Grass Roots Club
The Grass Roots Club has helped promote sustainability, conservation, and environmentally sound
practices on the Nicolet campus, as well as create a better student knowledge of sustainability. They helped Nicolet adopt environmentally sound resource conserving practices across the campus' policies, procedures, and operations. For example, the club encouraged a ban on styrofoam on campus. They helped the campus make the move to using recycled paper and copying on both sides. The club helped establish paper, plastic, and aluminum recycling receptacles around the campus
Grassroots Student Environmental Club Field Trip: Midwest Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair
Students attended this fair near Stevens Point to learn about using sustainable practices in their own lives. The fair features many new innovations in environmentally friendly technology. Students who attended the conference returned armed with new knowledge, better able to make environmentally friendly choices, and with a few souvenirs as well. The fair is also open to businesses looking to explore environmentally friendly alternatives, such as installing solar panels to generate energy.
Midwest Renewable Energy Association
Trash to Treasures-Recycle and Reuse Contest
The recycle and reuse contest challenged students, faculty, and staff to sort through their "trash" (aluminum cans, newspapers, old toys or bicycles, clothes, items from thrift shops, etc.) and to use their creative talents to create a "treasure". All entries had to incorporate at least 50% reused items. These items were listed on a sheet of paper with any new materials used and a description of the treasure created. Individuals or groups entered their creations to be judged with the categories being "most useful" and "most creative individual and group" entries. Judging was also based on the percentage of reused items your entry was constructed out of and how much your entry deviated from its original use (the more it deviated and the higher the percentage of reused items, the better). Prizes were awarded to the top entries for the students and certificates of recognition were awarded to the faculty and staff.