- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/sustainability/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:45:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Campus committee seeks ideas to improve sustainability on campus /news-archive/2018/09/20/sustainability-survey/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:45:36 +0000 /news/?p=71909 ... Campus committee seeks ideas to improve sustainability on campus]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Sustainability Committee is looking for ideas to make the campus more sustainable and environmentally friendly.听 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock currently recycles aluminum cans, paper, cardboard, and plastic bottles through bins distributed across campus, while batteries, printer cartridges, and electronics can be recycled if they are taken to the Facilities Management office. Facilities Management also partners with state Marketing & Redistribution to recycle and reuse larger items like furniture. The committee has launched a short survey and is seeking feedback from the campus community on environmental issues, recycling accessibility and availability, and suggestions for sustainability projects on campus. The first 100 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students, staff, and faculty members who fill out the survey will receive a free coffee tumbler. The survey can be taken through. For more information, contact Toni Boyer at thboyer@ualr.edu or 501-975-2339. In the upper right photo,听Dr. Lashun Massey, program coordinator of the environmental engineering program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and member of the Sustainability Committee, is shown with the coffee tumbler the committee is giving away to the first 100 people who complete the survey. Massey is the reigning Mrs. Little Rock and will compete for the Mrs. Arkansas America title in November.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to celebrate Sustainability Day Oct. 19 /news-archive/2017/10/16/68260/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 14:01:00 +0000 /news/?p=68260 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to celebrate Sustainability Day Oct. 19]]> fjfrazier@ualr.edu.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to celebrate Sustainability Day Oct. 19 /news-archive/2017/10/12/ua-little-rock-celebrate-sustainability-day-oct-19/ Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:06:01 +0000 /news/?p=68262 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to celebrate Sustainability Day Oct. 19]]> fjfrazier@ualr.edu.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Campus Garden subject of first EARTHtalk lecture /news-archive/2017/08/25/campus-garden-earthtalk/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 19:09:24 +0000 /news/?p=67745 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Campus Garden subject of first EARTHtalk lecture]]> During the first EARTHtalk lecture of the year, Dr. Stephen Grace, associate professor of biology, will discuss the progress of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Campus Garden and the benefits of sustainable urban gardening.听 Grace鈥檚 talk, 鈥淏uilding a Healthy Future through the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Campus Garden,鈥 will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, in the Engineering and Information Technology Building Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Grace joined the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty in 2000. He is a plant physiologist whose research is focused on the biochemistry and metabolism of plants, especially in relation to human nutrition. In 2013, Grace helped establish the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Campus Garden to educate students, faculty, and staff about sustainable urban gardening and to help bring fresh food to the campus community. Since establishing the campus garden, Grace also helped start a student organization, the Campus Garden Alliance, which raises fresh produce for the Trojan Food Pantry. Grace serves as faculty adviser. For more information, contact Michael DeAngelis at 501.569.3542 or mtdeangelis@ualr.edu or visit the EARTHtalk! website. In the upper right photo,听Dr. Stephen Grace works in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Campus Garden. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Communications.]]> Sustainability grant proposals accepted through April 3 /news-archive/2017/02/21/sustainability-grant-proposals-april-3/ Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:56:47 +0000 /news/?p=66387 ... Sustainability grant proposals accepted through April 3]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Sustainability Committee is accepting submissions of innovative research and teaching proposals for a $2,500 grant toward the development and promotion of the principles of sustainability.听 The submission deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, April 3. All full- and part-time faculty, instructors, and staff may apply. Funds may be used for travel, educational materials, equipment purchases, field trips, or guest speakers. All grant funds must be spent by the end of the fiscal year. Grant recipients are required to submit a written report at the end of the funding period and present a poster at the University of Arkansas Little Rock Sustainability Day 2018. The online application for grant proposals is available at the Sustainability Committee鈥檚 website.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒LR to celebrate Sustainability Day Oct. 19 /news-archive/2016/10/05/sustainability-day-oct-19/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:15:24 +0000 /news/?p=65375 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to celebrate Sustainability Day Oct. 19]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is inviting the community to celebrate Sustainability Day on Wednesday, Oct. 19.听 A recycling drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in parking lot 15 near the university鈥檚 residence halls. Members of the community can drop off electronics and household batteries for recycling. There is no cost for this service. Numerous vendors will be present for Sustainability Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Alumni Plaza near Ottenheimer Library. The day鈥檚 events will include a farmers market, food trucks, recycling demonstrations, and games. For more information, contact the Sustainability Committee at sustainability@ualr.edu. ]]> Sustainability grant proposals accepted through听April 1 /news-archive/2016/02/05/sustainability-grant-proposals-accepted-through-april-1/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:00:07 +0000 /news/?p=63430 ... Sustainability grant proposals accepted through听April 1]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Sustainability Committee is accepting submissions for innovative research and teaching proposals for a $2,500 grant toward the development and promotion of the principles of sustainability.

Grant funds can be used for travel, educational materials, equipment purchases, field trips, and guest speakers. All funds must be spent by the end of the fiscal year.

The submission deadline is 5听p.m. April 1. All full- and听part-time faculty, instructors, and staff members are eligible to apply.

Grant applications can be found here.听听

]]> Sustainability Day set for Thursday on 糖心Vlog传媒LR campus /news-archive/2015/10/21/sustainability-day-thursday-ualr/ Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:59:17 +0000 /news/?p=62909 ... Sustainability Day set for Thursday on 糖心Vlog传媒LR campus]]> Numerous vendors will be present for Sustainability Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Donaghey Student Center Ledbetter Rooms A-C. On Friday, the campus is invited to view the movie 鈥淔ed Up鈥 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center. Activities that were scheduled earlier in the week included a Coleman Creek clean-up (Oct. 19); an effort to recycle plastic bags and make reusable bags from T-shirts (Oct. 20); and garden day (Oct. 21).]]> Recycle Bikes for Kids tradition continues /news-archive/2013/11/12/recycle-bikes-for-kids-tradition-continues-at-ualr/ /news-archive/2013/11/12/recycle-bikes-for-kids-tradition-continues-at-ualr/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:19:13 +0000 https://ualrprd.wpengine.com/news-archive/?p=47415 ... Recycle Bikes for Kids tradition continues]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Staff Senate has teamed up with the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Student Marketing Association to collect bikes and accessories for an annual event benefitting the Recycle Bikes for Kids program.

Recycle Bikes for Kids

Recycle Bikes for Kids was started in 2008 to provide bikes to youth who would not otherwise have one.

Bikes and accessories such as helmets, tubes, knee pads, and reflectors can be dropped off at the motor pool area behind 糖心Vlog传媒LR Facilities Management between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. until Nov. 15. The program initially focused on buying used bikes until it was quickly discovered that people will donate used bikes when they know they will be repaired and given to children. To date, the program has received more than 5,000 bikes and repaired and delivered more than 4,500 of them. According to Stephanie Conrad, 糖心Vlog传媒LR staff senator, the program is always in need of more bikes. 鈥淣early everyone can recall their first bike and has a desire to share that experience,鈥 she said.

For more information about the drive at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, contact Conrad at sbpollard@ualr.edu.

To learn more about Recycle Bikes for Kids, go to听their .

 ]]> /news-archive/2013/11/12/recycle-bikes-for-kids-tradition-continues-at-ualr/feed/ 0 Food Day promotes benefits of local, sustainable food /news-archive/2013/10/18/food-day-promotes-benefits-of-local-sustainable-food/ /news-archive/2013/10/18/food-day-promotes-benefits-of-local-sustainable-food/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:48:15 +0000 https://ualrprd.wpengine.com/news-archive/?p=46557 ... Food Day promotes benefits of local, sustainable food]]> It will be held in the mall area of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.Food Day A fall-festival theme with students and local food-related organizations providing displays, information, and activities to promote awareness are part of the day鈥檚 activities. Some booths will include such fun and educational activities as conventional versus organic taste testing, a vegetable petting zoo, a “what’s in your drink?” display, healthy and affordable foods for college students, and prehistoric foodways of Arkansas. In addition, a pumpkin-carving contest will be held to help with improvements to 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 campus garden and to encourage more students to get their hands dirty learning to grow healthy produce. A grant was provided to start the on-campus garden, which continues to thrive, following the first Food Day event in 2011. For more information about Food Day at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, email dnholdcraft@ualr.edu. Food Day is a national movement; more information is at foodday.org.]]> /news-archive/2013/10/18/food-day-promotes-benefits-of-local-sustainable-food/feed/ 0