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Outreach Initiatives

We are committed to informing the public about sustainability and our efforts. Here are some examples of what we are doing.

June 5, 2008. The AASHE Bulletin announces UW Oshkosh's Winnebago Project, a two day faculty college on infusing sustainability into the curriculum.

September, 2008. News stories about UW Oshkosh becoming the first Fair Trade University in the country appear in media outlets across the country.

September 4, 2008. The AASHE Bulletin announces UW Oshkosh as the first Fair Trade University in the country.

February 9, 2009. The AASHE Bulletin announces Almut Beringer as the new UW Oshkosh Director of Campus Sustainability.

February, 2009. Almut Beringer joins the City of Oshkosh Sustainability Planning Committee.

February 23-24, 2009. Chancellor Wells and Almut Beringer each submit a response to the Oshknosh Northwestern's call for a rationale for hiring the new Director.

February 27, 2009. AASHE publishes an interview with David Barnhill on Fair Trade and other sustainability initiatives at UW Oshkosh.

March 1, 2009. Oshkosh Northwestern publishes Chancellor Wells's comments on the nature and importance of the Director of Campus Sustainability.

March 6, 2009. David Barnhill is an invited presenter on sustainability in the curriculum at a panel titled "Generating Power: Mobilizing the Union to Revitalize Higher Education" at the American Federation of Teachers Higher Education Issues Conference in Miami Beach.

The cover article in the March/April issue of the American Federation fo Teacher's On Campus magazine is on greening the campus. The article concludes with a brief interview with David Barnhill

March 27, 2009. Vice-Chancellor Tom Sonnleitner, Almut Beringer, Steve Arndt, and David Barnhill present "A Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality" at the 2009 Wisconsin Renewable Energy Summit.

March 28, 2009. Jim Feldman and David Barnhill offer a workshop on integrating sustainability into the curriculum at the Nineteenth Century Studies Association Annual Meeting. The theme of the conference is "The Green Nineteenth Century."

 

For more information about our publicity initiatives, or if you want to join the effort, contact David Barnhill, barnhill@uwosh.edu.

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by David Barnhill last modified Mar 04, 2009 04:35 PM
Bike and Pedestrian Survey

The City of Oshkosh is updating its Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation Plan and they are looking for public input from people who live, work, study, or recreate in Oshkosh.   They have developed a website that has links to an online survey:

 

pedestrian_bicycle_plan

 

Even if you do not currently use a bike or walk to campus, completing the survey will help the city learn why you do not, or how they might improve city infrastructure. 

 

Most of us use city facilities every day: sidewalks along streets carrying automobiles through campus are built by the city, to their current standards.  The last public meeting was in August, so student and staff input was not representative of UW Oshkosh pedestrians and bicyclists. So please consider giving the city some feedback from the campus community.