Re:wild Your Campus in the News
Explore stories and media coverage highlighting our work to transform campuses into vibrant, sustainable, and safe environments.
Coverage by Year
Featured press
- Forbes 30 under 30 for Social Impact, 2026
January 1, 2026 - Forbes - Restoring Biodiversity at Centers of Learning
October 23, 2025 - Earth Island Journal - Bringing the wild things back to campus
May 14, 2024 - NPR - Re:wild Your Campus Wants to Turn College Campuses Into Climate-Resilient Green Spaces
July 21, 2023 - Teen Vogue - Students prod colleges to let campus greens grow wild
Jan 27, 2023 - AXIOS - It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Lush Lawns
January 2, 2023 - The New York Times - To Combat Climate Anxiety, College Students Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands. Literally
July 20, 2022 - US News and World Report
2026
- Two college students led a crusade to end herbicide use on their campus. Now they're doing the same at schools nationwide
May 1, 2026 - GoodGoodGood - The Four Sacred Gifts with Dr. Anita Sanchez – Ep. 21 – Rewilding Our Planet with Mackenzie Feldman, Hawaiian
April 16, 2026 - Be Here Now Network - UC Regents discuss health care concerns, state budget at first meeting of 2026
January 26, 2026 - The Guardian - St. Edward’s Speaks for the Trees
January 22, 2026 - The Austin Chronicle - Forbes 30 under 30 for Social Impact, 2026
January 1, 2026 - Forbes
2025
- Kozmetsky Center, Civics Lab encourage community to learn about Get Fertilizer Wiser at town hall
December 18, 2025 - Hilltop Views - Home Turf
December 4, 2025 - Excel: Drexel University Research Magazine - Restoring Biodiversity at Centers of Learning
October 23, 2025 - Earth Island Journal - SO ILL - Re:wild Your Campus
September 24, 2025 - WSUI - Stanford Launches Cross-Campus Pilot for Organic Landscape Management
September 16, 2025 - Sustainable Stanford - Drexel certified for Green Grounds
June 6, 2025 - The Triangle - St. Edward’s University Awarded Green Grounds Gold Level Certification for Environmental Efforts
April 30, 2025 - St. Edward's University News - Adopting Organic Land Care to Regenerate California Communities
April 1, 2025 - Voice of OC - Campus Arks How Universities can Protect Biodiversity
March 25, 2025 - Earth Island Journal - Pomona College’s Merritt Field transformation contradicts environmental commitments
March 14, 2025 - The Student Life - UCLA Honored for Sustainable Grounds Management
March 3, 2025 - Facilitiesnet - UCLA becomes first California campus awarded a Green Grounds Certification
February 13, 2025 - Culver City Observer - Rewilding on Berkeley's Campus
February 9, 2025 - The Daily Cal - UCLA becomes first California campus awarded a Green Grounds Certification
February 7, 2025 - UCLA Newsroom - When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Mom’s Immunity-Boosting Morning Water!
January 22, 2025 - Edible East Bay
2024
- Eliminating Herbicides on UC Berkeley’s Campus
November 22, 2024 - 94.1 KPFA Terra Verde - College pilots organic land care on Mac Field
November 4, 2024 - The Scarlet and Black - Decolonize Your Lawn: The Case for Native Plants and Ecological Resilience
October 14, 2024 - Trucha - Grounds for Change: UW–Madison Launches Organic Landscape Management Pilot Project
October 7, 2024 - UW Madison News - UMass Amherst Earns Green Grounds ‘Gold’ Certification
September 26, 2024 - Looking at the Student Research Behind Drexel’s Move to Organic Turf Management
September 25, 2024 - Drexel News - Meet the Hawaii changemakers chosen for this year’s Obama Foundation leaders program
September 20, 2024 - Hawaii News Now: - The Keeper of the Ground
June 28, 2024 - The Climate Tribe - Bringing the wild things back to campus
May 14, 2024 - NPR - Student campaign bans pesticides at Drexel
May 3, 2024 - The Triangle - UTRGV Celebrates Earth Fest 2024
April 23, 2024 - UTRGV Pulse - Sunrise Princeton hosts Earth Day climate walkout
April 23, 2024 - The Daily Princeton - Drexel University is phasing out herbicides, pesticides on campus grounds
April 18, 2024 - WHYY - Growing concerns beyond the lawn
April 16, 2024 - The Rider - TCNJ Organic Land Management: A mission to eradicate Roundup
April 3, 2024 - The Signal - A college gardening group is bringing native plants back and 'rewilding' New Jersey
March 23, 2024 - NPR - St. Edward’s takes on annual college sustainability summit to learn, showcase programs
February 13, 2024 - Hilltop Views - Homeowner reveals the simple change that let them 'delete' their lawn care routine: 'Much easier and it kept weeds down'
February 11, 2024 - The Cool Down - Lollapalooza Teams with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild Environmental Organization For Global Greening Initiative
January 24, 2024 - Billboard - Dell Medical School keeps its campus green, receives platinum Green Grounds Certification
January 21, 2024 - The Daily Texan
2023
- Rising eco-champion embraces nature, leads charge for environmental advocacy
Dec 6, 2023 - NSM Today - Heres a Wild Idea Thats Taking Root
December 3, 2023 - El Dorado News - Emory implements organic land care projects
Nov 15, 2023 - Emory Wheel - Re:wild Your Campus Wants to Turn College Campuses Into Climate-Resilient Green Spaces
July 21, 2023 - Teen Vogue - Grounds for Celebration
Jul 14, 2023 - Seattle University Newsroom: - Vox Populist: Is Your Lush Lawn Killing Mother Nature?
May 26, 2023 - The Progressive Magazine - Drexel Park becomes pilot site for organic land management
May 12, 2023 - The Triangle - UNC Students Aim to Eliminate Harmful Herbicides on Campus
April 21, 2023 - INDY Week - Bee Campus Certification is not enough
April 17, 2023 - The Michigan Daily - Re:Wild UCF and Defend our Future UCF creates environmental friendly ways to protect Arboretum Produce
Mar 27, 2023 - Nichols Student Media Today - Students prod colleges to let campus greens grow wild
Jan 27, 2023 - AXIOS - Is Your Lush, Green Lawn Killing Mother Nature?
January 18, 2023 - Creators Syndicate - Mackenzie Feldman ‘14: Planting the Seeds Toward Greener Campuses
January 12, 2023 - Punahou School - It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Lush Lawns
January 2, 2023 - The New York Times
2022
- Reimagine and Re:wild Your College Campus
Nov 29, 2022 - Food Tank - Environmental Clubs to Join this Semester
September 8, 2022 - The Daily Cal - These College Students Want to Abolish Pesticides on Campus Grounds
August 31, 2022 - Modern Farmer - UH Maui student selected as fellow in Re:wild Your Campus conservation project
August 23, 2022 - Maui Now - To Combat Climate Anxiety, College Students Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands. Literally
July 20, 2022 - US News and World Report - Colleges Have Every Reason to Ditch Toxic Pesticides
April 26, 2022 - Earth Island: - Ambitious New Environmental Challenge Aims to Rewild 40 Globally Significant Island Ecosystems from
April 14, 2022 - UC San Diego Today
2021
- Student Activists are Re-Wilding their Campus Landscapes
September 20, 2021 - Happy Eco News - Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Speaking for the prairie
August 11, 2021 - Bleeding Heartland - Herbicide Free Campus: Student-led Environmental Advocacy
August 4, 2021 - Earth 911 - Young Change Makers: Why and How Mackenzie Feldman and Bridget Gustafson of Herbicide-Free Campus Are Helping To Change Our World
July 20, 2021 - Authority Magazine - Nontoxic Rewilding
July 7, 2021 - Earth Island - Mackenzie Feldman & Arianna Maysonave | Herbicide-Free Campus
June 28, 2021 - Sustainability Now! - Grinnell students plant prairie without using chemicals to kill grass
May 28, 2021 - The Gazette - The First Annual Weeds Appreciation Day Needs You!
April 10, 2021 - Edible East Bay
2019
- Community-Led Efforts to Ban Glyphosate in Public Spaces Pick up Speed
December 17, 2019 - Civil Eats - A.S. Senate Passes Resolution Proposing a Ban on Toxic Herbicides Use at UCSB, UC System
November 12, 2019 - The Daily Nexus - Stop the Spraying of Herbicides on Our Campus
November 11, 2019 - The Daily Nexus - Interview With Mackenzie Feldman Of Herbicide-Free Campus
November 5, 2019 - Natural Blaze - Gen Z must carry on to protect planet
July 19, 2019 - Star Advertiser - Roundup at Recess? How to Get Cancer-Causing Pesticides Off Your Local Playground
June 28, 2019 - EWG - University of California System Halts Use of Glyphosate Herbicide
May 17, 2019 - Independent Science News - University of California issues temporary glyphosate suspension, thanks to a former volleyball player
May 17, 2019 - ABC News
