It’s Olivia, back with my recommendations on how to reduce your waste as a college student! Here, I’ll share with you the shopping and personal care zero-waste items that I have tried, and what I do (or do not) like...
Archive - April 2021
Olivia Tussey
Waste Reduction Week- Empowering Students to Make a Difference
Just a few weeks ago, from April 12-16th, UK Recycling put on their first annual Waste Reduction Week. This week of events, created by UK Sustainability Interns Bethany Schagene (class of ‘21) and Olivia Tussey (class...
Lewis Honors Students Plant 1,200 Trees, Help Restore Appalachian Forest
Students from the University of Kentucky Lewis Honors College recently traveled to Daniel Boone National Forest to help restore native forests on a surface mined site. The group partnered with Green...
Carlie Laughlin
Earth Day Champions: UK Introduces World’s Largest American White Oak Repository and Genome Mapping Study With Maker’s Mark
This past Earth Day 2021, the University of Kentucky partnered with Maker’s Mark® to establish the world’s largest repository of American white oak! The effort represents the most comprehensive natural range of white...
Bike Voucher Program Applications Now Being Accepted
One great way to reduce your automobile travel is to invest in alternative transportation, like biking! This is especially important for cities when it comes to reducing tailpipe emissions and improving air quality. If...
Apply Now! $200,000 Available for UK Sustainability Challenge Grant.
The Sustainability Challenge Grant Program is designed to engage multidisciplinary teams from the University community to foster scholarly, creative, and research projects that promote sustainability and advance the...
Shane Tedder
Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tips, From a College Student Doing Her Best -Part 1
Americans generate an extraordinary amount of waste— around 4.5 pounds of trash per person, per day. Almost all of the items we dispose of are single-use; literally made to go straight into a landfill after only a few...
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
Social Justice as the Foundation for our Sustainability Efforts
Sustainability has long been described using the metaphor of a three legged stool – or a triple bottom line – where environmental stewardship and social equity/justice are balanced equals to economic...
Sustainable Development Kentucky: Gender Equality
Gender equality has come a long way, but more work is still needed to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Dr. Betsy Beymer-Farris, director of the Environment and Sustainability Studies...
Hannah Phillips
