Sustainability
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SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability is a spectrum, not a destination. We’re not here to simply define the word.
We’re here to live up to it.
The idea of sustainability is fluid, changing over time and meaning different things to different people. We, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse community, define sustainability as being both a local and global interaction between economy, environment, and society. Through education and programming, we will provide students, faculty, staff, and the community with the knowledge and skills to be environmentally responsible citizens who consider the effects of their actions and the actions of others around them.
Campus
sustainability
achievements
The UWL Green Fund, which is funded by Student Seg Fees, has invested over
$1,500,000
into sustainability initiatives across campus, since being established in 2008
The U-Pass and Safe Ride program with the Municipal Transit Utility (MTU), has provided students with over
2,700,000
bus rides since 2000, which emits on average 33% less greenhouse gases per mile when compared to a single occupant vehicle (personal vehicle)
Uses of our reusable container system "OZZI" since it started in 2020
75,000
each use prevents single use waste from entering the waste stream.
UWL has reduced greenhouse gases from campus electricity and heating by
30%
since 2005, via a switch from coal to methane in our heating plant, energy efficiency and the greening of our grid.
Upcoming events
MEET ANDREW
PROGRAM MANAGER
Andrew Ericson
Andrew Ericson
Contact:
2255D Student Union
aericson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8867
Specialty areas:
Campus-wide Sustainability
Joint Committee on Environmental Sustainability
Green Fund Advisor