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UK Facilities Management launches new on-campus composting system

The University of Kentucky is turning food waste into a high value soil amendment with its newly launched composting system — an innovative, on-campus facility designed to expand composting operations and support UK’s commitment to becoming a zero...

Jennifer Allen

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Sip, recycle, repeat: UK Recycling to tackle coffee cup waste on campus

In an effort to boost recycling rates on campus, University of Kentucky Recycling, a department within Facilities Management, is launching a coffee cup recycling awareness campaign in partnership with UK Dining. This initiative, which begins today...

Ella Sides

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Bluegrass and Green Future: University of Kentucky Joins the Rachel Carson Council

A cold February rain draped over the University of Kentucky as students bustled between classes. Despite the overcast sky, Lexington’s flagship university radiated warmth—a hub of intellectual curiosity, environmental stewardship, and impassioned...

Ella Sides

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From field to flavor: UK helps celebrate local grains

University of Kentucky, Ohio Valley Grain Exchange (OVGE) and non-profit organization Dendrifund announce the 2024 Southeastern Grain Gathering (SEGG24) May 8-9 at Fasig-Tipton. The event — led in...

Katherine Johnson

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Celebrate Earth Day at UK

Today marks the 55th annual celebration of Earth Day, the worldwide event that raises awareness of the need to protect Earth’s natural resources for future generations. University of Kentucky’s Campus...

Katherine Johnson

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UK Recycling & Waste Management Survey

We’re reaching out for your valuable insights into the values, attitudes, and knowledge surrounding recycling and waste management within the University of Kentucky community. By participating in a brief 15-minute...

Katherine Johnson

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Introducing UK Recycling’s Hydration Station

As we move towards a more environmentally friendly conscious future, the University of Kentucky is proud to announce the introduction of a portable hydration station on campus, a move aimed at reducing waste from...

Katherine Johnson

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Sustainable Furniture Procurement

SIP Interns: What are they up to? Junior Enivronmental Science major, Jennifer Sloan, UK Purchasing Policies Intern, has created a project campaign to advocate for sustainable furniture purchases at UK. Furniture is one...

Katherine Johnson

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Intern Insights: Kayla Payne and the Built Environment Working Group

Kayla Pane, Sustainability Internship Program Junior Landscape Architecture major and Urban Studies minor, Kayla Payne, Built Environment intern, has started designing Global Gardens- Phase Two. Global Gardens, started...

Katherine Johnson

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Pharmaceutical Coolers Recycling Program

SIP Interns: What are they up to? Sophomore Political Science and Public Policy major, Anamei Walli, UK Healthcare intern, has created a project reducing and recycling UK HealthCare Styrofoam waste. The project...

Katherine Johnson

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The grit and grind behind novel new algae research

For over 10 years, researchers at UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research have implemented more efficient ways to capture carbon emissions from point sources using a system based on algae. And while the research...

Julia Hill

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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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The Food Connection publishes annual UK Dining report, showing strong local purchasing performance

The Food Connection, an applied food systems center in the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, has recently published the FY23 dining report. The report’s analysis...

Katherine Johnson

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Nature Rx Installation at Markey Cancer Center

Members of the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment’s Built Environment Faculty Working Group and UK HealthCare Sustainability Steering Committee’s Healthcare Greenspaces Taskforce have worked...

Katherine Johnson

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2023-2024 SIP Cohort Introductions

Karen Capellan University of Kentucky Office of Sustainability Communications Intern Senior; Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Economics “Hello! I am excited about showing UK what sustainability can be...

Katherine Johnson

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UK Facilities Management launches new on-campus composting system

Sip, recycle, repeat: UK Recycling to tackle coffee cup waste on campus

Bluegrass and Green Future: University of Kentucky Joins the Rachel Carson Council

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From field to flavor: UK helps celebrate local grains

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