University of Louisville Eco-Reps

University of Louisville Eco-Reps We offer sustainability leadership opportunities to any student, staff, faculty, or community member

Eco-Reps is a program of the University of Louisville's Sustainability Council designed to offer training, connection, and easy-entry for all sustainability-oriented people and groups at UofL who want to get involved to make progress together. We have monthly Lunch & Learn Workshops and hands-on workdays on campus, and we sponsor other events and service projects throughout the year. Ongoing Eco-R

eps projects include the University's Community Composting Project and vermicomposting operations. We pick up organic waste from several organizations and locations around Louisville and turn it into compost and vermicompost with the help of student and community volunteers. The finished products are then used in campus gardens and urban agriculture projects, donated to community gardens, and available to our volunteers for personal use. ALL of the donated material is thus diverted from landfills and made useful again. We also close the loop on UofL food gardens at the Department of Urban & Public Affairs and the Garden Commons at the Cultural Center by donating rich soil amendments and labor to those projects. Eco-Reps activities are for everyone in the Metro Louisville community, whether you are directly affiliated with UofL or not. Please contact us and follow our page to meet up and serve the community through sustainable action! For general questions and information requests, post a message here or contact Brian Barnes, UofL Eco-Reps Director and UofL Community Composting Project Manager, at 502-338-1338 (phone or text) or [email protected].

06/04/2026
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/

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

05/20/2026

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

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…

05/18/2026

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, talks about art and activism with Danica Novgorodoff, a New York Times best-selling illustrator with a new graphic novel out called “A Better World is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis." Listen now at soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/sustainability-now-danica
In the book, Danica and award-winning environmental journalist Meera Subramanian share experiences from their lives and the lives of the four youth activists who’ve witnessed climate change up close—from wildfires in the Pacific Northwest to floods in Bangladesh. Woven through the stories are deeply researched and fact-checked interludes that explore climate science, environmental justice, biodiversity, and more, along with— of course—solutions! They show us anyone can make meaningful change, because a better world is possible—and together, we can create it.

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