A University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point December 2024 graduate is looking to her future to find where she can make the biggest impact in helping the planet. Kalli Mikkonen, Iron River, Wis., knew from a young age that she had a career in sustainability ahead of her. “From the time I was 12 years old, being […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has been ranked the highest of any public institution in the state for its achievements in sustainability, according to an international accrediting body. UW-Stevens Point earned a STARS Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), a group of colleges and universities working towards […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is taking sustainability to the next level in 2024 by developing a Climate Action and Resilience Plan and kicking off a task force that will help the university work toward carbon neutrality in years to come. Chancellor Thomas Gibson has signed a Resilience Commitment with Second Nature, a national organization […]

Eco fairs, several speakers and a BioBlitz are among educational and entertaining environmental events that will be held to celebrate Earth Week April 18-23 at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campuses. The following are free and open to the public. The keynote speaker on Earth Day is Heather Berklund, chief state forester with the Wisconsin Department […]

A new community sustainability major will be offered this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, integrating the social, ethical and political dimensions of environmental sciences with the tools to foster community change. The degree will include courses in several disciplines as diverse as psychology and chemistry. The program complements existing sustainability degrees at UW-Stevens Point that […]

WSAW Channel 7 Wausau – March 14, 2022 ​By Hannah Borchert UW-Stevens Point students partnered with the DNR to help boost the population of the state threatened prairie chicken species. The president of the Wildlife society leading the ‘Adopt a Wildlife Area’ project said they began the project in 2017 and just committed to another […]

UW-Stevens Point is the only UW campus to have compost bins in every academic building on campus. Keeping up with composting is a group effort. “We take our 73 hundred students and they all go back to their own communities and they can show their friends and their family and kind of expand this whole […]