Skip to main content

sustainability

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students travel by boat to the Embera Drua indigenous community in Panama. Those pictured are (from left) Lucas Kahnk, Joseph Gomez, Debbie Seeley, trip sponsor J.K. Osiri, Corrin Bemis, Max Camey, Talia Halperin and Jacy Spencer.

Students visit Panama for sustainability project

January 27, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Society & Culture

Mark Poeschl

Poeschl urges all to take responsibility in feeding the world

January 12, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Architect rendering of the new $11.9 million thermal energy storage tank being built near landscape services buildings north of 17th and Y streets.

Tank projects help cut campus energy costs

December 6, 2016

A student writes about what sustainability means to her on a Nebraska-shaped chalkboard during the university's 2016 Earth Day celebration in April.

Student fund to expand campus sustainability projects

November 18, 2016

Tim Herron, a landscape assistant with landscape services, mulches leaves into the grass on the east side of Sheldon Museum of Art on Nov. 8. The university recently expanded it's sustainability practices by partnering with Big Red Worms on leaf recycling.

Repurposing campus leaves helps expand sustainability

November 9, 2016

A volunteer from the "Go Green for Big Red" hands out a recycling bag during a Husker home football game. Volunteers are being sought for the 2016 season.

'Go Green for Big Red' kicks off 8th season

August 25, 2016

UNL students Vivian Nguyen (left) and Cale Brodersen examine worms that are turning food waste into compost at Big Red Worms, a new composting operation in west Lincoln. | Troy Fedderson, University Communications

Composting program kicks off in the Nebraska Union

August 15, 2016

Sigma Alpha Epsilon members Parker Low, Joe Cooley, Clay Fiolo, Bryson Metcalf and Matt Bruning work during the 2016 Big Event project on April 9. The Big Event is one of the many UNL outreach projects included in the STARS ranking.

UNL earns a silver for sustainability

April 22, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

UNL landscape services employees Michael Tomjack (left) and Fred Thorne use a vibrating plow to install new irrigation pipe by the Van Brunt Visitors Center. UNL has started a campuswide upgrade of its irrigation system. When complete, it is projected to decrease campus water usage by at least 20 percent annually.

Irrigation upgrade to cut UNL's water use, expense

March 30, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Jian Zhang, assistant professor of chemistry, recently earned a five-year, $527,154 Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation to develop an organic-based catalyst that uses the sun’s energy to facilitate chemical reactions. His work could one day lead to cleaner fuel production.

Zhang wins NSF award for 'green' chemistry

March 14, 2016

Science & Technology

Shrestha prepares to take sustainability to campus community

December 16, 2015

A student government initiative will result in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln eliminating the use of polystyrene — also known as Styrofoam — for food packaging in 2016.

Campus to go Styrofoam free in 2016

November 4, 2015