The 2026 Campus Sustainability Week runs from October 5th – 9th, with events daily so you can connect with sustainability efforts across campus!
- Monday 10/5: Surplus Pop-Up Shop | 10AM-2PM | Union Concourse
- Find reused treasures! Sales cash only.
- Tuesday 10/6: Hydroponics Harvest | 10-12PM | Near Union Station
- Build your own FREE Microgreens Kit and harvest herbs from our hydroponics system.
- Tuesday 10/6: Touch Grass! | 3-4:30PM | Downer Woods | Registration Required
- Hike from Downer Woods to the Shorewood Nature Preserve, with Outdoor Pursuits.
- Registration required. Register through UREC here.
- Wednesday 10/7: Employee Open Enrollment Benefits and Wellness Fair
- More information available on the UWM HR website.
- UWM employees can stop by the Sustainability table, learn about ways to get engaged, and make free microgreen kits!
- Wednesday 10/7: Campus Sustainability Awards | Registration Required
- Email ask-sustainability@uwm.edu to inquire. Limited seating available.
- Thursday 10/8: Reduce It, Reuse It, Recycle | 10AM-2PM | Union Concourse
- Re-think your relationship to waste, with WM.
- LIVE waste audit! Watch staff and volunteers sort the Union’s waste and recycling to help inform waste diversion planning on campus.
- Free snacks provided!
- Friday 10/9: Pollinator Protectors | 9-11AM | Lapham Hall Pollinator Garden
- Volunteer to protect and restore important habitat on campus. Help plant new native plants at three different campus gardens!
- Free breakfast snacks provided!
- Register online here.
- Friday 10/9: Common Ground Opening Reception | 5PM-7PM | Union Art Gallery
- More information available on the Union Art Gallery website
- Opening reception co-sponsored by the Office of Sustainability
Special thanks to WM® for sponsoring Campus Sustainability Week!
