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Sustainable Features: Gatton Student Center

The UK Gatton Student center was reimagined with sustainability as a focus. This renovation and expansion has been awarded LEED Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council. It embodies many of the sustainability priorities of the University of...

Katherine Johnson

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SIP Graduates: Where are they now?

The Sustainability Internship Program (SIP) allows students to work closely with a mentor that supporting a specific sustainability unit on campus, develop an independent project, and participate in a professional development series with the full...

Shaun Lavin

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Art and horticulture merge to create natural dye garden at UK

The intersection of art and science isn’t always obvious, but for a University of Kentucky art professor and a university horticulturalist, it was natural, and in more ways than one. Crystal Gregory, an associate professor in...

Katherine Johnson

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Sustainability on the Ground: Waste and Recycling

UK Grounds and UK Recycling work closely together to create sustainable options regarding waste diversion (everything recycled, donated, and composted.) The University is trying to reach a 50% diversion rate by 2022...

Hannah Phillips

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Sustainability on the Ground: Tree Campus

The University of Kentucky just received its 10th year recognition as a Tree Campus Higher Education (formerly Tree Campus USA) and its second year recognition as a Tree Campus Healthcare institution through the Arbor...

Hannah Phillips

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Sustainability on the Ground: Tree Care

The University of Kentucky has over 12,000 trees on campus. With a tree canopy that large, UK requires an in-house arborist team who works around the clock making sure our trees are safe and well maintained. They plant...

Hannah Phillips

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Sustainability on the Ground: A Closer Look at UK Grounds

The University of Kentucky is not only a top tier public university with cutting edge programs and medical facilities, but it is also now at the forefront of facilities management. The Professional Grounds Management...

Hannah Phillips

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UK Collects 7.3 Tons of Reusable Material in Spring Move-Out

This past May, during Spring Move-Out, the University of Kentucky’s Recycling Program was happy to re-offer the Give and Go Donation Station Program to all resident students on campus. Donation stations were placed in...

Carlie Laughlin

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Cheers to Two Years! A Look at UK’s Food Waste Composting.

Time flies when you are composting food waste! It’s hard to believe that 2 years ago today we picked up the first cart full of food waste from UK Dining. Since that first pick up, the University has composted over 100...

Joanna Ashford

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Composting Manure on the Smaller Horse Farm Operation

An average sized horse can produce as much as 20,000 lbs. of manure each year! While many farms opt to land-apply manure, smaller horse farms housing less than 6 horses typically have fewer acres, so continuous...

Carlie Laughlin

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W. T. Young Races to Zero Waste!

How much waste does one building create? Is it possible that a couple of changes can create real change? Those were all questions I set out to figure out when I enrolled W.T. Young into the Zero Waste Building Challenge...

Joanna Ashford

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The Campus Kitchen at the University of Kentucky

A student-powered hunger relief effort in the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at the University of Kentucky (UK), the Campus Kitchen at UK (CKUK) is more than just an organization – it’s a family. Our...

Kendra OoNorasak

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Turning Food Waste Into Useable Material

The University of Kentucky took another important step toward its sustainability goals with the launch of a food waste composting program earlier this week. The effort will reduce the amount of material...

Joanna Ashford

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How One UK Student Started Food Waste Collection in a Residence Hall

Sometimes environmental issues seem too big for one person to make a difference. Food waste can be one of those topics. Thankfully, Caleb Gooden, a Sophomore at UK, decided to try and do something about food waste...

Joanna Ashford

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Farm-to-Fork: UK Students Share Nutritious Food With Peers

University of Kentucky students are spreading the message of good nutrition by preparing healthy meals for their peers and the greater Lexington community. Since 2014, student members of the Campus Kitchen...

Carlie Laughlin

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Sustainable Features: Gatton Student Center

SIP Graduates: Where are they now?

Art and horticulture merge to create natural dye garden at UK

Category - Behind The Scenes

Sustainability on the Ground: Waste and Recycling

Sustainability on the Ground: Tree Campus

Sustainability on the Ground: Tree Care

Sustainability on the Ground: A Closer Look at UK Grounds

UK Collects 7.3 Tons of Reusable Material in Spring Move-Out

Cheers to Two Years! A Look at UK’s Food Waste Composting.

Composting Manure on the Smaller Horse Farm Operation

W. T. Young Races to Zero Waste!

The Campus Kitchen at the University of Kentucky

Turning Food Waste Into Useable Material

How One UK Student Started Food Waste Collection in a Residence Hall

Farm-to-Fork: UK Students Share Nutritious Food With Peers

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