We understand that making sustainability-driven decisions may feel overwhelming. That is why we want to provide tips to members of our community who want to make sustainable choices and improvements. Shane Tedder...
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Shane Tedder
Applications Now Open for EcoReps Sustainability Program
UK Recycling is excited to announce the fifth year of its EcoReps program! This program, which is an opportunity for on-campus students to promote sustainability to students in their residence halls, has been completely...
Olivia Tussey
What Are You Passionate About?
A friend who works in the sustainability field recently told me that there were some areas of sustainability that he didn’t really care about. At first, this was shocking. How could you work in sustainability and...
Joanna Ashford
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...
UK Launches LGBTQ Scholarship for Ag, Environmental Sciences
Food access, sustainability and conservation have become mainstream conversations worldwide. And while these issues are broad, too often, representation within these discussions is not. As a minority in the state...
Carlie Laughlin
UK CAER Creates Sustainable Cements and Concrete
Concrete is everywhere. Concrete is the most widely used man-made material on earth, second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet. Cement manufacturing is also the source of 8% of the world’s carbon...
Kevin Puckett
Five New Student Led Projects from 2020-2021
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...
Sophie Beavin
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...
Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tips, From a College Student Doing Her Best! Part 2: Shopping and Personal Care
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...
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...
