The topic will be the Center's Sustaining Wisconsin project.
All events are free and open to the public.
David Wood, policy director for the Center and a key contributor to the Sustaining Wisconsin project, is the presenter. He will explain the initiative and encourage students and interested citizens to become involved. The Sustaining Wisconsin project focuses on strategies for sustainable economic development. Wood notes that Wisconsinites take pride in the state's quality of life and progressive tradition, but he also notes that key indicators point to increasing problems with economic stagnation, environmental trouble spots, the loss of family farms, and legislative gridlock. Sustaining Wisconsin is the first major initiative of COWS, a research and policy center housed in the UW-Madison Sociology Department.