by | Jul 7, 2014 | Green Jobs, GroGreen, Volunteer
Volunteers Needed to Harvest Tomatoes GroGreen is inviting volunteers out to the Horticulture Farm to help harvest tomatoes for a U of A graduate student’s research experiment. This would be a great chance to visit the farm and meet some of the members of GroGreen,...
by sustain | May 8, 2014 | Office for Sustainability, Recycle, RecycleMania, Residence Halls, RSO, Waste
The University of Arkansas recently placed fourth in the Southeastern Conference division of RecycleMania with an 18.71% diversion rate. During the competition, the University of Arkansas mitigated 604 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, which is equivalent to...
by sustain | Mar 17, 2014 | Competitions & Programs, Events, Green Living, Higher Education, Housing, Recycle, RecycleMania, Residence Halls, RSO, Waste
Where do we stand? The University of Arkansas is ranked #3 in the SEC with a recycling rate of 17.372%. Cumulatively, we have reduced 238 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, or 47 cars off the road, or the energy consumption of 21 households! View the...
by sustain | Mar 12, 2014 | Academics, Agriculture, ASG, Electric Vehicles, Energy, Engineering, Events, Food Justice, Green Design, Green Jobs, Green Living, GroGreen, Office for Sustainability, OFS Events, Recycle, RIC, RSO, Volunteer, Waste, Water
Earth Day 2014 Vendor Fair Update Spring is finally here, and the Office for Sustainability is gearing up for the big Earth Day celebration, next week on April 22nd, 10am-2:00pm on the Union Mall! The Earth Day Vendor Fair is now completely booked for vendors. We’re...
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 | Nov 26, 2013 | Agriculture, Enactus, Food Justice, Waste
Dark-roasted fertilizer? A student organization on the University of Arkansas campus is recycling used coffee grounds and converting them to fertilizer to be used in campus flowerbeds. Enactus, a U of A registered student organization affiliated with an international...