Sustainability & Environmental Studies
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![Anika Whittington brings free, sustainable products to the campus food pantry for the second year in a row thanks to a Green Fund grant.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/anika3.png/Medium)
![Pollard’s dedication and contributions surrounding sustainability earned them the 2024 Prairie Springs Student Excellence Award.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/2024-uwl-prairie-springs-environmental-leadership-award-winner-blythe-pollard-20.jpg/Medium)
![Grace Lopez Johnson, UWL director of sustainability for the UWL Student Association, shares her experience finding a sense of belonging through her sustainability role on campus during the Board of Regents meeting Dec. 8 in Madison. Lopez Johnson is a political science major with environmental studies and professional and technical writing minors.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/grace-2.jpg/Medium)
![Members of the CTA taking a La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility bus to tour public transportation facilities, March 2023. Credit Susan Gaeddert.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/img_1016.jpg/Medium)
![A La Crosse MTU bus makes a stop downtown at Grand River Station. PHOTO CREDIT: Susan Gaeddert](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/mtu_bus_nov22.jpg/Medium)
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STUDENT OP-EDS:
KENDRICK KOLAR: RESOLVE TO MAKE POSITIVE CLIMATE IMPACT
Kendrick Kolar is a senior geography and environmental studies student at UW-La Crosse. Are you a local expert about a particular subject in the news? The Tribune encourages and promotes Community Voices to speak up about important local matters.
SAM ROETERING: USE ENERGY FROM REC CENTER WORKOUTS
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse “strives to diminish its environmental footprint as much as possible,” according to the school's website.
Learn more about Sam's ideas
ASHLEY NOWAK: THE ARTS CAN SUSTAIN A COMMUNITY ALL YEAR
You hear the strum of the guitar, the thump of the drum, the hum of the violins.
MIKE FIELD: DEFENDING WISCONSIN'S WINTER
Snow-filled driveways and icy roads make it easier to forget the joy that winter brings to our youth.
RACHEL KROMREY: PROJECT WILL HELP LAKE ONALASKA ANGLERS RECYCLE FISHING LINE
A dead song bird entangled in fishing line prompted University of Wisconsin-La Crosse senior Rachel Kromrey to take action to rid the environment of the recyclable nylon string.
Read more about this story: http://lacrossetribune.com/couleecourier/news/project-will-help-lake-onalaska-anglers-recycle-fishing-line/article_535979e7-2ec4-50c1-94aa-4717f567d7d6.html
Jennifer Klein, Alder Yu, Nabamita Dutta, Alysa Remsburg, Tesia Marshik and Adam Driscoll
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Ashley Edwards, Margot Higgins, Hongying Xu, Grace Deason and Benjamin Golden
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