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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...

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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...

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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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Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling at Big Blue Move-In

Becoming a zero-waste campus is one of UK’s sustainability goals. Actually its one of our five guiding principles; Make the pursuit of these goals an integral part of the UK student experience Decarbonize campus...

Katherine Johnson

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‘Behind the Blue’: Building diversity and inclusion in UK Purchasing with Barry Swanson and Marilyn Clark

With over 60 employees, University of Kentucky’s Purchasing Division handles around $1.4 billion worth of transactions for the entire university community. Barry Swanson, UK’s chief procurement officer...

Chelsea Colley

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UK EcoReps host events to educate campus community about sustainability

The University of Kentucky EcoRep program is an intern-led program established in 2017 as part of UK Recycling’s goals to increase recycling and waste diversion efforts on campus. This program’s...

Kathryn Tutwiler

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Department of Product Design Creates Conference Table for UK Office of Sustainability

The third-year Product Design studio at the University of Kentucky was approached by the Office of Sustainability to create a custom circular conference table. The table was made from six different species of wood from...

Pooya Mohaghegh

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Intern Insights: Rachel Henry with the Kentucky Climate Consortium

Behind the Scenes of the SIP is a new series on WholeSum featuring the 2022-2023 Sustainability Internship Program interns and highlighting the work they have accomplished over the past year. Continue reading to learn...

Rachel Henry

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‘Greentalks’ on WRFL Features UK’s Recycling and Waste Reduction Specialist, Ryan Lark

On Monday, February 6th, Faith Roberts interviewed Ryan Lark on Greentalks, a WRFL segment supported by the UK Student Sustainability Council. In the interview, Ryan discussed his role with UK Recycling, UK’s new...

Chelsea Colley

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In Case You Missed It: Meet Jesse Okorafor, a doctoral student and an energy engineering intern at the University of Kentucky

In this article, I conduct an interview with doctorate student, Jesse Okorafor, who also plays an active role in sustainability on UK’s campus. I spoke with Jesse about his background in energy conservation, his...

Chelsea Colley

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UK Recycling continues food waste program at Univerisity Flats

After the success in past school years, University of Kentucky Recycling is continuing the residence hall food waste program at University Flats under the leadership of Recycling Program Support intern Shaun Lavin. In...

Chelsea Colley

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Meet the 2022-2023 Sustainability Internship Cohort

Since it’s conception in 2016, the Sustainability Internship Program (SIP) has given undergraduate students a unique way to partner with a variety of on-campus units to advance sustainability initiatives at...

Valerie Verty

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Updating our Sustainability Strategic Plan: Integrated Feedback and Draft Finalization

In January, we kicked off our efforts to update the University’s Sustainability Strategic Plan, documented here in the first installment of SSP updates on WholeSum. We then conducted focus groups with student...

Chelsea Colley

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The Hidden Carbon in Our Buildings

When people discuss the best ways to make our buildings more sustainable, folks in the know will usually talk about energy and water efficiency, indoor air quality and maybe something a little more esoteric, like...

Jay Lanier

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Meet the New Graduate Assistant for the Office of Sustainability: Valerie Verty

In today’s post, I spoke with Valerie Verty, the new Graduate Assistant for the Office of Sustainability. Valerie will be assisting the office in a variety of projects this year, as well as overseeing the Student...

Chelsea Colley

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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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Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling at Big Blue Move-In

‘Behind the Blue’: Building diversity and inclusion in UK Purchasing with Barry Swanson and Marilyn Clark

UK EcoReps host events to educate campus community about sustainability

Department of Product Design Creates Conference Table for UK Office of Sustainability

Intern Insights: Rachel Henry with the Kentucky Climate Consortium

‘Greentalks’ on WRFL Features UK’s Recycling and Waste Reduction Specialist, Ryan Lark

In Case You Missed It: Meet Jesse Okorafor, a doctoral student and an energy engineering intern at the University of Kentucky

UK Recycling continues food waste program at Univerisity Flats

Meet the 2022-2023 Sustainability Internship Cohort

Updating our Sustainability Strategic Plan: Integrated Feedback and Draft Finalization

The Hidden Carbon in Our Buildings

Meet the New Graduate Assistant for the Office of Sustainability: Valerie Verty

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