Every year, student sustainability interns develop and implement their own independent projects to help further sustainability efforts on campus. Despite this year’s challenges, the students in the 2020-2021...
Archive - May 2021
Sophie Beavin
Ask the Expert: Fast fashion and labor rights
During Waste Reduction Week, UK Recycling interns organized a documentary screening on fast fashion – True Cost. It’s free on YouTube, so go watch it! Sometimes documentaries can seem overwhelming and leave...
Lauren Cagle
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
10 tips for new cyclists
We are lucky at the University of Kentucky because we have such a rich and well-supported cycling community on campus and in Lexington! It can be challenging, however, for someone new to cycling to get started on their...
Ask the Expert: Food Waste
During Waste Reduction Week, UK Recycling interns organized a documentary screening on food waste – Just Eat It. It’s free on YouTube, so go watch it! Sometimes documentaries can seem overwhelming and leave...
5 Climate-Related Startups to Support – If You are Serious About Sustainability!
If you’re looking to step up your sustainability game beyond your day to day behaviors, I recommend looking into supporting a “climate tech” or “clean tech” start-up company. I have provided a summary description of a...
Austin Hinkel
Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tips, From a College Student Doing Her Best. Part 3: Kitchen and Cleaning Supplies
Hi all! This is the third and final article of the Zero-Waste Swap series, and it’s all about kitchen and cleaning supplies that I have tried, and my honest thoughts on them. I hope you’ve enjoyed learning about...
Olivia Tussey
Nursing Students, Black Soil Partner to Address Food Insecurity, Maternal Health in Communities of Color
As a land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky’s role is to improve the lives of people throughout the Commonwealth through service, education and health care. Through a collaboration with...
Carlie Laughlin
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...
