It’s that time of year again, football season is upon us. Our football team has been working hard to make us proud and you have the opportunity to do the same, by joining us for our 2nd annual Green to Red Tailgate Challenge. At the Oct. 19 home game vs. the Arizona Sun Devils, join […]
Read MoreImage credit: Todd Helmenstine / sciencenotes.org Why Recycling Across the Periodic Table Matters By Kate Whitbeck, Sustainability Office When the average person thinks about metal recycling the image that pops into their head is of an aluminum or tin can – a soda can or the can that beans or corn came in. They aren’t […]
Read MoreKate Whitbeck, communications manager, Sustainability Office Wes Mangum, communications specialist, Facilities Our landscape has slowly been changing around us. Those who have been on campus for more than 10 years remember when much of it was a vast expanse of lush green turf. As awareness of water conservation became more prevalent, the University of Utah […]
Read MoreBy Nicholas Apodaca, graduate assistant, Sustainability Office Many of us who care about climate change and environmental justice take action in our daily lives to do our part: we recycle, use sustainable products, use public transportation or eat locally grown food. Yet often environmental problems play out at a larger scale, and while our personal […]
Read MoreOriginally posted on @theU on March 25, 2019. By Ayrel Clark-Proffitt, Sustainability Office “You think you know…but you have no idea.” Sure, this is the lead-in for a celebrity exposé series on MTV, but in reality, it’s probably the best line to describe the state of recycling. Recycling isn’t a particularly new concept, even in […]
Read MoreOriginally posted on @theU on March 8, 2019. By Shawn Wood, communications specialist, University of Utah Communications The University of Utah has adopted guidelines to promote better health on campus through nutrition, physical activity and programming over the next three years through the Healthier Campus Initiative sponsored by the Partnership for a Healthier America. President […]
Read MoreOriginally published in Continuum on September 17, 2018. Jessica Kemper, coordinator of the U’s Edible Campus Gardens, shows off produce from this season’s abundant harvest at their garden east of Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Kemper helps organize more than 75 student volunteers, who work shifts year round composting, trellising, weeding, planting, and harvesting at both the […]
Read MoreOriginally posted on May 29, 2017. By Vince Horiuchi, public relations associate, University of Utah College of Engineering Each year, nearly 20 billion sanitary pads, tampons and applicators are dumped into North American landfills every year, and it takes centuries for them to biodegrade inside plastic bags, according to a 2016 Harvard Business School report. […]
Read MoreEmerson Andrews, Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund coordinator. Originally posted on Jan. 9 2017. Glass recycling has arrived at the University of Utah thanks to the combined efforts of three students, Facilities Management and the Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund, or SCIF. Fifty bins will be placed in buildings during the beginning of the spring 2017 semester and available for […]
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