Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Projects

• Water Resources Management Program

  The UW-Madison's Water Resources Management (WRM) Program provides an opportunity for students to approach water resources issues from an interdiscipl...

• Role of Natural Habitats in Agroecosystems

  UW-Madison personnel and community and government organizations are helping farmers in Arena, Plover, Stevens Point, Coloma, Friesland, Scandinavia, R...

• Symposium on Non-Carbon-Emitting Energy Options for Wisconsin

  This May 8-9, 2006 symposium, held at Monona Terrace, was designed to reach legislators, agency personnel, consulting firms and private citizens. It...

• Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Study Group

  The "Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle" study group was a project headed by Governor Doyle with an objective to advise the Department of Natural...

• Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI)

  The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, in collaboration with the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and other campus units, launc...

• Wolf preservation in Wisconsin and beyond

  Professor Adrian Treves conducts research, teaching, and outreach about the conservation and preservation of wolves in Wisconsin and other regions of...

• Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)

  The Center for Sustaniability and the Global Environment (SAGE) is a research center founded in 2001 in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies...

• CO2gether Project

  CO2gether is a website designed for people who live or are interested in the environment of south-central Wisconsin. The site provides tools for user...

• Climate Leadership Challenge (CLC)

  The Climate Leadership Challenge (CLC) is a philanthropically funded annual student innovation competition, open to all students at UW-Madison. The c...

• The Weston Roundtable Series

  The Weston Roundtable Series is a weekly lecture and discussion series geared toward public engagement with sustainability issues. Building on the su...

• Health Impact Assessment of Climate Change in Wisconsin

  The overall goal of this research project is to develop predictive models of climate change-related precipitation variability that pose environmental...

• Using satellites to enhance air quality understanding

  Professors Tracey Holloway (Nelson Institute/SAGE) and Steven Ackerman (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/CIMSS), along with Wisconsin Department of Na...

• Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium

  Professor Paul Zedler's project is one of a nation-wide set of fire science consortia that are funded by the Federal Joint Fire Science Program. The p...

• Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Monona

  The Natural Step Monona (TNSM) is a nonprofit grassroots community organization in city of Monona. We collaborated in a total of three service learnin...

• Briggs & Stratton Corporation

  Briggs and Stratton Corporation is the world’s largest producer of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment. A key organizational goal is to be an...

• Sustainability Metric Workbook

  For small and medium sized businesses, sustainability is about both finding a place to start and finding tools that work. The team identified on-line,...

• H&H Holdings Fleet Maintenance & Employee Outreach

  H&H Group Holdings has six different divisions including: Electric, Solar Energy Services, Plumbing Services, Energy Management, Wind Energy, and Fire...

• Focus on Energy: Driving Energy Efficiency in Small Restaurants and Bars

  Focus on Energy is Wisconsin utilities’ statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource program. The team took on the challenge of how Focus could...

• Future Roots: Business Plan Development

  Future Roots is a brand new agriculture startup located in New Berlin, with a focus on aquaponics farming. The team investigated ways for the new star...

• Lady Pietro Lavender Farm: Wholesale and Commercial Market Analysis

  A lavender farm is under development near Baraboo. The team provided background research and recommendations on how and where do local/regional herbal...

• Sustainability Report for Bladesmith Gastro Brewery

  A group of entrepreneurs was looking for help in integrating sustainability thinking into the design and development of a new brewpub in Madison. The...

• Visual Impressions Waste Diversion

  Visual Impressions is a contract apparel decorator in Milwaukee. They are having a difficult time recycling “pellon”. This material is a composite fib...

• Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Roadmap Marketing

  The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, is an independent, nonprofit organization since 1870 with the tagline, “We connect Wisconsin peop...

• YumButter: Day Without Food Campaign

  Yumbutter is a young startup in the nut butters industry. They are a registered B Corp and have a Buy One Feed One aspect to their sales. The team wor...

• Lands' End: Textile End of Life Recycling Program

  Lands' End, the global, Wisconsin based retailer, is looking to minimize their impact on the environment by continuing their journey towards sustainab...

• Crane USA Sustainability Assessment

  Since 2005, Crane has taken the lead in putting the “fun” into humidifiers, air purifiers, fans, space heating and night lights by following their man...

• New Madison Brewpub Sustainability Program

  Brewing requires a lot of water, for the product itself, for cleaning, and for sanitation. The brewing process also requires high energy use, includin...

• Future Roots Crop Production Plan

  Future Roots Farm, a new agriculture startup, is in the process of expanding production space and volume to bring high quality, local food to the mark...

• InPro Corporation B Corp Status

  InPro Corporation was looking to move into the group of businesses who now hold the potential to actually restore areas of the environment, rejuvenate...

• Johnson Health Tech North America: Water and Lighting

  Since beginning in 1975, Johnson Health Tech (JHT) has specialized in the design, production, and marketing of award-winning fitness equipment. Johnso...

• Microfinance Program Development for SWCAP

  The Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) is a local, nongovernmental, nonprofit (501(c)(3)), antipoverty organization serving five...

• 7th Annual Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Conference

  For the last six years, a team of students has created the conference for the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council, which over 400 people annually a...

• Sustainability and All that Jazz

  A group of Madison entrepreneurs is considering a concept for a new bar/restaurant which would brew local beer, serve tapas, and offer live jazz. The...

• Building Food Justice Capacity in South Madison

  The project builds food justice capacity in South Madison by forging a network of entrepreneurship opportunities in the field of urban agriculture for...

• Advancing Climate Science Education, Inquiry, and Literacy Across Rural Wisconsin Communities

  Our project aims to inspire scientific, placed-based inquiry and advance climate science education and literacy across Wisconsin’s economically disadv...

• Cultivating more than good food? Employees' social and economic outcomes on certified organic vegetable farms

  Hired labor plays an increasingly crucial role on certified organic vegetable farms, yet farm employees often experience low wages and lack access to...