April 22, 2014
By Rumasa Noor
The American Marketing Association and Earth Initiative are organizing a recyclable fashion show as a part of their earth week events.
Junior David Zindler is one...
March 16, 2014
By Vesna Brajkovic
After a close-call with disqualification, the Nathan Perry and Lucas Tomachek were able to attend the Whitewater Student Government (WSG) 2014-2015...
Feb. 26, 2014
By Allyson Karnowski
Health, food and agricultural writer Tom Philpott spoke with students and locals on Feb. 17, at the Young Auditorium about the current state...
By Caleb Kimball
By Lucas Wimmer
The organic garden on campus aims to not only feed the community but teach students about sustainability.
The project began after garden adviser Tom...
It was in the mid-60s and partly cloudy with a warm spring breeze—perfect weather for the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization to plant their first trees sponsored through its business, Treenewal.
Treenewal...
Justin Murphy and Dylan Waldhuetter are the newly elected president and vice president of Whitewater Student Government for the 2013-14 school year. As Earth Week approaches, the team is already focusing...
Sometimes one doesn’t find their true calling during the first go-around in college. Sometimes their first degree doesn’t give them enough satisfaction. And sometimes it’s out of chance that a person’s passion is discovered. This was the case for Wesley Enterline, who became UW-Whitewater’s first sustainability coordinator in 2008.
With state officials planning extensive cuts and policy changes in regards to recycling programs statewide, it’s important UW-Whitewater stands strong as a leader in sustainability.
Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011-2013 budget proposal would remove a mandate requiring local communities to run recycling programs and eliminate all recycling grants to local governments next year.
