| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
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| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Alan Burr |
| Submission Date | Feb. 29, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
EN-3: Student Life
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Reporter |
Amy
Seeboth-Wilson Sustainability Coordinator Facilities Management |
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Does the institution have one or more co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives that fall into the following categories?:
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| Active student groups focused on sustainability | Yes |
| Gardens, farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery programs, or urban agriculture projects where students are able to gain experience in organic agriculture and sustainable food systems | Yes |
| Student-run enterprises that include sustainability as part of their mission statements or stated purposes | Yes |
| Sustainable investment funds, green revolving funds or sustainable microfinance initiatives through which students can develop socially, environmentally and fiscally responsible investment and financial skills | No |
| Conferences, speaker series, symposia or similar events related to sustainability that have students as the intended audience | Yes |
| Cultural arts events, installations or performances related to sustainability that have students as the intended audience | Yes |
| Wilderness or outdoors programs that follow Leave No Trace principles | Yes |
| Sustainability-related themes chosen for themed semesters, years, or first-year experiences | No |
| Programs through which students can learn sustainable life skills | Yes |
| Sustainability-focused student employment opportunities offered by the institution | Yes |
| Graduation pledges through which students pledge to consider social and environmental responsibility in future job and other decisions | No |
| Other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives | Yes |
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The name and a brief description of each student group focused on sustainability:
Each of the following groups are completely student-governed:
Health and Human Performance Club - Dedicated to health education.
Outdoor Adventure Club - Regular outdoor trips (i.e. camping, ice climbing)
Engineers without Borders- Builds sustainable engineering solutions in Ghana each year.
Biology Club - Supports biology and natural science education on campus.
Reclamation Club - Help restore native lands on campus and in broader region.
Cycling Club - Promote bicycling on campus and broader community.
Green Campus Project - Supports sustainability initiatives across campus.
Platteville Society of Environmental Engineers - Enhances knowledge of environmental issues and career opportunities for members.
Students for Peace and Justice - Create awareness through education, forum and discourse, of alternatives to violent responses to political and social problems facing the world today.
Wisconsin Association of Energy Engineers - Promotes interest in the energy field, with an emphasis on sustainable energy.
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The website URL where information about student groups is available:
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A brief description of gardens, farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery programs, and urban agriculture projects where students are able to gain experience in organic agriculture and sustainable food systems:
We have an organic, edible garden on campus started in the summer of 2013 and run by Green Campus Project Student Organization with support from the Office of Sustainability. In 2015 we also began to plant mini-edible garden's around campus in place of traditional annual plants (in cooperation with campus grounds). Each year we hire 1-2 garden coordinators, have volunteer nights open to the public, and do campus programming to build awareness of sustainable agriculture.
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The website URL where information about the organic agriculture and/or sustainable food systems projects and initiatives is available:
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A brief description of student-run enterprises that include sustainability as part of their mission statements or stated purposes:
We have a student run business on campus, Platteville Sunflower Oil, which grows, presses, and sells it's own organic and locally grown sunflower oil for cooking. The business has been around since 2013 and has a 7-member board of directors, all of whom must be UW-Platteville students. Sustainability places prominently in their mission statement and marketing materials.
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The website URL where information about the student-run enterprise(s) is available:
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A brief description of the sustainable investment or finance initiatives:
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The website URL where information about the sustainable investment or finance initiatives is available:
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A brief description of conferences, speaker series, symposia or similar events related to sustainability that have students as the intended audience:
Since 2014 Green Campus Project student organization has organized an Earth Day Carnival on campus each year. The Carnival invites student organizations from across campus to table and offer carnival games related to sustainability open to the entire campus. The event occurs on the main green in central campus and is well attended.
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The website URL where information about the event(s) is available:
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A brief description of cultural arts events, installations or performances related to sustainability that have students as the intended audience:
Green Campus Project, in partnership with other student organizations, host movie showings on campus each year. This year they hosted a film fest in the fall that showed ten short films about sustainable food and a documentary this spring called Tapped, which addresses concerns about bottled water. These showings are student run and free to all students wishing to attend.
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The website URL where information about the cultural arts event(s) is available:
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A brief description of wilderness or outdoors programs for students that follow Leave No Trace principles:
Outdoor Adventure Club regularly leads "Leave No Trace" outdoor trips. Activities include rock climbing, hiking, backpacking, slacklining, rappelling. These events are always student governed.
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The website URL where information about the wilderness or outdoors program(s) is available:
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A brief description of sustainability-related themes chosen for themed semesters, years, or first-year experiences:
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The website URL where information about the theme is available:
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A brief description of program(s) through which students can learn sustainable life skills:
One wing of a residence hall, Dobson Hall, has served as a model for sustainable living this year. The two student residence life assistants that advise that hall shape their regular programming around the principles of sustainable living. This program is building toward the creation of a formal Living and Learning Community on campus. The work of these two student residence life assistants is very independent, and thus, we consider this program student-governed.
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The website URL where information about the sustainable life skills program(s) is available:
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A brief description of sustainability-focused student employment opportunities:
The Office of Sustainability hires several positions each year to promote sustainability. Typically we hire 2-5 sustainability assistants who help with a wide range of sustainability issues, 1-2 transportation assistants who promote alternative transportation on campus, and 3-4 students who help run our campus surplus program. Additionally, Green Campus Project student organization hires 1-2 students each year to manage the edible campus garden.
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The website URL where information about the student employment opportuntities is available:
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A brief description of graduation pledges through which students pledge to consider social and environmental responsibility in future job and other decisions:
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The website URL where information about the graduation pledge program is available:
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A brief description of other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives:
Engineers Without Borders travels to Ghana once or twice each year to help build some form of sustainable infrastructure (e.g. a water pump or solar heating system). WEAA works each year to do similar initiatives on campus and have helped us identify ways to improve our passive solar panels and install solar charging stations on campus. Both of these initiatives are student governed.
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The website URL where information about other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives is available:
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