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The SSC was formed in 2009 to supervise the distribution of the Environmental Stewardship Fee at UK. Kennedy, Jr.

The first major task charged to the SSC was the management of the ongoing Sustainability Lecture Series, which was founded in the fall of 2008. Since taking over the lecture series, the SSC collaborated with the Student Activities Board to bring renowned author and environmental lawyer Robert F. to campus to speak in front of nearly 2000 students, faculty, staff and community members. The spring lecture series, which was integrated with the annual Earthdays in the Bluegrass celebration, featured writer-activist Jeff Biggers.

10/13/2026

It’s a busy month packed with sustainability initiatives! Check out these events! Come by Arbor Day @ the arboretum 10/17 and see our table!

10/12/2026

Student Sustainability Council Meeting today at 6pm! We will be meeting in to 375 in the Gatton Student Center

09/14/2026

Last chance to apply for an SSC funded trip to Baltimore to learn from sustainability speakers! Link to apply is in our bio! Hurry and submit it before midnight!

09/09/2026

Join a funded trip by the SSC to a weekend in Baltimore learning sustainability! Link in bio to apply!

09/02/2026

AASHE applications are now open! Interested in sustainability? This opportunity is for you! Take a trip to Baltimore, funded by the SSC, and learn from three amazing key note speakers about what sustainability means for them! Link in bio to apply

04/28/2026

Today we’ll have the LAST GreenTalks and Environmentally Sound shows of the academic year! Join our current DJ Kaylee Bliss and our next DJ Taylor Griffin to reflect on this semester’s shows.

Want to get involved? Visit the link in our bio to share what you learned from our shows and your favorite songs to be played TODAY!

Local listeners can tune in to WRFL 88.1 FM. The show is also available on the website at wrfl.fm. Missed the show? An archive will be available on the website for two weeks after the live broadcast.

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day from the SSC! Swipe to learn how you can celebrate with us. 🌎🌱

Earth Day’s 2026 theme is Our Power, Our Planet. The theme reflects the power we all have to protect our planet. It calls for environmental stewardship as a community effort focused on our health, economic security, and ecosystems. Efforts like the SSC’s funded projects or even small choices YOU make at home contribute to the progress we need in sustainability.

Want to get involved? Check out some of the other organizations in our UK community!

UK Sustainability:
UK Recycling:
Tracy Farmer Institute:

Campus Kitchen:
The Food Connection:

GreenThumb:
Horticulture Club: .uk
Mycology Club:
Squirrel Watching Club:
Energy Club:

04/21/2026

GreenTalks today will feature our last guests of the year: the Bluegrass Youth Sustainability Council! Students from high schools all across Lexington come together at BYSC to learn about sustainability and make real impacts in the community. Four students join us on the show to share their experiences.

Local listeners can tune in to WRFL 88.1 FM. The show is also available on the website at wrfl.fm. Missed the show? An archive will be available on the website for two weeks after the live broadcast.

(Today’s show has been prerecorded, so that our student guests are not missing school.)

04/20/2026

SSC members celebrated the end of the academic year with a Spring Retreat at Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary. They participated in team building activities before holding their final meeting of the semester which consisted of a constitution review, five proposals, and director elections.

Thank you to our team of directors for your hard work leading the SSC throughout this year, and congratulations to our graduating seniors! We look forward to meeting more of our new members and continuing our work in the fall.

04/14/2026

Today’s GreenTalks from 2-3pm will feature Ezra, a student in the Sustainability Internship Program working with the Urban Forest Initiative! Ezra recently completed his independent project, a pop-up-shop fundraiser for UFI. Tune in to learn more about the work he’s done!

Local listeners can tune in to WRFL 88.1 FM. The show is also available on the website at wrfl.fm. Missed the show? An archive will be available on the website for two weeks after the live broadcast.

UK Sustainability Urban Forest Initiative WRFL Lexington

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http://www.sustainability.uky.edu/SSC

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