Office for Sustainability Education

SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS INITIATIVE FUND: YEAR IN REVIEW (2025-26)

Categories: Applied Sustainability Learning, Engagement, Progress, Research, Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund

By Ada Popham, Holland Springer, and Emerson Andrews During the 2025–2026 academic year, the Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF) awarded $281,000 in green grant funding to 29 projects proposed by students, staff, and faculty. This is the largest amount of funding awarded in one year and reflects strong interest from our campus community to advance […]

July 14, 2026

Earth Month 2026: Sustainability is Always in Fashion Recap

Categories: Earth Day, Engagement, Events

By Ada Popham and Mia Sugimoto Every April, the University of Utah’s Office for Sustainability Education coordinates campus-wide events for students, faculty, staff, and community members to celebrate and enjoy Earth Month. Office for Sustainability Education signature events encouraged participants to connect, learn, and take action through hands-on activities and meaningful conversations about sustainability. In […]

May 19, 2026

Edible Campus Gardens Celebrates 30th Anniversary in 2026

Categories: Edible Campus Gardens

This article was first published in @theU on April 03, 2026. The University of Utah’s Edible Campus Gardens is marking its 30th anniversary this year with events spanning the growing season. The activities begin with an opening celebration on April 16-17, featuring a garden-based art workshop series. Led by Jill Simkins, participants at the April 16 workshop will […]

April 7, 2026

Earth Month 2026: Sustainability Is Always in Fashion

Categories: Earth Day, Engagement, Events

Join the University of Utah in celebrating Earth Month 2026 this April! This year’s theme is “Sustainability is Always in Fashion.” Did you know that 85% of all textiles are sent to the landfill each year (UNECE, 2018)? That’s 21 billion tons. One garbage truck of clothing is burned or dumped in a landfill every […]

January 24, 2026

Red Butte Creek Blogs

Categories: Engagement

Red Butte Creek (is) Running – spring 2025 By Mara Scallon, communications graduate assistant in the Sustainability Office, originally May 7, 2025. As promised, my final visit to Red Butte Creek for this series of blog posts was a bit different from usual. My last blog post considered how my education and my time in […]

June 26, 2025

Enhancing student success through strategic integration

Categories: Engagement

Originally published via the Office of Undergraduate Studies Dear Colleagues, The University of Utah is pleased to announce that its Sustainability Office has joined the Office of Undergraduate Studies and will be reimagined as the Office for Sustainability Education (OSE). This strategic integration marks an exciting step forward in advancing the university’s commitment to sustainability […]

May 19, 2025

Red Butte Creek (is) Running – spring 2025

Categories: Engagement

By Mara Scallon, communications graduate assistant in the Sustainability Office As promised, my final visit to Red Butte Creek for this series of blog posts was a bit different from usual. My last blog post considered how my education and my time in Utah thus far has helped me see the world around me differently, […]

May 7, 2025

An illuminating sunrise – spring 2025

Categories: Engagement

By Mara Scallon, communications graduate assistant in the Sustainability Office Well, dear reader, I heeded my own advice from my last post and visited Red Butte Creek at a different time than I normally do. I woke up earlier than usual, cycled to campus covered in flashing bike lights and reflective gear and sat alongside […]

April 9, 2025

Learning to see a place – winter 2025

Categories: Engagement

By Mara Scallon, communications graduate assistant in the Sustainability Office Utah’s got the Greatest Snow on Earth. I don’t know this personally, as I haven’t yet been downhill skiing here, but there’s surely a reason that millions of people visit the state annually, contributing billions of dollars of spending to the state’s economy. The regional […]

March 20, 2025

Earth Month 2025: Resilience through Community

Categories: Earth Day, Engagement, Events

Celebrate Earth Month 2025 with us this April as we dive deep into what it means to be resilient with the help of our community. Visit our many events focused on sustainability, connection and action. From interactive workshops and discussion panels to film screenings and artistic community gatherings, there’s something for everyone. Explore the lineup […]

March 7, 2025