SUSTAINABILITY SPOTLIGHT Blog

The 2025 Inspiring Sustainability Awards at La Crosse Distilling Co. was a night filled with magnetic energy. It was a fun, uplifting, and connective gathering where people came together to refill their cups and celebrate the incredible sustainability work happening across our community. The evening radiated warmth and appreciation as we honored this year’s nominees and revealed the award winners for 2025. The Inspiring Sustainability Awards began in 2010 through Coulee Partn

Meg Erdenebat brings an international perspective and a passion for environmental action to her work. Originally from Mongolia, Meg is a college student studying Environmental Development at her main university in Japan and attended the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse through an international exchange program. This summer, she shared her talents with us at the Sustainability Institute as the Summer Program Intern, compiling and sharing stories from other local YCAF project

Kaitlyn Weihe, Sustainability Coordinator at Habitat for Humanity, is an advocate for practical, community-based climate solutions. She...

Charlee and the renewed garden beds. Charlee Gauger, a sophomore at the University of Minnesota majoring in Environmental Science, was...

We're excited to announce the nominees for the 15th annual Inspiring Sustainability Awards! For 15 years, this event has recognized...

Adela with City of La Crosse Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey during her 2025 project Extreme Weather Kits for Vulnerable Populations ....

In this Sustainability Chat, we sit down with Ishmael to explore his journey with a Youth Climate Action project. Ishmael was awarded a...

Aditi sharing her book "Tech Tales" Meet Aditi, a junior at Onalaska High School who is passionate about making sustainability easier for...

Kaarina Dunn on site of her 2024 YCAF Project: Upcycle Our Symphony Onalaska High School student, Kaarina Dunn ,  is already making waves...

Mahlivanh & Ella on site shooting their film - Ecosystem La Crosse: The Life of a Community Ella LeDocq, a 2024 graduate of Minnesota...

We are goosed! After 11 days of an amazing adventure, we totally agree that our 5th year did not disappoint. With new missions, a new...

For our March Sustainability Chat we sat down to talk with Beth Piggush about her work around Land Justice. Beth is a sustainability...

Join us this February for an exciting Sustainability Chat with Ethos Green Power Cooperative ! In this session, we explored key questions...

Andrew at the Inspiring Sustainability Awards. In our January Sustainability Chat, we were joined by Andrew Ericson , Sustainability...

Check out December's Sustainability Chat with Eneration , the non-profit team behind the nation’s first energy-independent healthcare...

As we came together at the La Crosse Distilling Co., the atmosphere was buzzing with excitement to honor all the nominees and reveal the...

Our October Sustainability Chat is a timely one with the upcoming election season. We sat down with Lee Rasch, Executive Director of...

For the fall of 2024, Sustainability Chats are getting a new look! We will be recording our Sustainability Chats and releasing them...

Our June Sustainability featured The Nature Place - a 501 C3 organization positioned in the bottom of Myrick Park and along the La...

What can we say? The fourth year of the Green Goose Chase has us flying high! From returning teams to new teams, this year was our...