{"id":685,"date":"2015-12-08T10:38:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T16:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=685"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:31:08","slug":"faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sustainability\/get-involved\/faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sustainability-amp-resilience-ambassadors\">Sustainability &amp; Resilience Ambassadors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty and staff interested in supporting sustainability efforts either in their own departments or on a campus-wide scale are encouraged to become Sustainability &amp; Resilience Ambassadors. <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sustainability\/get-involved\/sustainability-resilience-ambassador-program\/\">Learn more on the Ambassador webpage<\/a>. New cohorts start each semester!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-linkedin-learning-with-lynda\">LinkedIn Learning with Lynda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sustainability-related professional development trainings are available through LinkedIn Learning with Lynda.com. Sustainability-related Learning Paths and Courses focus on a wide-range of topics such as water and energy use, learning design for sustainability, collective impact, climate change, and sustainability strategies.\u00a0 A keyword search for any of these terms on the website will bring up relevant courses.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\">Visit the LinkedIn Learning website<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uwm-food-and-garden-club\">UWM Food and Garden Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2010, the foundation of the UWM Food and Garden Club was strongly supported by the presence and engagement of faculty and staff.\u00a0 Students are always welcome too, but as they come and go, it is the faculty and staff that provide the long-term support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sustainability\/what-we-do\/food\/campus-gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campus gardens<\/a>.\u00a0 Faculty and staff may opt to have their own plot in the campus gardens or provide support for the shared community gardens on campus.\u00a0 All are welcome to engage for a day, a year, or a tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email <a href=\"mailto:ask-sustainability@uwm.edu\">ask-sustainability@uwm.edu<\/a> to get added to the Food &amp; Garden Club list-serve, and start getting involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-office-certification-program-currently-on-hold\">Office Certification &#8211; <em>Program Currently On Hold<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-notice uwm-p-notice--warning\"><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--content\"><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--message\">The Green Office Certification program has been suspended. Please review other options, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sustainability\/get-involved\/sustainability-resilience-ambassador-program\/\">Sustainability and Resilience Ambassador<\/a> program to get involved. <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The UWM Green Office Certification recognizes and tracks departments on campus that put forth the extra effort to have greener operations and lessen their environmental impact. The program identifies a set of conditions and actions \u2013 some optional and some required \u2013 that departments can take to obtain the green certification. Departments determine their level of &#8220;green&#8221; and are awarded 1, 2, 3, or 4 Panther &#8220;Paws&#8221; depending on how many credits they can achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Categories for Consideration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Energy (IT)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transportation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purchasing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food &amp; Dining<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/panthers-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/gardne37_uwm_edu\/_layouts\/15\/guestaccess.aspx?guestaccesstoken=wZSp%2faESHb2CWfLhVGeuCAL6puC3S%2bMod8xp9GZ5tmw%3d&amp;docid=0dd364fe5f56a486da800b53be820b5c1\">Green Office Certification Resource Guide 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/panthers-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/gardne37_uwm_edu\/_layouts\/15\/guestaccess.aspx?guestaccesstoken=0LMl4UgjOqORJVfAvYqEJRxn9pazlNH3sLZLWzLB3tI%3d&amp;docid=0c44b7daa029c40dfadee3e1ff5ba5ff4\">Green Office Certification Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you would like to support the return of the Green Office Certification program on campus, please contact ask-sustainability@uwm.edu as we are looking for department champions to reinvigorate this program!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability &amp; Resilience Ambassadors Faculty and staff interested in supporting sustainability efforts either in their own departments or on a campus-wide scale are encouraged to become Sustainability &amp; Resilience Ambassadors. 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