Students for Sustainability (SFS) is reaching out again to help educate UW-La Crosse about great things going on in our campus and local community, but this time the message is coming straight to your inbox.
Debuting this week, SFS is putting out a new e-newsletter: Sustainability Now, that students will be able to access in a PDF format. This newsletter will contain articles and highlights about sustainable activities, classes, local businesses, and even student research.   Sustainability Now was made possible by multiple contributors including those from Health and Wellness, the Environmental Studies minor, the Recreation Management Department, many others, and of course the dedicated students in SFS.
The inspiration for this newsletter came about originally as a way for our university to obtain more points in the new STARS program. STARS stands for Sustainability Tracking and Reporting System, and is a new internal reporting system that UW-L joined this past year. Other universities like UW-Stevens Point, and UW-Madison have already been members for several years, and achieved high ratings. Through this system, UW-L uses a pre-determined rubric to put in information about how sustainable we are, and then an external organization gives us a rating (bronze, silver, gold, etc.) based on how many points they award us in each rubric category. Not only will publishing Sustainability Now help promote awareness of sustainability initiatives on campus, it also helps our university gain more points in the STARS program!
Sustainability Now will be circulating the campus through various outlets, but if you don’t have access to a direct copy and would like one, feel free to contact myself at [email protected], or Ian Wright at [email protected]. Also, contact us if you are looking for opportunities to publish your work!
We are always looking for other passionate individuals who want to get involved.
Watch out for the first issue of Sustainability Now, and the many other issues to come in the future!

What’s Happening:

Students for Sustainability Meetings
Tues., 7 p.m., 2214 Centennial Hall
Spring Farmer’s Market
Mon., March 30, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Attacking Ocean Presentation
Thurs., April 2, 7 – 8 p.m.