Congrats to TFISE-affiliated faculty ⁦@lecagle⁩ on her grant with ⁦KY Geological Survey⁩ Engaging Nontraditional Geoscience Information Stakeholders in Appalachian Kentucky. Looking forward to the outcomes. ⁦UKSustainabilityInst⁩ sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/Sci_Com…

It was a beautiful day for a cook out and Tree Week kick off! Members from Tracy Farmer, UFI, LFUCG, Trees Lexington! and community joined @seedleafLex for food, fun and we learned a bunch about natives from Eartheim Design Studio.

Stop by our UKSustainabilityInst booth (15) at #NAAEE2019. Also, drop by Art and Nature (Paint by Nature) 5:30-7:30 on Thursday (as part of Tree Week and NAAEE) UFI

Another energizing day at #NAAEE2019. @lecagle discusses Kentucky Climate Consortium UKSustainabilityInst

Communications and Media Intern Hannah Phillips presents her poster AASHE regarding her ongoing work with TFISE as part of her internship. Her work focuses on communicating about sustainability and covers our recent What Can You Do series!

Congrats to Mary Arthur in University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton CAFE for funding for the Urban Forest Iniative from the Kentucky EEC

@ukyappalachiancenter kicked off waterweek this evening UK Libraries in the William T. Young Library with "Where Does Our Water Come From?" check out this week's events Bit.ly/ukywaterweek

Water Week is in full swing after an excellent panel last night featuring Steve Evans and Erika Hernandez of KWRI and Amanda Gumbert of University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton CAFE . Come back to @UKLibraries WT Young Athletics Auditorium for the film, Water Stories: Martin County, from 3:15-5:15 TODAY!

Panel discussion of Martin County #water concerns follows documentary film screening.

Do you love our rainbow sticker, giveaway items, free food AND films about the environmental impacts of the bottled water industry? Come watch the documentary Tapped with us at 5pm tonight at Willy T Library in the UKAA auditorium as part of Water Week 2019 hosted by Appalachian Center

The call for abstracts for our 2020 Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium is now open! More information at bit.ly/KWRRISymposium….

KWRRI is at Kentucky EEC’s Division of Water today piloting module 3 of the Watershed Academy- Dealing with Data! Looking forward to hearing the valuable feedback from KDOW, watershed coordinators, MS4 coordinators and others in the audience.

TFISE is proud to co- sponsor the second year of this new event along with KY Dept of Ag University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton CAFE, Bluegrass Farm to Table, and others. Register today!

We're excited to launch Sustainable Development Kentucky, a video series exploring the different ways UK is working toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We'll release new videos each Friday showcasing different sustainability initiatives here at UK youtu.be/9Bg5i_SNsqQ

Watch Sustainable Development Kentucky parts 2 and 3 to learn about UK Landscape Architecture’s Design Week project and UFI’s working group! youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Sustainable Development Part Three: Dr. Michael Goodin, Professor with University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton CAFE taught “Wake up, and smell the coffee!”, an experimental coffee course that brought students together to learn about a range of topics through the lens of coffee. youtube.com/watch?v=ptbky5…

Sustainable Development Kentucky Part Four: UK Recycling focuses on sustainability and waste reduction. Joanna Ashford, Recycling Coordinator, explains some of the innovative waste reduction programs UK youtube.com/watch?v=U-0Rlc…

'Research Innovators in Sustainable Energy' is one of our Sustainability Challenge Grant projects this year! RISE is creating a training program for both graduate and undergraduate students that involves them in research projects focused on sustainable energy.