Events Category: Connection and Community

Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, WI
April 23, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
https://earthfest.wisc.edu/events/earth-fest-forum-climate-courage/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJYXsBleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqxobDQPsNQEd32sHO7z_V2P9-OvyARd7xJsPqDrRFpkJV1eqb_o8ADw_BvkOMSS576TN_aem_sBV7w9XlXptZOWVq3HHoeg

Join the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the UW–Madison Office of Sustainability for a day of art, action, and stories of resilience as we explore what it means to show up for the planet, …

715 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin Library Mall
April 24, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
https://uwmadison.givepulse.com/event/560436

Learn about the greater Madison community and how we as students can be more involved outside of campus through an interactive walling tour. Explore the various resources, recreational spots, and other important aspects of the Madison regions and reflect on what it means to be a part of the community.

The Crossing - 1127 University Avenue, Madison, WI
April 24, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

This workshop is hosted by the UW-Madison Office of Sustainability in collaboration with Associated Students of Madison Sustainability, Food Recovery Network, Slow Food, and other student organizations. The event will feature a no-cost dinner and …

3250 Helen C. White Hall - 600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI
April 25, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
https://earthfest.wisc.edu/events/how-sustainable-and-healthy-is-our-food-global-food-production-and-health-poster-session-2/

Join the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences to learn about where your bananas, coffee, rice, oats, and avocados come from, and how sustainable the farms are that produce them. Students from the Agronomy 377: …

Featuring: Sarli Mercado, Erika Rosales Garcia, Mixtec poet Celerina Sanchez, with translator, and Lori DiPrete Brown, Jennifer Gaulthier, and Constantino Aucca Chutas
1115 Wisconsin Energy Institute - 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI
April 26, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
https://earthfest.wisc.edu/events/indigenous-natures-science-traditional-wisdom-and-poetry/

Join the Nelson Institute’s Center for Culture, History, and Environment and Mundo Esperanza for discussions on science, traditional wisdom, and poetry.

Featuring: Julia Bourdet
UW Arboretum - 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, WI
April 27, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
https://earthfest.wisc.edu/events/two-wheels-many-stories-a-graphic-artists-journey-to-interview-climate-activists-across-the-u-s/

Join French artist and author Julia Bourdet on her quest to meet and speak to activists in the U.S. and discuss the pivotal moments that led them to take environmental action. This presentation offers a …

DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, WI
April 29, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
https://earthfest.wisc.edu/events/civil-rights-activism-and-agriculture-a-family-that-kept-the-land/

The scholarship on the Great Migration concentrates on those who left the south, yet millions of African American farmer families stayed. Their voices have been overlooked. One family that chose to stay in the south …

Week-long journey through Wisconsin
May 12, 2025 @ 9:00 am - May 16, 2025
https://cfli.wisc.edu/webt/

The Wisconsin Experience Bus Tour (WEBT) is a fully-funded, week-long journey through Wisconsin, offering UW students unique insights into the state’s diverse communities and organizations. By exploring new perspectives and engaging in reflection, students deepen their learning beyond the classroom while building connections with peers and community leaders. The 2025 WEBT Application will open on Jan. 21, 2025, and close on March 4, 2025.