there will be an award ceremony hosted by Chancellor Joe Gow. A tree will be planted outside the winning residence hall with a plaque indicating the winner of the 2009 Chancellor’s Energy Challenge. Individuals from any residence hall who submit a pledge at the sustainability website will be eligible to win prizes throughout the competition. Winners will be drawn randomly from the pool of submitted pledges.
For more information about the Chancellor’s Energy Challenge, contact Matt Groshek, groshek.matt@students.uwlax.edu.
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