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UTA Office of Sustainability

@GoGreenUTA

Developing and nurturing responsible eco-stewardship at UTA. Brought to you by the UTA Office of Sustainability.

 Arlington, TX
sustainability.uta.edu/
Joined January 2021
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Be a part of the shift towards sustainability on UTA's campus an Eco-Rep. Students get direct support from the Office of Sustainability to create meaningful change on campus 🌎🌍🌏 Apply here -> forms.office.com/r/pXtBsDDxL…
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Good morning, Mavs! We've been featured in @uspirg 's Food Waste Report for our efforts in reducing food waste with @mavdiningUTA 🥗🧆🥝 Read it here -> uspirgedfund.org/reports/usf…
The Fight Against Food Waste

The Fight Against Food Waste

Food waste is an environmental tragedy. Wasted food is not only a waste of natural resources, but it is also a source of avoidable pollution. Furthermore, the race to generate increasingly excessive...

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U.S. PIRG (@uspirg) profile pictureU.S. PIRG@uspirg18 Aug 2022
Replying to @uspirg @HelloFresh @SpoilerAlert @Hannaford @FeedingAmerica @kroger @sproutsfm @bethisraellahey @EquinoxDC @LLAprincipal
Finally, @utarlington’s Waste Not program includes training all staff in methods to reduce #waste including efficient food preparation techniques and ways to use food scraps. With this program, in just one month UT Arlington eliminated over 790 pounds of #foodwaste. / 🧵
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UTA Libraries
@utalibraries5 May 2022
ICYMI! The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries hosted its annual Bounty of Nature event series this April in celebration of Earth Day. Read the recap from our editorial assistant Sophie Spruce: libraries.uta.edu/news-event…
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We’re excited to join the #BicycleFriendlyUniversity family! @BikeLeague has awarded us Bronze-level status for our efforts to make it easier and safer for students, faculty, and staff to choose to get around by bike. Learn more about the award: bikeleague.org/content/33-sc…
Subtle bronze rectangle on the top half of the picture with w faded, semi-transparent picture of bikes at a UTA bike rack. The top rectangle says "UTA is now recognized as a Bike-Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists." Under that is the Bike-Friendly University Seal for the Bronze award. It says it's valid until 2025 and its created by the League of American Bicyclists

ALT Subtle bronze rectangle on the top half of the picture with w faded, semi-transparent picture of bikes at a UTA bike rack. The top rectangle says "UTA is now recognized as a Bike-Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists." Under that is the Bike-Friendly University Seal for the Bronze award. It says it's valid until 2025 and its created by the League of American Bicyclists

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The University of Texas at Arlington
@UTArlington1 Feb 2022
The University of Texas at Arlington has launched a new bikeshare program, featuring 250 e-bikes.

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U.S. EPA
@EPA27 Jan 2022
📣Congratulations 2020-21 Food Recovery Challenge Award Winners🏆! EPA is pleased to recognize these top performers for their leadership, notable achievements, innovative approaches & inspiring initiatives to prevent & divert food waste. #NoWastedFood, epa.gov/newsreleases/epas-fo…
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Being sustainable during the holidays means being mindful of how recyclable the packaging for your gifts is. Here is a guide on what can be recycled through regular recycling. Note: some of the items on the "Naughty" list can be recycled in other ways tinyurl.com/yjy7j2sh
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Happy Holidays everyone! Get prepared for the holidays sustainably with these Sustainable Holiday tips!
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Supporting your community is an amazing way that you can practice sustainability. Bring some items to donate to UNA Mavericks' and Maverick Pantry's Holiday Food Drive this Friday at the UC Mall from 9 AM - 5 PM 🍠🍜🌽
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Happy Spooky Season everyone! After Halloween, we’re hosting two pumpkin composting events where you can bring your pumpkin to our very own Compost Site and also sign up to help out with the composting 🎃
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Maverick Dining@mavdiningUTA18 Oct 2021
Last Thursday, we partnered with the Office of Sustainability & the new Maverick Pantry for this year’s World Food Day! Our goal was to educate the campus community about food waste, food insecurity, and the resources available both on and off campus.
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Make sure you don't miss the World Food Day celebration at Connection Cafe on Thursday! Stop by during lunch for some food trivia, resources, and giveaways 🌾🥦🌱 We're especially excited to be giving away basil planting kits so you can grow your own fresh basil at home! 🌿
"World Food Day" placed in a black distressed circle over a table with berries, nuts, and other grains and vegetables. World Food Day is taking place on Thursday, October 14th at Connection Cafe from 11 AM to 1 PM. Description of event: "Join Maverick Dining, the Office of Sustainability, and Maverick Pantry for this year's World Food Day. Stop by Connection Cafe for trivia, educational info, resources, and giveaways!""

ALT "World Food Day" placed in a black distressed circle over a table with berries, nuts, and other grains and vegetables. World Food Day is taking place on Thursday, October 14th at Connection Cafe from 11 AM to 1 PM. Description of event: "Join Maverick Dining, the Office of Sustainability, and Maverick Pantry for this year's World Food Day. Stop by Connection Cafe for trivia, educational info, resources, and giveaways!""

Are you the kind of person who likes to be challenged? Check out and sign up for the Project Green Challenge for October 🌎 Last year, 4,572 students committed to completing a sustainability-related challenge every day for 30 days! Learn more here 🤙🏿🤙🏽🤙🏻 : projectgreenchallenge.com/
It's finally here! Here is how you can celebrate and participate in #CampusSustainabilityMonth at UTA 🌳 We have events planned with @mavdiningUTA , the MavsGoGreen, Walkable Arlington, and The UTA Environmental Science Club
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The first way you can participate in #CampusSustainabilityMonth is by submitting your art to the Climate Art Competition. Create art that shows us what climate means to you 🌎 ... Submissions Due October 21
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We've updated our guidelines to include any type of art medium as long as you can email it to us!
🌳♻OCTOBER IS CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY MONTH! ♻🌳 This means that we're going to be teaming up with many different organizations around campus to celebrate, give back, and learn more about sustainability around campus. Stay tuned to see what we have planned this October 🌎
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ALT Image says "October is Campus Sustainability Month" over a yellow circle on a sky blue background. Graphics surrounding the writing include a recycling symbol, a hand holding a small plant, a fruit tree, and a set of three windmills on each corner clockwise from top left.

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Are you wondering what kinds of green careers are out there? Join Seedlings, a media startup led by younger generations, for a panel on Green Careers TONIGHT at 7 PM Central 🏞 sign up for a zoom link here: seedlings.link/event-sept-22
🍂🍁Happy First Day of Fall, y'all! 🍁🍂
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@UTArlington22 Sep 2021
Happy #FirstDayofFall, Mavericks! Let's pretend that it's nor super hot outside and enjoy these UTA Fall views 🍁
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UNESCO Chair, FBSS@UNESCOchairFBSS13 Sep 2021
This Wednesday, 9:00–11:30am CT, @blaypalmer will serve as keynote and offer opening remarks at the "North Texas Local Food Dialogue on Inclusive Food Systems," hosted by @GoGreenUTA and @ICLEI. For more information about the event, visit: sustainability.uta.edu/rce/n…
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