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Category Archives: news
The Future of Bears Ears
By Katie Stevens, Blog Writing Intern. Near the Four Corners area in Southeastern Utah lies a vast area of beautiful country known as Bears Ears. Bears Ears is full of winding […]
Divesting from easy answers/reinvesting in the power of action
Liz Ivkovich, Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Modern Dance. Fundamentally, the divestment conversation is about hypocrisy. Or, perhaps, it’s about integrity. Actually, it’s opportunities for reinvestment in alternative energy. No, really, it’s […]
Parking Day, Pickling, and Permaculture
By Shaun Daniel, Environmental Humanities Alumnus I hear Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers post-Parking Day and pre-permaculture picture. And so can you this Thursday! April 7 will […]
Giving voice to the voiceless: social justice and the climate movement
By Nicole Cox, Sustainability Office Communications Fellow At last year’s National Bioneers Conference, Vien Truong asked a provocative question: “How do particulate matters relate to sixteen-year-olds getting murdered?” The answer: […]
Recycling blitz: U Competes in National GameDay Recycling Challenge
By Ayrel Clark-Proffitt, Sustainability Office At the Homecoming game, the contest won’t just be on the field—it will be in the waste bins, too. On Oct. 10, while the Utes […]
Taking advantage of U’s green grant program
By Emerson Andrews, SCIF Coordinator “SCIF”; you might’ve heard about it in the classroom, or maybe saw the flyers during welcome week. Of course it could be just another mysterious […]
Custodial crew cleans up Clear the Air Challenge
Left to right: Marchelle McCoy, Xavier White, and Stacy Hendricksen, show off the University of Utah’s trophy for winning the Clear the Air Challenge in the month of July. Each […]
Get fresh, local food at the University of Utah’s Farmers Market
By Ayrel Clark-Proffitt, Sustainability Office For the first time, the University of Utah Farmers Market, which begins Aug. 27, will offer two programs to help students and food stamp recipients […]
U partners with Pakistan’s Mehran University for Engineering & Technology for the future of water
By Sarah Lappé, Sustainability Office On Tuesday, I attended the signing of the agreement between the University of Utah and Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET) in Jamshoro, Pakistan. […]
