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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...

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Freshii Introduces Compostable Containers

The University of Kentucky is taking another step towards sustainability by partnering with Kanbol, a Kentucky Proud company specializing in compostable packaging. This collaboration brings Kanbol’s 32 oz compostable bowls to Freshii, offering our...

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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...

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

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

Freshii Introduces Compostable Containers

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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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