3 days ago
2 min

Waste NOT! - Sustainability Chats: Organics Composting & Special Event Recycling

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

May 21
2 min

Living Lab - Western's Integrated Technology Center (Sustainability Chats - virtual tour)

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

Apr 28
5 min

HONK! - The Green Goose Chase 2021

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...

Apr 20
2 min

Life in the Bike Lane - Drift Cycle (Sustainability Chats - virtual tour)

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

Mar 12
2 min

They do what?!? - Sustainability Chats with Habitat ReStore!

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

Jan 11
3 min

2020 Virtual Programming Recap

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

Nov 11, 2020
3 min

Congratulations! Announcing our 2020 Inspiring Sustainability Award Winners

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

Nov 2, 2020
2 min

Recycle a Mattress? 7 Rivers Recycling says of course you can!

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

Oct 28, 2020
1 min

Announcing the 2020 Nominees for the Inspiring Sustainability Awards!

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

Oct 15, 2020
1 min

Sustainability Chats: GoMacro - Bigger than a bar!

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

Sep 8, 2020
3 min

Business in the Environmental Era: the Case of Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations

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

Sep 4, 2020
2 min

Urban Agriculture on a Small City Lot - Sustainability Chats Recap

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

Aug 25, 2020
3 min

Onalaska High School Students Combat Food Waste: The Ecovim Project

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...

Aug 18, 2020
1 min

Sustainability Chats - Food Forest Tour

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

Jul 20, 2020
1 min

Sustainability Chats: Grow Solar La Crosse - Solar Power Hour

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

Jun 29, 2020
4 min

The Anxious Dance

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

Jun 17, 2020
1 min

Sustainability Chats - Virtual Tour of La Crosse Distilling Co.

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

May 29, 2020
3 min

Building & Living Passive with Scott Cooper - Sustainability Chats Virtual Green Tour

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

May 26, 2020
5 min

Let's Choose to Return to Better

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

Apr 28, 2020
2 min

New and exciting things are coming!

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

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Waste NOT! - Sustainability Chats: Organics Composting & Special Event Recycling

Living Lab - Western's Integrated Technology Center (Sustainability Chats - virtual tour)

HONK! - The Green Goose Chase 2021

Life in the Bike Lane - Drift Cycle (Sustainability Chats - virtual tour)

They do what?!? - Sustainability Chats with Habitat ReStore!

2020 Virtual Programming Recap

Congratulations! Announcing our 2020 Inspiring Sustainability Award Winners

Recycle a Mattress? 7 Rivers Recycling says of course you can!

Announcing the 2020 Nominees for the Inspiring Sustainability Awards!

Sustainability Chats: GoMacro - Bigger than a bar!

Business in the Environmental Era: the Case of Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations

Urban Agriculture on a Small City Lot - Sustainability Chats Recap

Onalaska High School Students Combat Food Waste: The Ecovim Project

Sustainability Chats - Food Forest Tour

Sustainability Chats: Grow Solar La Crosse - Solar Power Hour

The Anxious Dance

Sustainability Chats - Virtual Tour of La Crosse Distilling Co.

Building & Living Passive with Scott Cooper - Sustainability Chats Virtual Green Tour

Let's Choose to Return to Better

New and exciting things are coming!