Transylvania University Sustainability

Want to learn more about recycling options in Lexington? Here's a good guide to help you out:

The Lexington Green Guide is officially live! Check out this resource to learn where to recycle or donate reusable items in Fayette County.

Learn how to recycle things like:
- Plastic bags
- Light bulbs
- Batteries
- Old TVs
- and much more!

http://bggreensource.org/lexington-green-guide/

Remember to celebrate Earth Month in the Transy Garden behind Poole today from 5-7:30pm! There will be pizza, crafts, and a conversation on sustainability at Transy.

We had a great time touring the newly finished, ENORMOUS solar farm built this past fall by Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. The event was our first annual bipartisan civic engagement event, and a part of the Earth Month series. The group had dinner afterwards at the local Smithtown seafood.

This awesome group of Lexington high school students decided to get up early, despite a day off from school, to attend the Student Sustainability Leadership Academy this morning! The Academy is sponsored by the Bluegrass Youth Sustainability Council and hosted here at Transy. A committee of BYSC students visioned, planned and implemented the Academy themselves. I hope some of these amazing young people decide to come to Transy after graduation!

Seen here is Noel Osborn from Bluegrass Greensource inspiring these rising community leaders in sustainability and empowering them to support Lex's greenest local businesses. Bluegrass Greensource supports local businesses that are working to be more sustainable with Live Green Lexington's Green Check program.

Happy first day of April! Instead of Earth day, Transylvania University will be celebrating Earth month. Look out for events on campus celebrating Earth month throughout April. Here are some of the events:

We need these in downtown Lexington! They are even cooler when the mosses have grown out longer.

Today we had an event from The Crown Estate - together with Climate-KIC we presented the to their stakeholders. This is a shared effort with our UK partner Evergen Systems Ltd (Evergen Clean Air) 🍃
Come and visit the smart plant filter on Glasshouse Street and take a deep breath of clean air.😊

Climate-KIC Deutschland

Sustainability tip of the week! Try a sustainable practice for doing laundry. Only wash your clothes when you have a full load or hang your clothes instead of putting them in the dryer.

11 ways to green your laundry Doing laundry uses up a lot of energy and releases tons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere every year. Here are some tips for reducing your impact.

Join TEAL in the Skip the Straw campaign to help reduce plastic straw waste and win a free reusable utensil pack! All you have to do is post a picture of yourself skipping the straw with the hashtag and tag TEAL on here and/or Instagram.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: FoodChain is currently looking for volunteers to assist at their aquaponics farm! The link to the volunteer signup sheet can be found here:

Farm Volunteer SignUp.com makes it easy to coordinate school events & classroom activities, fundraisers, snack schedules, potlucks & more!

Wall Paint, Perfumes And Cleaning Agents Are Polluting Our Air A new study suggests that emissions of volatile organic compounds from everyday household products contributes to nearly half of the pollutants in the air of our cities.

Happy Valentine's day! Here is your sustainability tip of the week for sustainable Valentine gift ideas:

14 Sustainable Valentine's Day Gift Ideas Valentine's Day may be a consumerism-driven holiday, but that doesn't mean you can't still celebrate love in a conscious way that minimizes both your conceding to commercialism as well as your carbon footprint. If you're set on keeping things green a…