The annual Sustainability Showcase was presented by the Office of Sustainability, The President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, and the...
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Katherine Johnson
Guest Blog: Blue Collar Families Are Kentucky’s Green Energy Future!
This article was submitted by Julia Finch, Director of the Sierra Club, Kentucky chapter. Recently, my Sierra Club Kentucky Chapter colleagues and I realized that our families had all been shaped by energy and industry...
Julia Finch
Meet UK Sustainability’s New Program Coordinator: Carlie Laughlin
Carlie Laughlin is UK’s new Sustainability Program Coordinator. Carlie pursued her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees here at UK in Environmental and Sustainability Studies and worked as a sustainability...
Participate in Lexington’s Week Without Driving
The Week Without Driving (as much) is a national initiative that citizens in Lexington are organizing around to inform the Lexington community about the importance of recognizing barriers in our transportation systems...
Sustainable Features: Gatton Student Center
The UK Gatton Student center was reimagined with sustainability as a focus. This renovation and expansion has been awarded LEED Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council. It embodies many of the sustainability...
2024-2025 Sustainability Internship Program Cohort Introductions
The Office of Sustainability partners with the Student Sustainability Council and sustainability-focused offices from across the campus to provide exciting and meaningful undergraduate internship...
Meet SGA’s New Director of Sustainability: Caitlyn Weaver
Hello all! I’m Caitlyn Weaver, UK Student Government Association’s Director of Sustainability for the 2024-2025 academic year. I am a dual degree Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Business Management junior...
University of Kentucky’s Sustainable Office Certification Program
The UK Sustainable Office Certification (SOC) Program is the newest addition to sustainability programming at the University of Kentucky. The program recently launched on August 1st, 2024 and will be certifying its...
The Reuse Resource Map is Updated and Ready!
Hello! I’m Dot Shaw, and I am a rising junior attending Lafayette High School in the Pre-Engineering and SCAPA for Visual Art programs. I was selected to participate in the UK Summer Youth Program where I began an...
LEED Buildings on UK’s Campus
What is LEED? As many of you may have seen, a majority of our buildings on campus feature a small LEED circle in the doorways of the main entrances. But what is LEED? LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental...
