by Sydney Golding | Aug 27, 2021 | Academics, ASG, Bicycles, Campus Resource, Commuters, Consumption, Food, Green Living, Higher Education, Office for Sustainability, Recycling, Sustainable Purchasing, Transportation, Waste, Water
The start of a new academic year always brings about a revived sense of excitement and anticipation. If you’re an incoming freshman, this is the start of a new way of life – full of newfound freedoms and the power to become your best self. The Office for...
by Linden Cheek | Aug 21, 2020 | Campus Resource, Challenge, Earth Week, Greek Life, Green Living, Office for Sustainability, Student Leaders
The University of Arkansas Office for Sustainability has launched the 2020 Greek Life Sustainability Scorecard! This is the third year that the Office for Sustainability has facilitated the program, and we are incredibly happy to see so many chapters furthering...
by Julia Nall | Jul 8, 2020 | Features, Office for Sustainability, Recycle, Recycling, RSO
We’ll be highlighting RSO’s from the RSO Sustainability Coalition. If you’re interested in joining one of these organizations, be sure to check out their social media and HogSync page! Meet the Recyclebacks, an RSO dedicated to keeping our community...
by Linden Cheek | Apr 20, 2020 | Climate, Events, Office for Sustainability
Welcome to the 50th Annual Earth Week! The first Earth Day in 1970 launched a wave of action, including the passage of landmark environmental laws in the United States. The Clean Air, Clean Water, Endangered Species Acts, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were...
by Linden Cheek | Mar 25, 2020 | Campus Resource, Challenge, Features, Office for Sustainability, Systems Thinking
Hello Spring. And Social-Distancing. There’s no getting around it. COVID-19 has disrupted all of our lives, keeping us stuck inside and often unable to enjoy the coming of spring in our more traditional ways. For many of us, this unprecedented global crisis has...
by Julia Nall | Jul 29, 2019 | Biodiversity, Office for Sustainability, Pollinators
Life in the OFS Pollinator Habitat has blossomed since we last did a blog post about it! The warm weather and rain have brought purple and yellow flowers out to bloom, including Coreopsis lanceolata (Tickseed)… …and Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed...