University of Louisville Sustainability Council

06/03/2026

Come and see us today until 1pm at the HSC Kornhauser Courtyard at S.M.A.R.T. SummerFest 2026! We're hanging with our friends from the Gray Street Farmers Market and selling UofL honey made by our bees right here on campus!!

Stop by the UofL Sustainability Council / HSC Green Team's booth at the 5th annual S.M.A.R.T. (School of Medicine Advancement, Retention, and Training) SummerFest and earn your way toward a free ice cream cone! SummerFest is designed to be an engaging and informative experience for School of Medicine staff and everyone at HSC is welcome! In addition to a resource fair, attendees can enjoy music, a dessert social, door prize giveaways, and interactive activities. It's a fantastic opportunity for networking, learning, and community-building!
https://louisville.edu/sustainability/events/s-m-a-r-t-summerfest-2026

06/03/2026

Emma Beck wins UofL’s Bike Month Challenge 2026 as Team UofL pedals over 5000 miles!

Team UofL racked up tons of fun, fitness, and cleaner air, all on two wheels throughout the Bike Month Challenge, locally co-sponsored by UofL's Sustainability Council, and Get Healthy Now. Together, throughout May 2026, we pedaled a total of 5,086 miles on 345 rides, with 820 miles of bike commuting preventing 527 pounds of carbon pollution!

At the finish line, Emma Beck, a Metadata Librarian in Archives & Special Collections, wore the yellow jersey as the most frequent rider and best transportation cyclist of the month! She won a $50 shopping spree from our local sponsor, Middle of Town Cycling! Emma logged 209 miles over 56 separate bike trips, including 9 days biking to work (4th best)! Just by riding her bike to get places throughout the month, Emma racked up the 8th most miles of anyone on Team UofL. Ride On, Emma!

Kudos also go to Oncology Research Technician, Kamila Bujko, who rode the most miles throughout the month (an incredible 742 miles pedaled over 24 bike rides); Sustainability Director, Justin Mog,who racked up the second most miles (459) just by riding for transportation every day of the month that he was in town (30); and to our top new rider, Alumni Relations Specialist, Amanda James, who boldly rode 17 miles over two rides. Congrats to all!

Read full story: https://uoflsustainable.wordpress.com/2026/06/03/emma-beck-wins-uofls-bike-month-challenge-2026-as-team-uofl-pedals-over-5000-miles/

06/02/2026

UofL’s Gray Street Farmers Market opens at new location this week – Thursdays 10:30am-1:30pm!

Thursdays, June 4th – Sept 24th, 202610:30am‒1:30pm New Location! LOUMED Commons • 316 E. Chestnut St. WE HAVE MOVED! We're excited to celebrate the opening of the market at our new location and kick off this exciting new chapter with our vendors, customers, and community! This new partnership gives everyone a great place to gather while keeping everything you love about the market the same....

Thursdays, June 4th – Sept 24th, 202610:30am‒1:30pm New Location! LOUMED Commons • 316 E. Chestnut St. WE HAVE MOVED! We’re excited to celebrate the opening of the market at our new locati…

06/01/2026

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, takes a deep dive into food justice with Taylor Ryan, Founder & CEO of Change Today, Change Tomorrow. Listen: https://soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/sustainability-now-taylor-ryan
We’re excited to have Taylor back on the program because next week she will be a featured speaker and honoree at the Food & Science Forum on Thursday, June 11th, 4-7:30pm, at Bates Memorial Baptist Church (620 Lampton St.). UofL’s Envirome Institute's “& Science” series is a quarterly health forum and in this 4th installment we will explore key intersections of nutrition, health and wellbeing.

The event kicks off with a Community Block Party (Farmers Market & Community Fair) from 4-6pm, followed by a the presentation of the "& Science" Champion Award and the panel from 6-7:30pm. Speakers include:
- Taylor Ryan (Founder and Executive Director of Change Today, Change Tomorrow)
- Cassia Herron (Healthy Communities Fellow, Aspen Global Innovators Group)
- Vincent James (President & CEO, Dare To Care)
- Dr. Wayne Tuckson (Kentucky Health Host on KET, retired Colon & Re**al Surgeon)
- Dr. Kim Williams (Chairman of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine; Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine)
This event is free, but please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-science-tickets-1988855934639?aff=erelexpmlt

We also catch up with the work of Change Today, Change Tomorrow (CTCT), including:
- CTCT's 2nd Annual Breaking Barriers Farm to Table Brunch on Friday, June 19th, 11am-2pm, Evan Williams (528 W Main) https://tinyurl.com/CTCT-BB26
- CTCT’s new mobile market
- Voter engagement with Feed the West families
- CTCT’s West End Farmers Market: Every other Sunday (next 6/14) through 10/18, 3–7 PM at California Park (16th & St. Catherine)
- CTCT’s new food hub at 2339 Date Street (25th & Date in the California neighborhood).

Sustainability Now! airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at https://forwardradio.org

05/25/2026

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, gets his hands dirty with two reps from the Jefferson County Soil & Water Conservation District: Board Chair, Sarah Beth Sammons, and Environmental Educator, Bethany Pratt. Learn about the vital work being done to protect our natural resources here in Louisville and Mayor Greenberg’s proposal to gut it. Listen now at https://soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/sustainability-now-sarah-beth

Learn more at https://jeffcd.org and find them on social media

Established in 1944, the Soil & Water Conservation District is a governmental agency that works to protect Jefferson County’s natural resources. This is done through a variety of means; technical assistance, financial assistance, and education. Unfortunately, the budget proposed by Mayor Greenberg for the next fiscal year plans to cut the District’s already tiny budget by over 54%. If Metro Council passes the budget without restoring funding to the Conservation District, its employees will be terminated, its programs will cease, and conservation work will be severely damaged. The Conservation District’s Board of Supervisors is asking for your help to act in defense of conservation by demanding full funding of the Conservation District.

As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at https://forwardradio.org

05/21/2026

Thanks to everyone who showed up (in the drizzle!) to harvest native fruits with us at our annual Serviceberry Foraging Workshop!! The berries are at peak ripeness - a deep purple - and will only be on the trees for a few more days, so get out there ASAP to fill your pail and your freezer with sweet, sustainable, native Kentucky goodness! On UofL's Belknap Campus, the greatest concentrations of trees are at:
1. Speed Art Museum's Sculpture Park (southeast corner of the Museum);
2. Urban & Public Affairs Food Forest (behind Bettie Johnson Hall along brick alley);
3. Duthie Center for Engineering (landscaping around north entrance);
4. East side of 3rd Street from Ekstrom Library south (in fact, the best spot is just south of Eastern Parkway, between the railroad underpasses along the 3rd St South Parking Lot)
At the Health Sciences Center, there's two great spots for picking serviceberries:
1. Kentucky Lions Eye Center (west side between building and sidewalk along Floyd St)
2. Just south of Public Health on west side of Jackson Street just north of Broadway between sidewalk and the Catholic Charities parking lot.
But now that you know what to look for, keep your eyes peeled and you will find serviceberries planted all over the city - a very common street and parking lot tree and landscapers choice. The Noe Middle School Parking lot is another serviceberry bonanza!

05/20/2026

What a spectacular line-up we've assembled for the next "& Science" event, this time focused on: Exploring key intersections of nutrition, health and wellbeing; Identifying drivers of food insecurity in Louisville; Discussing overcoming barriers that promote access to healthy food; and Envisioning a food secure future for all of Louisville. Register now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-science-tickets-1988855934639?aff=erelexpmlt

05/19/2026

05/18/2026

Lime Bikeshare Rolls onto Campus!

Just in time for Bike Month, city-wide bikeshare has finally returned to Louisville and UofL's campuses after a 2.5 year hiatus...and this time the bikes are dockless with electric assist, allowing you to pedal anywhere you want to go! Look for the fleet of 250 new Lime e-bikes staged across campus and around town. Learn more about how to find and use them here…...

Just in time for Bike Month, city-wide bikeshare has finally returned to Louisville and UofL’s campuses after a 2.5 year hiatus…and this time the bikes are dockless with electric assist…