GreenHouse Learning Community

(two floors)

92 residents

Mixed coed triples

(gender inclusive room options available)

If you are the type of person who is interested in being active in your environment and community, GreenHouse can provide you with the network, tools, and knowledge to get involved. Joining GreenHouse gives students an opportunity to go beyond a conventional residence hall experience: unique programs like seminars, field trips, shared meals, volunteering opportunities, and discussions that focus on the theme of sustainability.

It’s hard not to be inspired here, as the community is literally surrounded by sustainability, located in the LEED gold-certified Leopold Residence Hall, which includes an on-site rooftop greenhouse for residents.

Sponsors: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, College of Letters and Sciences

Additional Fee: $250 (exception request form) | Open to: all majors

How to Join

All items must be completed by your due date (May 1 for most admitted students). You can be assigned to any learning/theme community even if you did not preference it.

Sign your University Residence Halls contract and submit your advance payment in My UW Housing.
Rank the GreenHouse Learning Community first when you submit your hall preferences in My UW Housing.
Prioritize learning communities over residence halls when you submit your hall preferences in My UW Housing.
Indicate if you want a random or preferred roommate in My UW Housing, and create/join a roommate group if you have a preferred roommate(s). Make sure all preferred roommates have matching preferences.

GreenHouse helped me find my niche of people also interested in the environment and social justice through seminars, field trips, and student-led events.

Jordan S, GreenHouse resident

Seminar

Groups of people sit at tables and benches creating crafts from wood

GreenHouse Roots Seminar

INTER-AG 117 | 1 Credit

The GreenHouse seminar will provide a fertile foundation for our collective journey across the landscape of sustainability. Students will be challenged to think deeply about themselves and their place in the social and biophysical communities of which they are a part. You will read some provocative essays to help engage the meaning(s) of “sustainability” and consider how lifestyle and career choices impact other people and the environment. You will also have some fun in the process by taking the time to get to know fellow peers and traveling to experience firsthand the deep history of sustainability in Wisconsin and to learn more about current sustainability initiatives on the UW-Madison campus and in the greater Madison area.