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The Cache Valley Gleaning Program, founded by former Utah State University Student Nutrition Access Center Director Kara Bachman, in 2019, works to reduce food waste and help prevent food insecurity.

With the state of Utah facing drought conditions for another year, Utah State University Eastern is engaged in significant efforts to conserve water. The campus has put plans in place to save both water and the funds that go along with it throughout the y...

Currently, 72% of Utah is experiencing extreme drought, with the remainder of the state in severe drought. With a dry summer likely and water restrictions already in place around the state, it is crucial that Utahns conserve the water we have.

The amount of microplastics is alarming, and USU author Lael Gilbert dives into the problems associated with microplastics in our community.

Article detailing the differences that low-energy efficient bulbs and high-energy efficient bulbs can make on campus.

Article written about the winners of Energy Wars, what the winner was given from USU Sustainability, and the steps that they took to win.

After a summer of watering restrictions and an on-going drought here in Utah, Kelly Kopp, Water Conservation and Turfgrass Specialist with USU Extension, explains what to do with your grass. She outlines how fall, and the arrival of cooler temperatures, w...

Utah State University's Sustainability Coordinator, Alexi Lamm, explains what LEED Certification is, what buildings here at USU are certified, and what criteria all new construction at USU needs to meet.

On an average summer day, the Utah State University Landscape Operations and Maintenance (LOAM) receives many calls about watering practices on campus.

In what will be one of his final acts as president of the Utah State University Student Association, Sami Ahmed added his name to nine other student body presidents from across the state of Utah to a petition to affect climate change in the United States....

Utah State University Student Sustainability Office and Sustainability Council are celebrating Earth Day and honoring the campus community’s sustainability award winners. In addition to this year’s online events and annual EcoHunt, the campus community no...

Continuous Improvement is a core value of Dining Services at Utah State University. This semester, USU Dining Services is incorporating sustainable practices, such as composting food waste and offering meat-free meal options, into their operations on Loga...

The new Gateway Parking Terrace now marks the east entrance to Utah State University’s Logan campus, just past Fine Arts Visual. Both buildings now hold some of USU’s only rooftop top solar panels, including USU’s newest and largest solar array.

Logan is no stranger to poor air quality, and it is particularly noticeable in the winter due to inversions. Cache Valley’s surrounding mountains trap a layer of cold air and pollution beneath warm air in the winter until a storm comes through.

Utah State University is competing against universities nationwide in Campus Race to Zero Waste through February and March.

Innovative, practical solutions that support a thriving community are the basis for Utah State University’s sustainability efforts, which saw an uptick in the 2020 fiscal year.

The League of American Bicyclists, an advocacy organization encouraging better bicycling, has honored Utah State University with a gold-level Bicycle Friendly University award in recognition of the institution’s achievements in promoting and enabling safe...

USU Moab's new campus will be a combustion-free, net-zero energy building that is passively designed to harness solar energy.

The start of October brought along the start of Utah State University’s Energy Wars - a campus wide challenge to see what buildings can reduce their energy usage the most.

It’s about halfway through harvest season in Cache County, and the Utah State University Gleaning Team is back in its second year to bridge the gap between local gardeners and food pantries’ shortages.

Utah State University is advancing toward carbon neutrality this summer, one bulb at a time. Throughout July, USU Facilities is reporting progress of 75,000 replacements into a 142,000 lamp conversion of campus to light-emitting diodes, more commonly know...

Utah State University Student Sustainability Office and Sustainability Council are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and honoring the campus community’s sustainability award winners

Utah State University Student Sustainability Office are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and honoring the campus community’s sustainability award winners virtually from April 15 to 22. This year’s online events include High Stakes Kahoot, coo...

Utah State University President Noelle Cockett has committed to the implementation of new greenhouse gas reduction recommendations that will lead to greater sustainability, cost savings, and improvements to USU facilities, activities, and culture.

Utah State University’s Keep Logan Clear campaign, which began in January, continues with an Instagram challenge running Feb. 17 -28.

Utah State University President Noelle Cockett is reviewing the most recent plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the university’s campuses across the state. Last week a meeting was hosted to inform students and faculty about the efforts.

Winners of the 2020 Utah High School Clean Air Poster Contest will be announced at Utah State University’s Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA) Saturday, Feb. 8, at 10:30 a.m.

Utah State University’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Steering Committee is seeking feedback on a draft report released today that outlines steps USU should take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and work toward achieving carbon neutrality.

Utah State University saves energy as the Engineering Building wins Energy Wars. Throughout October and November, faculty and students took small steps to reduce energy such as taking the stairs, turning off lights and unplugging unused electronics.

On the chilly Saturday before Thanksgiving, bikers gather at Aggie Blue Bikes on the Utah State University campus to compete in Cranksgiving. Cranksgiving is a Thanksgiving tradition that began in 1999 on the streets of New York City.

Throughout the month of November, Utah State University’s Aggie Sustainability Club is hosting pop-up shops for True Blue Reuse, their on-campus thrift store.

Utah State University’s Aggie Recreation Center recently moved to hand dryers only in four of the most used bathrooms. The change, which eliminated paper towel waste, will save over $10,000 annually.

On Dec. 15, USU will lose its subscription to Zimride, a student ridesharing program, unless the program coordinators at USU successfully raise the remaining $2,500 required for renewing USU’s subscription for another year.

Following recent measures taken this year by Utah State University to decrease the university’s carbon footprint, USU students are lobbying to implement a new position on the Utah State University Student Association (USUSA) executive council.

It has been nearly eight months since Anthony Whaley started a curbside-compost collection service in Cache Valley. “We are excited about the feedback we are getting from the community as well as our subscribers,” Whaley said.

To get underway for Logan’s Pride Festival this weekend, a few dozen people gathered at Aggie Blue Bikes on Friday evening, donning rainbow shirts and colorful tights, ready to compete in a cycling scavenger hunt.

Utah State University has finished phase one of road improvements on 700 North, or Aggie Bull-evard, on the main Logan campus. The improvements begin at 800 East and go to 950 East.

A group of volunteers from Utah State University is asking Cache Valley residents who own fruit trees or have a vegetable garden to allow a group of volunteers to pick their excess fruit or vegetables.

Pilot projects that laboratories throughout Utah and across the country could adopt—it is just another day at Utah State University. The USU Student Association Executive Council and Faculty Senate passed resolutions in 2018-19 asking the university to re...

For the last four years, USU has hosted the Planetary Thinking conference in May, which invites teachers and students from every discipline to learn about the resources they need to teach sustainability.

The third Impact Art Show opened with the fifth annual Sustainability Awards on April 15, 2019.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, greenhouse gas emissions are the most significant driver of global climate change. Utah State University is making changes to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and become carbon neutral within the next...

Shandrea Hickok traveled to Scandinavia last summer to research sustainability practices in the Nordic heritage. This year she brought the culture, food and organic practices back to Utah State University for Earth week.

Currently there are 11 campus buses at Utah State University running on natural gas. With a lifespan of six and a half years, discussion has started around other options to replace outgoing shuttles.

Representatives from the Buddhist, Presbyterian, Hindu and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints faith traditions came together Thursday evening to discuss the intersection of faith and air quality in Cache Valley.

Almost three years after a mental health crisis was declared on campus, the Utah State University Student Association executive council is discussing a new problem: climate change.

Utah State University President Noelle Cockett has formed a campus Greenhouse Gas Reduction Steering Committee charged to develop specific options for USU to deliver on a commitment to reduce its carbon footprint.

The Utah State University Faculty Senate unanimously approved a recommendation to reduce greenhouse gases Monday, sending the proposal to administrators for further deliberation.

The Electric Vehicle & Roadway Research and Test Track Facility at Utah State University is installing the largest solar array on campus, and researchers said the new array will help power their vision of their future.

The Campus Kitchen at Utah State University is working to put the food on campus to better use.

Eleven years after then-Utah State University President Stan Albrecht signed a document with his counterparts worldwide committing to become a carbon neutral university, some members of the USU faculty want to expand on that charge.

At the start of the first-ever "God and Smog Symposium" at Utah State University on Wednesday, the school's director of religious studies, Ravi Gupta, asked participants to look out out the window of Huntsman Hall.

Guests overflowed onto the floor of the Tippets Gallery at Utah State University's Caine College of the Arts Monday night for the Climate Change Town Hall, the inaugural event of Utah Climate Week 2018.

Utah State University Student Association's Diversity Week Global Picnic event joined forces with Utah State University's Blue Goes Green Farmers Market for a collaborative event Oct. 3.

Aggie Blue Bikes at Utah State University is now offering its repair services for free on certain days to the public.

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has certified both Utah State University's Maverik Stadium and Kaysville Education Center Expansion LEED Silver.

The College of Engineering at Utah State University invites students, faculty, staff and members of the community to a special ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, May 14 at the USU Electric Vehicle & Roadway (EVR) Research Facility & Test Track.

Utah State University is one of 19 universities being awarded the 2017-2018 PepsiCo Recycling Zero Impact Fund. The fund recognizes projects with green initiatives.

Roughly a dozen bicyclists rode through the wet streets of Logan on Saturday for a "scavenger hunt race on wheels."

Utah State University will implement its first ever post-consumer compost collection bin for the use of faculty starting April 25. The bin will be placed on campus in the courtyard of the Biology Natural Resources building and be collected once a week by ...

Distributed throughout Utah State University's Logan campus, clinging to bicycle racks and racing between buildings, students may soon notice 150 new members of the Aggie family -- but this time, they're mechanical and bright orange.

Utah State University's energy management team has completed a series of lighting upgrades at facilities across the state. According to USU's energy manager, Zac Cook, these improvements will result in saving an estimated 794,460 kWh annually.

Several Aggies concerned about Cache Valley's poor air quality are encouraging students on campus to take advantage of alternative forms of transportation to help clear the air. So it may be fitting that they have titled their campaign "Keep Logan Clear."...

The winners of Utah State University's Energy Wars are the Living Learning Community (LLC) and Natural Resources building. Every October and November the competition encourages students, faculty and staff to be more mindful of the steps they take to conse...

"The stuff is still plenty good to use for people who want them," said Bennion, a sophomore studying environmental engineering. "Oftentimes I don't like what's trending in the department stores so I usually come to thrift stores to find what I like."

The Student Organic Farm at Utah State University completed another harvest and farmer's market season with a fall festival on Saturday.

When it comes to using transportation that doesn't guzzle gas, Utah State University senior Jake Meyer is setting an example for his classmates.

The drinks might not be green, but the conversation is. For the past year and a half, a group of community members with sustainability on their minds have been meeting once a month for Green Drinks, an international environmental organization.

Middle school students and teachers from across the state were the first to see and learn about benefits of green roof construction in urban spaces through a new interactive display on the Utah State University Logan campus.

Utah State University faculty representing business, interior design, engineering, physics, English, kinesiology and health will come together for a one-day workshop Tuesday, May 9, called "Destinations: Planetary Thinking in the Curriculum."

Utah State University is competing once again to become the university cycling national champion. The university is participating for the fifth year in the National Bike Challenge (NBC), a free nationwide competition from May to September aimed at encoura...

Utah State University Sustainability Council and Blue Goes Green programs held the third annual Sustainability Awards April 21.

Crouching, kneeling and sitting in a strawberry patch at the USU Student Organic Farm on Friday, volunteers pulled weeds on a day celebrating Mother Earth.

A Utah State University-sponsored recycling awareness event began today in the Taggart Student Center's Hub.

The Student Nutrition Access Center, or SNAC, has been gathering food from different locations around campus and putting it in the SNAC pantry on campus for students who are in need.

Utah State University has earned a STARS Silver Rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

Utah State University student Nathan Clarke says he lives an environmentally sustainable life, not idling his car when he goes to the drive-thru or hitching a ride to campus using the Aggie Shuttle, which runs on natural gas.