UCO Green

Residence Hall move-out item recovery 2026. For the 2nd year, we partnered with for students to donate items, instead of throwing them away. From clothes (LOTS) to bedding to rugs to trashcans to office supplies this year DOUBLED last year's haul (from 9 laundry carts to 20). So glad to have diverted so much away from the landfill to donate to Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled (and unopened food to our UCO Central Pantry).

Volunteers needed! For the 2nd year, students moving out of the dorms can donate their usable items to bins in their dorm lobby. We need volunteers to help us sort items at the NUC docks on Tuesday, May 12, between 9am-12pm, sign up for slots at https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/zvVMFJTeG8

Nice to get a shout out for our UCO Students for Sustainability from the inspiring Tulsa-based ! Read intern RJ’s article at https://www.thesustainabilityalliance.org/post/a-new-perspective-farewell-thoughts-from-our-spring-intern

What an Earth Week at UCO! Huge shout-out to our Events Chair, Nicole (UCO Library) for all her work, along with all the other volunteers, tour guides, and table hosts. captured our activities so well. What new earth-thing did you learn, what new sustainability hack are you trying, or what were you motivated to think more about??

Congrats 2026 Photo Contest winners! This year's Earth Week photo contest theme was "Undaunted Oklahoma: Everything that reminds us of strength and resilience." 1st place, depicting a tree across the seasons, was shot by Dawn Hester (UCO staff); 2nd place, a momma fox, was shot by Susan Hemphill (UCO staff); and Dr. Travis Roach (Dept. of Economics) took 3rd place with his photo of a monarch butterfly amidst thistles. Great job on your creativity and artistry!! Read more at https://blogs.uco.edu/green/2026/04/23/undaunted-oklahoma-photo-contest-winners

Today is Earth day! Come visit the fair from 10am to 2pm at Broncho Lake and celebrate our beautiful planet and learn ways to protect and appreciate it. There will also be a spot for eWaste and recycling! Come learn more about sustainability!

Come see our new space on Friday, April 24 between 11am-2pm in Liberal Arts North 130. Thanks to the creativity of UCO design students and funding to Students for Sustainability from UCOSA, our Sustainability Center is more welcoming and ready to promote transformative growth in environmental health!

Hope you'll join us Thursday, April 23 between 11:30am-1:00pm in the Chambers Library Lobby for a SEED SWAP as part of our UCO Earth Week 2026 events. Drop off seeds (Oklahoma native preferred) and/or take some seeds as you reflect on the power of plants in our ecosystem.

The UCO and Edmond community are invited to our annual Earth Day Fair - Wednesday, April 22, 10am-2pm at Broncho Lake. Come hear from student groups, offices, city/state government (lots from City of Edmond, Government), and nonprofits (like Oklahoma Compost and Sustainability Association) about how to better take care of mother earth. Students can checkin for credit in Health & Wellness (environmental health).

Come connect to nature at the John Barthell Pollinator Garden right on the UCO campus (west of the STEM building)! Biology faculty will lead tours on Tuesday, April 21 starting at Noon, 1pm, and 2pm and answer questions about the 70+ native plants and the pollinators that visit them. Read more about this and other 2026 Earth Week activities at https://blogs.uco.edu/green.