by sustain | Feb 19, 2014 | Events, Green Living, Office for Sustainability, Recycle, Volunteer
Earth Day planning is underway at the Office for Sustainability as spring approaches! We’ve got a whole new line-up of events and projects for this year’s celebration of our favorite national holiday. First and foremost is the Earth Day Vendor Fair that...
by sustain | Feb 17, 2014 | Academics, Office for Sustainability
By Paige Acklie, Agricultural Communications Experiential Learning Lab Reporter Undergraduate students at the University of Arkansas now have the opportunity to obtain a minor in sustainability and learn more about the relationships between people and the environment,...
by sustain | Jan 31, 2014 | Challenge, Competitions & Programs, Events, Higher Education, Housing, Office for Sustainability, Recycle, RecycleMania, Residence Halls, RSO, Waste
The University of Arkansas has begun its seventh endeavor to be the champions of RecycleMania, an annual competition for universities across the nation to reduce waste and increase recycling rates on their campuses. The 2014 RecycleMania competition will last eight...
by sustain | Jan 23, 2014 | Competitions & Programs, Office for Sustainability, Recycle, RecycleMania, Waste
February 2nd marks the beginning of RecycleMania 2014 for the University of Arkansas. The Office for Sustainability will once again host the RSO recycling contest! The competition was extremely successful in 2013, and we have high hopes for 2014. Sign up by January...
by sustain | Dec 17, 2013 | Campus Resource, Climate, Climate Action Plan, Energy, Green Living, Greenhouse Gasses, Higher Education, Office for Sustainability
The Office for Sustainability held a public comment session at the University of Arkansas on December 16, 2013. The purpose of this comment session was to determine whether our aspirational goals of Carbon Neutrality by 2040 was still useful as a guiding force and to...
by sustain | Sep 30, 2013 | Green Jobs, Internships, Office for Sustainability
The Office for Sustainability recently hired interns for the 2013 Fall semester. These interns will work on reporting projects for the office. Supriya Supriya Thote is a senior majoring in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Math. She is currently learning how to...