Author: John Arendt
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PEA Department and EPP Program to Sponsor Film
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The Public and Environmental Affairs Department along with the Environmental Policy & Planning program will be co-sponsoring a film showing on Friday, October 17, 2025 at the Christie Theatre in the University Union. Carbon Men Salvation: The Senator’s Dilemma – The climate is boiling. Congress is frozen. A climatologist sounds the alarm for impending disasters.…
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Applications open for the Phoenix Green Teacher Award
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The UW-Green Bay Sustainability Committee invites ALL instructors to apply for the Phoenix Green Teacher Award for 2025-26. The program recognizes UW-Green Bay instructors who promote environmental sustainability through teaching, who seek to minimize negative environmental impacts, and who promote sustainability on campus. The award is open to instructors of all fields—not just those in sustainability-focused…
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Applications open for the Phoenix Green Staff Award
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The UW-Green Bay Sustainability Committee encourages staff to apply for the Phoenix Green Staff Award for 2025-26. The program recognizes UW-Green Bay staff who promote environmental sustainability through their personal behaviors at work and participation in sustainability-related initiatives and activities. The award is open to all staff. To apply, simply complete this brief survey. Awardees will be…
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Electronics Recycling is Saturday May 10th
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Register to recycle electronics at UWGB before spots fill up! (Registration is now required due to popular demand!) The event will be on Saturday, May 10, 2025 between 12-3pm in the Weidner Parking Lot B. A list of accepted and non-accepted items is on the registration page. This event is sponsored by the Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company…
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Verónica Brieno Rankin, LL.M. named UW-Green Bay’s ‘Earth Caretaker’ for 2025
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Environmental Management and Business Institute (EMBI) will award the 15th annual Earth Caretaker Award to Verónica Brieno Rankin. Ms. Brieno Rankin ’99 began her career in public service as a Commissioned Officer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Corps, where she graduated from NOAA’s Basic Officer Training Course at the…
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EMBI and the Brown County Izaak Walton league to Host “A Visit From Will Dilg”
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The Brown County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, with the support of UWGB’s Environmental Management & Business Institute (EMBI), is hosting a live production of “A Visit From Will Dilg,” a story not only about the Izaak Walton League’s first national president but also about the League’s efforts to protect the Upper Mississippi River…
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Molly Meyers with EMBI, Secures $650,000 NRCS Grant
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Molly Meyers, a researcher with the Environmental Management and Business Institute, secured a $650,000 grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to lead a study on the impacts of long-term implementation of soil health practices on agricultural runoff across the Great Lakes Basin. This project, part of a collaborative effort with the Natural Resources Conservation…
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Professors John Stoll and Kevin Fermanich named UW-Green Bay’s ‘Earth Caretakers’ for 2024
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Environmental Management and Business Institute (EMBI) will award the 14th annual Earth Caretaker Award to Dr. John Stoll, UW-Green Bay Emeritus Professor of Economics and alumnus, and an honorary Earth Caretaker Award to Dr. Kevin Fermanich, Emeritus Professor, Geoscience, Environmental Science and Water Science. Both John and Kevin served as faculty associates…