Events

19th Annual UW Science Expeditions - Campus Open House: April 9-11

2:00pm | Online and Outdoors

Come explore UW-Madison - your public land-grant research university - and experience science as exploring the unknown. Interact with researchers, visit science venues across campus, enjoy recorded and live online Science Spectacular Shows, and try your hand at virtual Exploration Stations. From astronomy to zoology, UW Science Expeditions is the annual campus-wide science open house that connects you to UW people & places all year round. All events are free and open to the public.

Multisolving for Equitable Community Climate Solutions

10:30am | Online Workshop - Join from anywhere! Are you interested in learning more about climate change solutions in the Midwest? Join us to explore the power of networks in generating community-based solutions to climate change. Climate Interactive will lead a workshop, Multisolving with En-ROADS, using a virtual simulation to explore climate change solutions. Attendees will also participate in an exploratory discussion centered on environmental justice, cumulative impacts, and climate change solutions. By attending this workshop and interactive discussion, participants will understand the intersectionality of climate change solutions, the power of a system thinking and collaborative network approach to developing solutions, and leave with a sense of agency and motivation to take action in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Hosted by Climate Interactive, Climate Generation, RE-AMP, and Wisconsin Green Muslims, and the WI Energy Institute

Local and regional effects of climate policies targeting fossil fuel infrastructure

3:30pm | Online

In this Sustainable Energy Seminar, Morgan Edwards, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, will discuss the relationship between global climate targets and addressing coal and natural gas infrastructure at the local and regional level.

Abstract:

CROSSROADS: GOING FORWARD WITH EQUITY ON CLIMATE CHANGE

7:00pm | Online - Join from anywhere! What do we gain when we include diverse communities in the conversation about climate change? And what do we lose when we don’t?

A Look Under Ground: Why Root Interactions Matter for Plants, Climate, and Humans

6:30pm | Online - Join from anywhere! Do a plant’s neighbors matter? To answer this question scientists study plant roots and what they do in the soil. Hidden below the surface, roots play a tremendous role--from the size of few microns to whole landscapes--on the lives of soil microbes, plants, and even humans. Join us to meet a team of incredible MSU scientists, learn how they design experiments to study soil and roots, and find out how they apply what they uncover to growing plants to make plant-based fuels.

Ride with RENEW

8:00am | Eau Claire, WI Save the date for RENEW Wisconsin’s annual Ride with RENEW bike tour. The bike ride through Eau Claire will highlight some of Wisconsin’s leading renewable energy installations while raising money for RENEW. All event proceeds support RENEW Wisconsin’s ongoing work to protect and defend renewable energy in Wisconsin.