WE CONSERVE (UW-Madison)

With a heavy heart, we would like to announce that the WE CONSERVE program at UW-Madison has run it's course. WE CONSERVE has fulfilled and exceeded its original goals of 20% energy reduction by 2010.The end of this program, is not the end of sustainability on campus. UW-Madison is committed to sustainability and will be expanding other initiatives.

We would like extend a huge thank you to everybody who has been involved in the WE CONSERVE program over the years, as the success of the program was reliant on the dedicated work of students, staff and community members alike.

We hope that everyone will continue to stay informed and support sustainability in their daily lives. There are many fantastic organizations on campus who support campus sustainability like, The OS, Campus Kitchens, Food Recovery Network, Slow food, Rethink Wisconsin, F.H. King, The Nelson Institute and Climate Action 350 just to name a few. Please continue to practice and educate others about waste elimination.

"We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors; We Borrow It from Our Children"

Again, Thank you!

- WE CONSERVE interns

WE CONSERVE has been acknowledged for its work diverting Styrofoam from the landfills through the Styrofoam recycling program on campus. Madison has received honorable mention for the Excellence in EPS Recycling Award! This is great news for all the people who have worked on this program. Thank you and congratulations to all the people who have put their time and effort into this program, it has paid off! Read more about the award and our achievements here.....
http://www.epsindustry.org/eps-sustainability/excellence-eps-recycling-award

Excellence in EPS Recycling Award | EPS Industry Alliance

Sad.

Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016) Climate change and ocean acidification have killed off one of the most spectacular features on the planet.

A huge thank you to the volunteers that came out for the Georgia State game. Go Badgers!

For anyone interested in the WE CONSERVE Ambassador program please fill out the application and send it to [email protected] Thank you!

Follow the link below...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bZAdr9DiH8BsnYNTOQvDQ9FpmjLy15uqLkHqHyvEFDU

WECONSERVEApplication (1).docx Dear Waste Eliminator, WE CONSERVE would like to invite you to be part of our Ambassador Leadership Program (ALP). This program provides opportunities to increase your leadership skills while making a sustainable difference. As an Ambassador, you will help lead the WE CONSERVE Volunteer Program....

Come find WE CONSERVE tonight at the student org fair 5-8 pm at the Kohl Center! WE will have trivia and more information about our program!

A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped divert recycling from the landfill at game day this past Saturday! Please come out and help us again this Saturday against Georgia State.

Sign up here......
http://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=c.SignUpSearch&eid=0BCBCADAFBC5FC65&cs=09B1BAAD8FBC8B147B7D64025BB59BCB&sortby=min(s.starttime)&view=i

Moving Days is a partnered event in which students can donate and take household items, recylcle electronics and support other students in a sustainable way during the campus move out process

The Moving Days event this year was an overwhelming success. We were able to recycle over 4 times the amount of electronic waste than we were able to the previous year. The total weight came in at an astounding 35,219 lbs.

This year’s event got a lot of exciting media attention, Check out some of it below.

http://isthmus.com/news/snapshot/student-move-trash-out-landfill/

http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2016/08/moving-days-to-take-placeon-uw-madison-campus-to-help-moving-process-easier-for-students

http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Moving-Days-kicks-off-in-Madison-390051512.html

Free to a good home More than a million pounds of items are tossed to the curb every year during student move-out day. But not all of it went to waste.

Instead of abandoning your mattress on the street, schedule a free pick up!

The curb doesn't need your mattresses, but there are plenty of people who do. Schedule a free pickup today from the Salvation Army of Dane County: http://www.salvationarmydanecounty.org/

Find a donation location

This is an interesting article about the water phenomenon happening in Brazil right now. When wind patterns go awry the effects can be sizable, and even more so when human have already altered the landscape greatly. It is expected that Brazil will have many dry months ahead, which may cause problems at the upcoming Olympics.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/02/150226-drought-floods-south-america-brazil-bolivia-flying-rivers-environment/

Quirky Winds Fuel Brazil's Devastating Drought, Amazon's Flooding With severe water shortages in Brazil's cities and destructive floods in the Amazon, the boom-and-bust phenomenon may be South America's new normal.