The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Greg Kleinheinz will be featured on an upcoming Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) lecture series episode of “Wednesday Nite @ the Lab.”
Kleinheinz, Viessman Chair of Sustainable Technology and environmental engineering technology professor at UW Oshkosh, will give a talk titled “Wisconsin Beaches: A confluence of Environment, Economics and Equity” as part of WPT’s Northern Lights Tour, which takes place July 27 through 31.
The Northern Lights presentations will be recorded by WPT for later broadcast on the the University Place series of WPT’s Wisconsin Channel; the presentations will be available anytime online.
The presentation will feature work that has been done by UW Oshkosh over the years. The work, largely done by students, shows how sustainability principles can be used to solve natural world issues in partnerships with communities throughout the state. Kleinheinz said Door County alone has 34 public beaches that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
“This will reach a broad, statewide audience and highlight the good work by UW Oshkosh faculty and students,” Kleinheinz said. “Along the way, we have realized this endeavor has done much more than solve a public health or beach contamination issue. It has enhanced economic viability of communities and provided a socially equitable resource for the citizens of Wisconsin. It will hopefully put a different perspective, a more diverse perspective, to this work.”
“This presentation will review the complex variety and confluence of approaches and practices that are required to help ensure our beaches are free of contamination,” he said. “Beaches are an integral part of the culture of Wisconsin, a driving force in the Door County economy, and a resource that can be shared without a thought to social or economic status. The work that has been conducted in Door County not only has enhanced the natural resource quality of the water at beaches, but also has proven to be an enhancement to the economic vitality in communities while providing equitable access to our natural resources.”
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