University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
EN-3: Student Life

Public and Environmental Affairs Council (PEAC): The purpose of The Public and Environmental Affairs Council is to see that the University fulfills the roll of being ECO-U. We stand up for the environment, and hope to create a more sustianable campus and Green Bay Community through environmental awareness programs. With lots of hands-on work by enthusiastic people, the organization has been and will continue to be successful in achieving its goals.

SLO Food Alliance: This student group’s goals are: 1) Educate the campus community about the importance of locally grown, sustainable food, 2) Encourage a sustainable food system on campus and throughout the community and 3) Maintain the UWGB Campus Garden and use it as a focal point for the student organization. Members of this organization manage the campus organic garden which grows produce and herbs supplied to the Union’s food service. The group also offers a weekly garden stand for the UW-Green Bay campus for home use.

Student Government Association: Environmental Affairs Committee: It is the goal of the Environmental Affairs Committee to see that affects to the natural environment are considered in all matters taken up by the University. The original founding of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay focused on the connections between the natural environment and higher education. Throughout time this view has been transformed in various ways and continues to change even today. Our goal is to see to it that the environment continues to be as important of a voice as it was in previous times.

The Environmental Affairs Committee also works to understand the concerns of the current student body on local, state and federal matters related to the environment and the impacts of such matters on this University.

SLO Food Alliance: This student group’s goals are: 1) Educate the campus community about the importance of locally grown, sustainable food, 2) Encourage a sustainable food system on campus and throughout the community and 3) Maintain the UWGB Campus Garden and use it as a focal point for the student organization. Members of this organization manage the campus organic garden which grows produce and herbs supplied to the Union’s food service. The group also offers a weekly garden stand for the UW-Green Bay campus for home use.

The iPat film series continues in 2016/2017. UW-Green Bay’s environmentally focused iPat Movie Series is back. The environmental movie series iPAT continues this semester on the first Monday's of February, March, April and May all at 7PM. The first and last movies will be in the Brown County Library basement, where they have recently put in a very nice theater, while the middle two will be here at UWGB in the Christie Theater.

First on Monday, February 6th was "The Last Mountain", which follows a group of activists as they try to save a nearby mountain from the environmentally destructive mountaintop removal mining process.

Each iPat showing is followed by a commentary and Q & A session featuring a local expert or faculty member.

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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Common Theme for the 2016-2017 school year focused on “Food For Thought."

What's for dinner? The answer to that simple question profoundly influences our individual health and that of our communities, impacts the natural environment locally and globally, and drives many gender and social justice issues. Food is one of the most enduring ways that diverse cultures celebrate their rich traditions. Food, and all that food entails, at its very core is interdisciplinary. From its earliest days, UW-Green Bay was "Eco-U", an interdisciplinary institute and one that to this day embraces sustainability. Today's food issues must be understood from a variety of viewpoints if we are to have any meaningful positive impact on the health and sustainability problems facing our communities and our planet.

We envision numerous activities throughout the academic year to highlight food as it relates to culture and ethnic diversity, public policy, and environmental and human health issues. Activities will explore all dimensions of the food system - production, distribution, consumption, and disposal - to provoke thinking and dialogue on the sustainability and social justice challenges facing us.

UW-Green Bay and the Office of Residence Life are committed to sustainability and energy conservation in all facilities, services, and programs.

Housing & Residence Life has worked hard to make living on campus eco-friendly. Each year, the Residence Hall and Apartment Association (RHAA) sponsors a building energy-saving contest.

The sustainability committee hires a student intern each year to promote the activities of the committee, maintain our social media presence as well as our website. The student also helps educate the university community about the importance of using the hydration stations.

The Public and Environmental Affairs program spearheads the Green Ribbon graduation pledge among graduating seniors. Departing seniors are invited sign the pledge statement. They’ll get green ribbons to wear on their robes in return, signifying their support of the following statement: “I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work.”

The UWGB sustainability committee has created the following pledge for individuals to complete as we head into another school year. By thoughtfully considering each of the items in this pledge, we hope that you will lead a more sustainable lifestyle.

Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations. Sustainability is important to making sure that we have, and will continue to have, the water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our environment.