Environmental Sustainability & ResponsibilityMajor Program

978

Total Hours

Contributed.

4686

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

88

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

190

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals reporting improved knowledge regarding environmental sustainability and responsibility (such as what “green” means; how daily choices impact environment; 3 R’s of waste management; proper disposal of hazardous waste; the importance of conserving water; indoor and outdoor water conservation practices; emergency water conservation practices)

1773

Number of individuals reporting intent to implement one or more new or additional strategies to promote environmental sustainability 

1591

Number of individuals who implemented one or more new or additional water conservation practices (in the home, in landscape or garden)

545

Number of individuals who implemented one or more new or additional strategies to promote environmental sustainability (such as reduce waste, eat responsibly, act locally, reduce consumption, recycle, reuse, and properly dispose of hazardous waste)

696

Number of individuals reporting an increase in recycled or reused household waste

622

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Kentucky Master Naturalist Program

Did you know that Kentucky is only one of five states without a Master Naturalist program? Well, that is about to change. Pulling together experts from UKs Colleges of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Arts & Sciences, and Public Health along with Kentucky State University and the Kentucky Geological Survey to for a core team, we are building the Kentucky Master Natural (KYMN) program. The goal of the program is to develop a community of well-informed citizen-volunteers to advance education, r...

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