Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Environmental Events

Nelson Institute Featured Events

November 9 – November 15

CPEP Seminar - Molecular Answers to Burning Questions: Investigating Ancient Wildfire Dynamics

November 11, 2025    
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
823 Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences

CHE Environmental Colloquium – The Three Faces of Non-Human Rights

November 12, 2025    
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
140 Science Hall

November 16 – November 22

AOS-CPEP Joint Colloquium

November 17, 2025    
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
811 Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences

Weston Roundtable - Green Chemistry as the Foundation of Sustainability and the Circular Economy

November 20, 2025    
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
1163 Mechanical Engineering

November 30 – December 6

Weston Roundtable - Are Carbon Tariffs Climate Policy?

December 4, 2025    
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
1163 Mechanical Engineering

Remembrance of Lost Species

December 4, 2025    
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Science Hall

December 7 – December 13

CHE Environmental Colloquium – International Court of Justice and Climate Obligations: What Next?

December 10, 2025    
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
140 Science Hall

Events contact: Alessandra Rella, Outreach Specialist, arella@wisc.edu

Subscribe to weekly email updates about Nelson Institute events by sending a blank message to env_events+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu.
Emails are sent at noon every Monday during the academic year.

Video Library

View recordings of past events on topics ranging from climate change to environmental justice. The library includes videos from Nelson Institute signature events such as Earth Day, as well as seminars hosted by our research centers.

View our video library

Campuswide Environmental Events