Now the world's oldest center for restoring lost landscapes, the Arboretum's mission to reconstruct and understand the prairies, forests, savannas and wetlands of presettlement Wisconsin reflects the collective dreams of Aldo Leopold, John Curtis, Henry Greene and others. And through its work, the much-loved Arboretum has become a model not only for healing the land, but also for restoring our relationship with nature. The Campus as a Learning Environment For more information, including names of panelists for each discussion, visit the IES Web site . These are some of the questions to be taken up in a discussion series at Union South this semester organized by the Institute for Environmental Studies and inspired by the university's sesquicentennial.
All discussions are free and open to the campus community and public.
Not long ago, for example, the university hired its first environmental management coordinator, Daniel Einstein. He has worked both with the people who maintain the facilities and with students and professors from many departments on some very creative projects. Now, on another front, a campus committee is grappling with long-term plans for the campus natural areas, like Picnic Point and Muir Woods, which have suffered, until lately, from benign neglect. A lot is happening here. Organizers of the discussion series say that directing more attention to UW- Madison's environment is a fitting way to celebrate the university's sesquicentennial.