The Office of Sustainability leads Eastern Kentucky University towards a sustainable future. We are now located in Case 305.
04/24/2025
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.” -The Lorax, Dr. Seuss
We do our best to speak for the trees 🌳🌎💚
Earth Day Fair this year highlighted the power of community coming together on campus beautiful! Special thanks to all of our partners - EKU Dining, EKU Libraries, Meadowbrook Farm and their adorable baby cows, and the campus groups who tabled alongside us.
04/02/2025
And we’re back! Our annual Earth Day Fair is our biggest yet with some exciting collaborations!
🌎🌞🦋🌻 see you there!
04/02/2025
And we’re back! This year’s Earth Day Fair is our biggest yet with some exciting collaborations!
🌎🦋🌞🌻 see you there!
11/13/2024
Our last SSC meeting and Art for Climate Anxiety event of the semester is tomorrow - join us in making terrarium ornaments!
10/22/2024
Help Appalachia recover from hurricane helene by donating to local organizations - here are a few 🤍
10/22/2024
Happy Halloween Colonels! 🎃 Our eco-costume contest has officially started! Submit an eco-conscious costume by the 31st for a chance to win flex giveaways and sustainability merch! We can’t wait to see your creativity spark a greener, always spooky Halloween 👻
10/19/2024
Mulch Madness 2024! Yesterday we planted 5 trees and mulched all around the EKU Center for the Arts to show our campus beautiful trees some care and love. Thank you to everyone who came out and our partners on the EKU Tree Care Committee - Facilities Management, Division of Natural Areas, and the Department of Biological Sciences.
10/17/2024
Colonel Nature Day today with 🍂
10/09/2024
Tree Week is in full swing this week and next! 🌳
This Friday’s Seminar (Biology Department) - Dr. Mary Arthur on Forests and Fires on the Cumberland Plateau
Next Friday’s Service Event - Mulching and planting trees around the EKU Center for the Arts
10/03/2024
LocalFest 2024 🎃🛍️🍂 Thank you to all of our amazing vendors, Comete Alguito - our local food truck, Meadowbrook Farm, and for making LocalFest a fall-cozy, creative atmosphere!
Our mission -
🧠Spread awareness of the importance of sustainable consumption/consumerism
❤️Bring community together
🎨Support local artists and small businesses
09/20/2024
Our first Art for Climate Anxiety was filled with creativity, relaxing lofi music, and lots of washi tape! We love providing this space for you all 🎶🎨
See you in November for terrarium ornament making!