SUSTAINABILITY SPOTLIGHT

WOW! What an amazing 2nd year for the Green Goose Chase. We knew the fun and excitement last year brought, but we were EGGstra excited...

Since the recent pandemic, more attention has been given to the importance of valuing mental health and overall well being which is a...

Our 2022 Sustainability Chats kicked off early February with a presentation done by Ted Redmond, co-owner of paleBLUEdot, a consulting...

2021, our first full year operating amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, was one steeped in serious playfulness for the Sustainability...

Our last Sustainability Chats of 2021 was a timely topic - salt use. As we quickly approach another Wisconsin winter, we know that...

As we began to plan the 2021 Sustainability Institute Drawdown Challenge Team, we hoped people would feel compelled to take action. We...

We are excited to finally announce our winners of the Inspiring Sustainability Awards for 2021. If you missed the live announcement at...

Our September Sustainability Chat revolved around Climate Action! If you missed the live event, you can scroll to the end of this blog to...

Our July Sustainability Chats focused on some amazing sustainability efforts happening with local elementary school, Hamilton-SOTA. If...

Hilltopper Refuse & Recycling's Brandon Knudtson presented at June's Sustainability Chats highlighting Hilltopper Refuse & Recycling's...

The Integrated Technology Center is a LEED Platinum certified building on Western Technical College’s campus. Western’s goal when...

When planning for the 2021 Earth Fair, we knew things would look a bit different. That opportunity opened the door for some new and fresh...

Part of our virtual Earth Fair celebration this year was a Sustainability Chats presentation by Drift Cycle's Jacob Sciammas. This new...

This past week we were able to chat with Steve Baker, General Manager of the Habitat ReStore, and tour the building located at Berlin...

It is hard to imagine that 2020 is finally coming to an end. This year has provided many unique challenges to non-profits and...

On November 10th, 2020, we were excited to finally announce our winners of the Inspiring Sustainability Awards at a live zoom event. If...

7 Rivers Recycling, LLC was founded in 2011 by Hilltopper Refuse & Recycling Service, Inc. and D&M Recycling as a collaborative effort to...

Join us on November 10th at 3PM for a live virtual awards ceremony where we will announce the two winners of the 2020 Inspiring...

We finished up the month of September and started the beginning of the fall season with a Sustainability Chats virtual tour of GoMacro,...

Conventional wisdom holds that with environmental protection and economic growth, one must come at the other’s expense. The case of...

Willie and Katie Bittner of Great Lakes Sustainability met at the MN Conservation Corps and bonded around the garden outside the dining...

On a warm September afternoon almost two years ago, a group of six students met in an English classroom to discuss Onalaska High School’s...

Our last Sustainability Chats was held on August 18th with Judson Steinback from Coulee Region Ecoscapes. He took us around the Community...

During our most recent Sustainability Chats, we co-hosted a Solar Power Hour with Grow Solar La Crosse. The Grow Solar La Crosse program...

by Casey Meehan, PhD Director of Programming, Sustainability Institute Sometimes I really like driving down a section of interstate...

Our June Sustainability Chats - Virtual Green Tour was hosted by La Crosse Distilling Co. You can watch the video playback of the...

Our first Sustainability Chats - virtual green tour - was this past Thursday, May 28th. UWL Professor Scott Cooper took us around his...

The protections put in place through "Safe-at-Home" orders, and the residual behavioral changes that will last for months to come, are...

Hello! Hi There! It is nice to virtually meet you! My name is Carrie Thompson, and I am the Operations & Program Coordinator for the...