As a university committed to enhancing the environment, UW-Eau Claire continuously explores and seizes opportunities to model sustainable practices, pilot innovative approaches to resource use, and work with our community to create solutions to environmental challenges.

Learn more by exploring the links below and reading "The Greening of the Blue and Gold" in the fall 2008 issue of The View, UW-Eau Claire's alumni magazine. Also see the university's sustainability Web site.

	Student Senate commission has green focus TheStudent Office of Sustainability, a commission of the UW-Eau Claire Student Senate, is responsible for allocation of the green fund, which comprises student segregated fees for the purpose of improving sustainability at UW-Eau Claire.
	Green bikes generate pedal power for McPhee grid Indoor spinning bikes in UW-Eau Claire's McPhee Physical Education Center have been fitted with technology that transfers the energy generated by people riding the bikes to McPhee's electrical grid. See photos and more information.
	Boulter is second Campus Sustainability Fellow Dr. James Boulter is appointed UW-Eau Claire's second Campus Sustainability Fellow as part of the implementation of the university's strategic plan, which calls for identifying and prioritizing campus improvements focusing on sustainability.
	UW-Eau Claire named a 2011 Green College Princeton Review names UW-Eau Claire among the most environmentally responsible colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. More information.
	Rain garden is ready to slow parking lot runoff Students and other volunteers planted a rain garden along a UW-Eau Claire parking lot to capture rainwater runoff and reduce pollutants reaching the nearby Chippewa River. Read news story.
	Blugold Dining, Veolia launch composting program Nearly 2 tons of waste a week is diverted from an Eau Claire landfill thanks to a composting program launched by UW-Eau Claire and its refuse management provider. More information.
	UW-Eau Claire commits to becoming 'climate neutral' In August 2007, UW-Eau Claire joined colleges and universities across the nation in becoming a signatory to the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. The Presidents Climate Commitment is the first such effort by any major sector of society to set climate neutrality — not just a reduction in harmful emissions — as its target. More information.
	Report outlines strategies for reducing carbon emissions The "State of the University: UW-Eau Claire Carbon Emissions and Recommendations for Achieving Carbon Neutrality 2008" report outlines the university's short- and long-range strategies to reduce its carbon footprint.
	Faculty and staff establish Clean Commute Initiative Through the Clean Commute Initiative, a campuswide effort promoting greener ways to commute, more than 200 UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff have signed a pledge promising to bike, walk, carpool or use public transportation as much as possible.
	Student organization raises awareness of food systems The Foodlums, an academic and social organization that grew out of a "Geography of Food" course, promotes healthy and responsible eating, educates members and others about the benefits of local foods, and helps raise student and community interest in and awareness of food systems.
	Performance space renovations use green technology The Cabin, UW-Eau Claire's venue that hosts the longest-running coffeehouse series in the nation, undergoes renovations including a new lighting system that will reduce the space's power consumption by 95 percent per show.