Join us for these upcoming programs and events! 
UMACS events are small and interactive so that you can build connections with others throughout the Upper Midwest.
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Are you helping to lead sustainability efforts on your campus?

Join the 2025 UMACS Coffee Chats for Sustainability Leaders series! We meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month from 9:00-10:00 am CST. These facilitated meetings are an opportunity to share best practices, resources and struggles with your regional peers.

Help choose Coffee Chat topics by voting on proposed ones here! Sign up for the topics of interest and/or value to you, and invite others from your campus to join the discussion.
Are you working/wanting to work on the campus energy transition?
Join the 2025 UMACS Adventures in Energy series! We meet on the third Tuesday of each month from 3:00 - 4:00 pm CST. These facilitated meetings are an opportunity to share best practices, resources and struggles with your regional peers.

Sign up for the topics of interest and/or value to you, and invite others from your campus to join the discussion.
UW-Stevens Point Summer Retreat
June 25 & 26
Join us at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for two days of professional development and networking with other sustainability leaders in the Upper Midwest!

Activities for our retreat include:
  • a campus sustainability tour & nature reflection walk
  • two group dinners and a public concert
  • breakout sessions with the UW-Stevens Point Ed.D students
  • an art mural walk
Purchasing the book: If your campus library has access to Springer, you can download the book for free. You can also order a paperback version from Springer for $40 or a hardback copy from Amazon for $108.

Campus Changemakers’ Book Group
Fostering Sustainability in Higher Education: Leveraging Human Behavior in Organizations
by Elise L. Amel, Christie M. Manning, Catherine S. Daus, and Makayla Quinn

​We are excited to announce that  Dr. Elise Amel (University of St. Thomas) and Dr. Christie Manning (Macalester College) have offered to host a six part discussion of their book Fostering Sustainability in Higher Education  the third Thursdays of the month from 9-10 am CST from January to June to discuss their book. We encourage you to invite a team from across your campus to participate so you can work together to take action based on the ideas presented in the book.

Dates: Thursdays from 9-10 am CST (1/16, 2/20, 3/20, 4/17, 5/15, and 6/19) 

Cost: $80/participant or $200 for 3 or more people from your campus. FREE for Supporting Members

Book Description: Sustainability is one of the most critical challenges facing humanity. Changing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is crucial to overcoming that challenge because of their roles providing cutting edge knowledge and preparing our future citizens, workforce, and thought leaders. Many educational organizations are already leading the way toward sustainability, but a multitude of others still have substantial work to do. The field of Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychology offers a wealth of knowledge about human behavior within organizations that can support the changes essential for moving toward sustainability. This book serves as a one-stop-shop for individuals intent on engaging their HEIs in sustainability, but who have little experience with organizational change or have encountered barriers to progress. It synthesizes the empirical literature and describes through accessible prose the psychological principles to encourage structural, procedural, social, and behavioral changes in support of a socially just and environmentally sustainable future.