Environmental Events

Nelson Institute Featured Events

September 15 – September 21

Inside the EPA: Tackling the Climate Crisis

September 16, 2024    
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Grainger Hall Plenary Room

Leveling Up: Careers in Environmental Education Lunch and Learn

September 17, 2024    
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Science Hall Student Lounge (Room 15)

CPEP Seminar - Don’t Let Food Waste Bug You: Insect Agriculture to Address Sustainability Concerns at UW-Madison

September 17, 2024    
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
823 Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences

CHE Environmental Colloquium – From Wood to Watercraft: Dugout Canoes of Wisconsin

September 18, 2024    
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
140 Science Hall

Weston Roundtable - Good for the Poor, Good for the Forest? Formalizing Smallholder Land Rights in the Amazon

September 19, 2024    
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
1163 Mechanical Engineering

September 22 – September 28

Weston Roundtable - Housing Markets, Discrimination, and Environmental Injustice

September 26, 2024    
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
1163 Mechanical Engineering

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

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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.

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Nelson Signature Events

Campuswide Environmental Events

  • September
    • September 14
      Ecological Restoration Work PartyArboretum Core Area and Curtis Prairie9:00 AM, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
    • September 15
      Native by Design: Gardening for a Sustainable FutureArboretum Native Gardening Conference8:45 AM, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
    • September 15
      Nature Hike in the Grady TractArboretum1:00 PM, Meet at Grady Tract parking lot (SE corner Seminole Hwy & W Beltline Frontage Rd), UW–Madison Arboretum
    • September 15
      Slow BotanyFriends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve field trip1:30 PM, Picnic Point entrance kiosk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 University Bay Drive, Madison WI 53705