Come on out to UK Recycling's 8th annual Thrift Shop Pop-Up in partnership with Student Organizations and Activities and Wildcat Wardrobe. UK students will be able to replenish their wardrobes for free while also reusing clothing items that might’ve otherwise ended up in the landfill. Clothing, ties, purses, hats, and belts will all be available.
Click here to learn more about what you can donate to the event.
Help us remove invasive plants from UK's Mathews Garden!
March 30, 3:00 - 4:15 PM.
Contact Kenton Sena for additional questions: kenton.sena@uky.edu.
Register via BBinvolved
This event is a service-learning event at the University of Kentucky's Farm Road Rain Garden. Participants will learn about green infrastructure for stormwater management and the benefits of incorporating green spaces and outdoor learning environments into campus. There will also be a service portion of the event where participants will clean up trash, manage plants, and mulch the site.
For one year, Robin Greenfield is foraging every bite of his food and medicine. A year without grocery stores, restaurants, pharmacies or even a garden. “Nature” is his garden!
Is it possible to eat in harmony with Earth and live in reciprocity? Robin wholeheartedly believes so and is putting this love and devotion for Earth into bold action as he harvests the food and medicine that is growing freely and abundantly all around us.
Community members are invited to a free screening of the documentary Microplastic Madness, an optimistic take on the plastic pollution crisis as told through the eyes of a group of school children. Common Threads LEX, a new sustainability-focused partnership between the City of Lexington, the University of Kentucky and Fayette County Public Schools, is hosting the screening. This is Common Threads LEX’s inaugural event.
Help us remove invasive plants from UK's Mathews Garden
March 23rd, 3:00 - 4:15 PM.
Contact Kenton Sena for additional questions: kenton.sena@uky.edu
RSVP on BBinvolved
Get ready, Wildcats! The Thrifty Cat is holding the first Thrifty's Pop-up at the 90. Thrift with us on March 6th at 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. All of the fun will take place on the 2nd floor in room 202.
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To help raise awareness for climate action across America, the Lewis Honors College, the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Student Sustainability Council are hosting the Climate Change Quilt project on February 17.
From 2 PM - 4 PM, Mischen will lead a workshop on quilting “to amplify the voices of all those concerned about climate change” in the Lewis Scholars Lounge.
To help raise awareness for climate action across America, the Lewis Honors College, the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Student Sustainability Council are hosting the Climate Change Quilt project on February 17.
From 11 AM - 12 PM, Mischen will speak on “The Hidden Consensus on Climate Change” and provide a history of the quilting project inspired by the AIDS Quilt Project from the 1980s in the William T. Young Library Alumni Gallery.
Join the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment and supporting partners for the first annual Careers in the Environment career fair, designed to connect talented students and recent graduates eager to make a meaningful impact with employers across the environmental sectors.
