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First Cohort of Offices Recognized for UK’s Sustainable Office Certification Program

UK Sustainability and Bluegrass Greensource are excited to recognize the first official cohort of the Sustainable Office Certification (SOC) Program. As a new initiative, the SOC Program’s mission is to advance the creation of more sustainable...

Rachel Skinner

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Intern Insights: Holly Cason with UK Recycling

Intern Insights is a mini-series that spotlights the interns participating in the Sustainability Internship Program (SIP) and their day-to-day activities and accomplishments. The Office of Sustainability partners with the Student...

Holly Cason

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UK celebrates America Recycles Day

Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day, a day to celebrate the impact and importance of recycling. University of Kentucky Recycling will participate in this national celebration with six installations across campus that highlight how recycling helps...

Katherine Johnson

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Celebrate sustainably this holiday season

Looking for easy ways to reduce your waste this holiday season? University of Kentucky Recycling offers easy ideas to celebrate while being zero-waste this holiday season. Reconsider cards. Greeting cards...

Katherine Johnson

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Fabricating Play: The Big Blue Bench Comes to Cornerstone

The Big Blue Bench (figure 1) is a furniture piece and public art installation that serves as a prototype to demonstrate the reuse of plastic waste as building material (figure 2). The product is one result of a...

Katherine Johnson

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Recycle your cooking oil for biofuel research at the Gobble Grease Toss

This holiday season, University of Kentucky researchers want to recycle your used cooking oil and study it. It’s part of the 14th annual Gobble Grease Toss held on Black Friday. If you’re frying a turkey this...

Katherine Johnson

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Meet PhD poster winner, Christina Thompson

Christina Thompson, a PhD student studying chemistry, was just recently awarded 1st Place award for her poster in UK’s Sustainability Showcase. As a part of pursuing her PhD, Christina works at the University of...

Julia Hill

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Flying home for break?

Stay sustainable this holiday season and consider taking advantage of our UK Transportaion Regional Airport Shuttles. By taking a UK shuttle to regional airport you will not only save yourself from having to pay for...

Katherine Johnson

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Stryker Sustainable Solutions

UK HealthCare has been in partnership with Stryker Sustainability since 2002 to drive sustainable practices via the collection and utilization of remanufactured single-patient-use medical devices. Stryker Sustainability...

Katherine Johnson

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Stay sustainable this spooky season

Don’t let spooky season scare you away from celebrating sustainability. With the help of University of Kentucky Recycling, here are easy ideas for you to reduce your waste this Halloween. Compost your pumpkins...

Katherine Johnson

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UK Department of Theatre and Dance Moves Towards Sustainability

Historically, the theater industry has been wasteful, and we need to do better. Many resources are used and often wasted to produce a theatrical play or dance concert. Productions rely on wooden sets, costumes, scripts...

Katherine Johnson

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Celebrate Tree Week 2023

Join us October 6-15, 2023 for our 6th annual Tree Week, a week-long celebration of the trees and greenspaces around us! Through a series of nature and tree-themed events, Tree Week strives to foster a deeper...

Katherine Johnson

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The not-so-secret garden

Audrey Wathen scampers between the yarn-covered “wishing tree” and the spot where giddy toddlers gleefully make billowing bubbles in large orange vats. She’s trailed closely by her younger sister, Eleanor, and her best...

Katherine Johnson

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Wildcat Market Returns!

The UK Student Activities Board and the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program partnered to bring the Wildcat Market back to campus! Sponsored by Student...

Katherine Johnson

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2023 Sustainability Showcase

The UK Office Sustainability, and partners are excited to present the annual Sustainability Showcase. Once again partnering with UK Office of Undergraduate Research, UK Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the...

Katherine Johnson

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First Cohort of Offices Recognized for UK’s Sustainable Office Certification Program

Intern Insights: Holly Cason with UK Recycling

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Celebrate sustainably this holiday season

Fabricating Play: The Big Blue Bench Comes to Cornerstone

Recycle your cooking oil for biofuel research at the Gobble Grease Toss

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UK Department of Theatre and Dance Moves Towards Sustainability

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Wildcat Market Returns!

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