91°µÍø

The purpose of the SOS is to allocate the 91°µÍø Green Fund for projects, programs, and events addressing the various sustainability areas of transportation, energy, waste, climate change, water, food systems, campus ecology, education, and outreach. This is done through the collaboration of 91°µÍø students, faculty, staff, and administration whose collective efforts generate positive behavioral and infrastructural changes that serve to support the growth of our University as a sustainable institution.

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Past Achievements

Since its establishment in 2008, SOS is proud to have aided in the following programs and initiatives:

• The creation of a Student Sustainability Resource Center (SSRC) in Davies
• Funding for students to become certified in a global green building program, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
• Funding for students to attend sustainability conferences such as UMACS, AASHE, and the UW Annual Meeting
• Supporting UWEC LED lighting switches across campus
• Supporting LEED Certification of Sonnentag Event Center
• Pack It Up, Pass it on, an annual event that allows students to recycle dorm and housing essentials such as bedframes, dressers, and microwaves
• Making UWEC a Tree Campus through the Arbor Day Foundation
• Clothing swaps and sustainable fashion shows
• Nitrile Glove Recycling in the library archives and nursing labs
• Earth Claire, an annual sustainability event during Earth Week
• Providing reusable menstrual products and tote bags to the campus pantry
• Making UWEC Bee Campus USA Certified
• Establishing a Food Recovery Program that freezes leftover food from Hilltop for the campus pantry
• Various sustainable art projects on campus, such as the Smelt Glass Mural outside of Haas
• Composting and battery recycling on upper campus
• Bikeshare program in collaboration with student pantry
• Establishment of water filling stations across campus
• Bike "fix-it" stations across campus