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.

	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 a news story and see photos on Facebook.
	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 names Campus Sustainability Fellow Dr. Kate Hale is appointed UW-Eau Claire's 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 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.
	Students conduct survey of campus carbon emissions UW-Eau Claire students in an advanced interdisciplinary natural sciences course are conducting a comprehensive survey of the university's carbon emissions and will share their findings with the university and the public.
	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.