Sustainable and collapsible utensils
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U student siblings Rachyll and Jonny Faeth say they are “helping the Earth in every way they can” through their startup company PureWare.
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Himalayan glaciers’ melting has doubled
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Rising temperatures has accelerated the melting of this huge region dramatically since the start of the 21st century.
Read MoreHumans of the U: Myron Willson
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A retirement open house for Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer Myron Willson will be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, from 3-5 p.m. in the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building, Child Hall (7th floor) 7180.
Read MoreCampus is abuzz with innovation
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Celebrate Pollinator Week in the U’s new bee-friendly garden.
Read MoreThe heart of the park
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Attend an open house on June 11 in Research Park to hear about projects on community building, mass transit accessibility and sustainable stormwater management systems.
Read MoreA new view of wintertime air pollution
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A new study could help improve air quality in Salt Lake City and other cities across the U.S. West.
Read MoreCommunity impact
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The U partners with the Pac-12 and the Maverik Center to research sustainability at sport venues.
Read MoreWaste not, want not
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Divert resources from the landfill on U Recycle Day, which takes place on Thursday, April 18, from 7:30 a.m.-12 p.m. in the south end of the Rice-Eccles Stadium parking lot.
Read MoreInvesting in a clean energy future
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This April, in honor of Earth Month, we encourage our faculty and staff to join our students to take direct, tangible action to address climate change and realize our students’ vision of a clean energy future.
Read MoreRecycle right
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China and other countries are banning certain waste materials. Learning to recycle properly is more important than ever.
Read MoreHumans of the U: Naima Dahir
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“When I first started college and learned about environmental racism, such as the water crisis in Flint, MI., I was taken aback at how these environmental injustices are happening in communities of color that don’t have the resources to fight back against things that are affecting them. It became personal to me as a person of color, who comes from a community that has a large refugee community with a low socioeconomic status.”
Read MoreReal food, real progress
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Why eating food produced locally, under fair and safe conditions, matters.
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