Confessions of a Vegetarian
By Austin Holmes, Sustainability Office I stare down at the miscellaneous, multifarious bowl of rice, beans, lentils, and quinoa. How did I become a vegetarian? Let me tell you. I […]
Tag Archives: green
Starting off the growing season
By Jayashree Lavanyan, Edible Campus Garden Steward In case you had not noticed with the snow still falling, it’s spring! And with the last frost date less than a month […]
What’s in and what’s out: Recycling education at the U
By Sarah Martinez, Student Sustainability Ambassador Recycling is easy. Getting students to recycle correctly is not. So, the Sustainability Office created a force of well-informed students and staff to help […]
Campus is buzzing: An interview with the University of Utah Beekeeper’s Association
By J. FitzLandry, Edible Campus Gardens Apprentice I met Kirstie Kandaris at the East entrance to the Marriott Library. We had spoken earlier in the week about meeting at the […]
Win prizes for something you do every day! Enter the U of U Cup Project Competition!
By Sarah Martinez, Sustainability Ambassador I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, before you recycle you should consider reducing and reusing. In this case that means reducing the […]
Why we garden and why you should too
By Matthew Briggs, Edible Campus Gardens Roughly 10,000 years ago humans slowed migration and began to settle the land becoming caretakers of plants. Fast forward to the year 1900, where […]
A world of waste
By Sarah Martinez, Student Sustainability Ambassador Here in the United States, our sewage water and our garbage are generally well managed. They run beneath our feet or in trucks on […]
Can I go zero waste?
By Sarah Martinez, Student Sustainability Ambassador I went waste free for a month, and here’s what happened. Helping to create the Recycling Ambassadors program, analyzing recycling behavior on campus, and […]
THE U MAKES INSTALLATION OF SOLAR SIMPLE AND AFFORDABLE
Originally published in @theU on Mar. 21, 2016 By the University of Utah Sustainability Office The University of Utah has announced the return of its very popular community solar energy […]
Finding Creative Paths to Sustainability with a Graduate Certificate
By Shaun Daniel, GCSC Research Associate When he walks this spring, Mike Christensen will be the University of Utah’s first graduate with an Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Sustainability. Christensen leads […]
