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Student Organizations

Joining a student organization is a great way to enrich your experience at UK, meet new people, and get engaged with sustainability-related initiatives. The organizations below have worked closely with the Office of Sustainability in the past and is not meant to be exhaustive. If you know of another student organization that should be included here, please contact Shane Tedder at shane.tedder@uky.edu. For a complete listing of the student organizations at UK, visit https://getinvolved.uky.edu/so/findorg.

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Greenthumb

The UK Greenthumb Environmental Club was founded on the University of Kentucky campus in 1993. Greenthumb is engaged in environmental activism on campus and beyond. Currently much of Greenthumb's work is focused on push for a more sustainable campus. In the past Greenthumb members have lobbied for change on campus by holding positions within the Student Government, the President's Sustainability Advisory Committee, the Student Sustainability Council, the original Sustainability Task Force and various other university bodies.

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Student Sustainability Council

The Student Sustainability Council was formed to supervise the distribution of the Environmental Stewardship Fee in order to responsibly advance the theory, practice and reality of Sustainability at the University of Kentucky. Any member of the University of Kentucky community can submit a proposal for funding support. If you have an idea for a project that will enhance the culture of sustainability on UK's campus, we encourage you to use our submission form to make us aware of your project.

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The Campus Kitchen

The Campus Kitchen at the University of Kentucky (CKUK) is an on-campus student service organization that was established in April 2014 with faculty support from the Department of Dietetics & Human Nutrition. CKUK is an affiliate of the national The Campus Kitchens Project (CKP), which provides a sustainable approach to reducing food waste on college campuses while also providing healthy meals to those struggling with hunger.

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Solar Car Team

The University of Kentucky Solar Car team is an independent, student-led organization that operates on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY through the College of Engineering. The team was formed in 1999 — nearly 16 years ago, and is one of the larges, thriving, student engineering organizations on campus. With a large and active student body the team works during the school year to design and construct solar vehicles which are used in STEM outreach and to compete in national competitions which include the Formula Sun Grans Prix, and the American Solar Challenge

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