UW-Madison is noted in 25 of the area’s savviest, smartest, boldest, well-intentioned and hardest-working stewards of justice, humanity and the environment.
–The Nelson Institute
The UW–Madison epicenter of environmental and sustainability research, the Nelson Institute, was founded in 1970 and renamed in 2002 after Gaylord Nelson, former U.S. Senator and lifelong environmentalist who, among other things, created Earth Day.
–Jonathan Patz
Thanks to the research of Dr. Jonathan Patz, we know that global warming is not only an environmental and public health crisis but also an ethical one. The UW professor is a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the organization that shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore).
–Dan Anderson and Tom Eggert
Dan Anderson and Tom Eggert are advocates for a Center for Business, Environment and Social Responsibility under consideration at UW–Madison. For more than a decade they have been working to incorporate environmentalism, sustainability and social justice into the Business School curriculum.