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Intern Insights: Henry Walke 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 Sustainability...

Henry Walke

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Intern Insights: Georgia McNamara with UK HealthCare

Georgia McNamara

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Embracing sustainability at UK HealthCare: A commitment to a healthier future

At UK HealthCare, we believe that a commitment to health extends beyond the exceptional patient care we provide; it encompasses our environment and the communities we serve. As a leading healthcare system, we recognize our responsibility to promote...

Kristy McMillan

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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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Sustainability Internship Program at UK

Since 2016, undergraduate students have had the opportunity to work directly with sustainability initiatives on campus–and get paid for it! The Sustainability Internship Program (SIP) is an exciting partnership...

Sophie Beavin

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Sustainable Development Kentucky: Affordable and Clean Energy

The Energy Team is to thank for keeping the lights on at UK Healthcare and continues to make strides towards sustainability. “The Energy Team is doing a tremendous work in our lockdown. With the campus vacant of...

Hannah Phillips

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Sustainable Development Kentucky: Responsible Consumption and Production

Waste reduction is more than just recycling! UK Recycling is leading the way to create new initiatives and programs to not only increase recycling but focus on reducing and reuse. Joanna Ashford, Recycling Coordinator...

Hannah Phillips

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Sustainable Development Kentucky: Partnerships for the Goals

The Urban Forest Initiative (UFI) working group “exists to provide a dynamic framework for opportunities to partner across organizational and community boundaries that will serve to enhance urban forests in our region.”...

Hannah Phillips

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Sustainable Development Kentucky: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Each year, Landscape Architecture students led by professor Carolina Segura-Bell conduct a week long project to redesign a space in Lexington. In 2019, students partnered with civil engineering students to propose new...

Hannah Phillips

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Intern Insights: Henry Walke with UK Recycling

Intern Insights: Georgia McNamara with UK HealthCare

Embracing sustainability at UK HealthCare: A commitment to a healthier future

Category - Behind The Scenes

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

Sustainability Internship Program at UK

Sustainable Development Kentucky: Affordable and Clean Energy

Sustainable Development Kentucky: Responsible Consumption and Production

Sustainable Development Kentucky: Partnerships for the Goals

Sustainable Development Kentucky: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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