Sustainability & Environmental Studies
Courses for next semester
Sustainability and Environmental Studies Courses
Fall 2026
ENV 101 - Intro to Sustainability and Environmental Studies
This interdisciplinary, introductory seminar explores current sustainability and environmental issues from a variety of perspectives (historical, social, and scientific) and disciplines (humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences). Attitudes toward the natural world and approaches to public and private decision-making are examined in terms of environmental justice issues. Field trips are taken to examine local and regional practices and issues. CGER NSW-MBP Natural Science & Wellness: Mind, Body, & Planet
Alysa Remsburg TuTH 2:15-3:40 pm
TuTh 3:55-5:20 pm
TBD TuTh 7:45-9:10 am
Jan Welik TuTh 11:00-12:25 pm
TuTh 12:40-2:05 pm
Richard Frost MW 2:15-3:40 pm
MW 3:55-5:20 pm
Margot Higgins TBA INTERNET
TBA INTERNET
TBA INTERNET
ENV 310 - Food, Culture, and the Environment
This course provides an opportunity to investigate reasons for our food choices and impacts of the food system. Students meet professionals in the food system and ask questions that are both personal and societal. What led to our "normal" food options? Why is food waste a big deal for the planet? How are other people affected by our food choices? Is organic farming a solution? What can we do to reduce our carbon and water footprints? To investigate these kinds of questions, the course incorporates interviews, photography, video presentations, readings, service learning, food sampling, and discussion groups.
Alysa Remsburg TuTh 9:25-10:50 am
TBA
ENV 354 - Sustainability, Indigenous Knowledge, and the Environment
This class explores sustainability through Indigenous perspectives, emphasizing relationships among people, place, and the more-than-human world. Students begin the semester by examining oral traditions and the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous people and the natural environment. Students then consider land and water management practices, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), Indigenous food systems, the Land Back Movement, Nature's Rights, and climate adaptation. Through readings, discussions, and experiential learning, students critically engage with how Indigenous knowledge can inform sustainable futures while recognizing the importance of sovereignty and reciprocity.
Margot Higgins W 1:10-3:55 pm
COURSES PLANNED FOR FUTURE SEMESTERS
Spring 2027
ENV 315 Sustainability: Principles and Practices
ENV 316 Occupying the Driftless
ENV 350 Justice, Injustice, and Activism
Fall 2027
ENV 314 Bicycling the Wisconsin Landscape
ENV 351 Feeding the Planet: Environmental Justice of our Food Systems
ENV 313 Woodlands of the Driftless
Spring 2028
ENV 311 The Mississippi River: Mighty and Managed
ENV 315 Sustainability: Principles and Practices
ENV 353 Rural Livelihoods: Sustainability and the Environment in the Upper Midwest