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December 2018 Sustainability eNews
Check out the latest on sustainability at UK and read on for some tips on how to enjoy a sustainable holiday season!
8th Annual Sustainability Forum THIS Thursday

Join us on December 6th at 4:30 PM in the Hilary J. Boone Center for the annual Sustainability Forum to celebrate the accomplishments of UK faculty and students who conduct interdisciplinary research and other forms of scholarship relating to environmental and sustainability issues. This event will include poster presentations, refreshments and awards ceremony.
Enhancing the Local Food Economy, Serving the UK Community

Read Dr. Eric Monday's article on how UK's partnership with Aramark has played a role in impacting local farms and businesses. Dr. Monday says, "We have made progress each year in our commitment to Kentucky’s local food economy. This progress is yet another example of our role as the Commonwealth’s indispensable institution—as the University for Kentucky. "
BreakShuttle: Your Ride Home During Breaks

Need to get home and back to campus during academic breaks? BreakShuttle is now offering rides to Atlanta, Chicago, and Cleveland with stops in cities along the way. Students can purchase tickets on a secure ticketing platform for rides home for Winter and Spring breaks on the BreakShuttle website.
For winter break, the shuttle departs on Friday, December 14th and returns Sunday, January 6th. 

Tips on Having a Sustainable Holiday Season

UK Recycling Celebrates America Recycles Day

November 15th was America Recycles Day, and for the fourth year in a row, UK Recycling celebrated in style. America Recycles Day has been hosted by Keep America Beautiful and celebrated across the country since 1997. America Recycles Day aims to end littering, improve recycling, and beautify communities. All month, UK Recycling tabled across campus with 6-foot tall cardboard letters and t-shirt giveaways to engage students, faculty, and staff in a discussion on recycling.  Upon first glance, most people though the UK Recycling made a tragic spelling mistake with their giant letters, only to discover they wanted YOU to be the “Y” and make it R-E-C-Y-C-L-E.

This was not only a good photo opportunity but was meant to start a conversation of “Y” we should all recycle. Recycling not only helps avoid landfilling items, but also it creates jobs—the material processed by the Lexington Recycling Center supports over 6,000 jobs, with 770 of them in Kentucky. Hopefully, reminding people of the impact of recycling encourages them to remember that our bottles, cans, cardboard, and paper are a valuable resource to keep out of the landfill.

In promoting this goal, UK Recycling offered faculty, staff & students t-shirts made of recycled plastic bottles in exchange for taking a pledge to recycle and to learn more about recycling efforts on campus.  So far, there have been almost 1,000 pledges! The University’s dedication to recycling has also been visible in the amount the campus has recycled. Based on data from recycling already collected the year, UK Recycling is projecting the All-in-One recycling program will capture 1,105 tons of general recycling. If this projection is reached, it will mark a 9 percent increase from last year’s 1,015 tons.

If this has left you thinking, “what a shame I missed a chance to promote recycling by wearing a wonderfully soft and free shirt,” you’re in luck! The pledge is still available online here

Opportunities & Resources:
  • The 8th Annual Sustainability Showcase will be on December 6th from 4:00-7:00 PM in the Hilary J Boone Center.

**If you have a story that you want included in Sustainability eNews, please email jenniferdai14@uky.edu
         
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