Events and News

12:15p-1:15p - On the Issues with Mike Gousha. Learn more.

2:00p-3:00p - Q&A with Anna Clark. Learn more.

5:00p-6:00p - MU Forum keynote with Anna Clark. Learn more.

Faculty will learn how to use art and environment as engaging tools to enhance and invigorate their students' learning experience, regardless of discipline. This workshop is intended primarily for faculty and instructors, but other staff are welcome if capacity permits.

Learn more about this workshop and register

Curious about what happens to the items you recycle? Have questions about recycling? We will walk (10 minutes) to our local Materials Recovery Facility where we will learn about the recycling process and tour its operations. Register through the employee development GROW program.

The MU Center for Peacemaking's Soup with Substance series and Huda Alkaff present "Connecting Faith, Environmental Justice, and Sustainability through Education and Service." Huda, founder and director of Wisconsin Green Muslims (WGM), will be sharing her environmental justice work. Formed in 2003, WGM leads two initiatives - Faith Communities for Equitable Solar and Faithful Rainwater Harvesting - connecting diverse faith communities to the unifying powers of solar and rainwater in a peer-learning circle while building interfaith relationships, advancing equitable solar energy and nature-based solutions to flooding, and strengthening our community. WGM works on climate and environmental justice issues related to water, food, fair trade, solar energy, energy efficiency, waste reduction, transportation equity, Green Ramadan, and 100% Renewable Energy for All.

Learn more about the Center for Peacemaking's Soup with Substance series

Marquette's environmental club, Students for an Environmentally Active Campus, invites you to hop on a stationary bicycle and pedal-power an outdoor movie screening. Details coming soon.

Dr. Richard Holz (Chemistry) and Dr. Brian Bennett (Physics) will study an environmentally-friendly enzyme that is useful in cleaning up chemicals and pesticides from the environment.

The club will raise awareness about ocean and wildlife conservation and participate in activities such as zoo trips, Bradford Beach cleanups, speakers, and more.

The film festival engages students, faculty, staff, community members, and visiting filmmakers in a dialogue about local and global environmental issues and filmmaking. This year's two-day festival featured eight films, including "The Reluctant Radical" directed by Lindsey Grayzel.

The new Milwaukee Bucks arena, Fiserv Forum - also home to our men's basketball team - is the first venue of its kind to include design features and operational practices that prevent bird collisions and protect migrating species.

We have installed a large stormwater collection system at the site of the new Athletic and Human Performance Research Center, located across from the Al McGuire Center. Buried underground adjacent to the project, the system will capture and contain runoff during rainfall events. This will protect our rivers and Lake Michigan and alleviate our water treatment burden.

Marquette Place and Brew Bayou are almost entirely lit by LEDs now. Upgrades to LED lighting conserve electric energy, reduce carbon emissions, and save labor and operating costs.

Marquette Sustainability will now collect used or unwanted ink/toner cartridges and cellphones so we can recycle them properly and keep them out of the landfill. Contact sustainability@marquette.edu for dropoff instructions.

The Marquette Green Team is a new, collaborative team of student, faculty, and staff leaders who advance sustainability through peer education, outreach, and engagement. Each Green Team member represents and leads a community of his or her choice or definition. Learn more about the Green Team and sign up.

Thanks to what started as a student-led initiative at Humphrey Hall, now all residence halls use paperless processes for their daily logs, key checks, etc. They are also investigating paperless processes for their mailrooms.

MU faculty and staff can pick up free bus passes in advance for our first-ever Marquette U Ride the Bus Day. Grab a colleague and try the bus for a greener, healthier, and stress-free commute! Learn more about Marquette U Ride the Bus Day.

Zipcar, our car-sharing service provider, is offering free 30-day memberships to all students, faculty, and staff who register by September 30, 2018. Also, existing Zipcar members who drive three or more times within the first month of the school year will earn $10 in driving credit. Apply for Zipcar.

Marquette is revamping the Schroeder-AMU outdoor area by transforming it into added green space with lots of trees.

Marquette Dining Services retail locations (e.g., Marquette Place, Brew cafes) are phasing out plastic straws and transitioning to eco-friendly paper straws.

The new Milwaukee Bucks arena - home of Marquette men's basketball - will not offer plastic straws; concessions will use compostable materials.

Marquette Sustainability, Students for an Environmentally Active Campus, and SPARK Leaders engage the incoming class of 2022 in sustainability outreach and education.

Residence Life collected students' unwanted but reusable items and donated them to Goodwill and Casa Maria. This effort to reduce waste prevents those materials from going to the landfill.

Staff from most Facilities shops will no longer print work orders as of 5/9/18. Since September 2017, the shops have reduced their work order paper consumption by 38%, which will save about 23,000 sheets of paper per year.

During Spring 2018, enrollment in the Environmental Studies program increased to 30 majors and 5 minors. The program started in Fall 2016.

The Commons is on track to become Marquette's seventh LEED-certified building. It will feature a green roof, Marquette's first green wall (hops), and and underground stormwater collection tank that will also be used to meet irrigation needs. It will also have low-flow water fixtures and energy-efficient LED lighting.