Past Eco-Reps Workshops

EcoReps WorkshopSpecial thanks to all those who have helped make our Eco-Reps Workshop Series a resounding success over the years! We appreciate you taking the time to share your expertise and your passions with us! In-person and hybrid monthly EcoReps workshops have been offered at UofL since 2013 on a wide variety of topics. These workshops are archived below and are a great resource for those wishing to learn more!

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2023-24 Eco-Reps Workshops

Aug. 25 - Community Composting (video.)
Sept. 22Doughnut Economics with John Hartmann and Edward Burns (Listen to podcast version.)
Oct. 20
(Sustainability Week!) - Mushrooms (video recording)
Nov. 17 - Aquaponics (video recording)
Jan. 26
- Green Burial (video recording)
Feb. 23
- Animals & People, (video recording)

2022-23 Eco-Reps Workshops

Aug. 26Animal Policy (video.)
Sept. 30
- Climate Change Communication (video.)
Oct. 28
- Solar Power (video.)
Nov. 18 - Health Impacts of Particulate Contaminants and Microplastics (video.)
Jan. 27
- Aquaponics (video.)
Feb. 24
- Ocean Plastics (video.)
Mar. 31 - Bird-Friendly Cities & Campus (video.)
Apr. 21 - UofL Maple Syrup Pancake Party (video.)

2021-22 Eco-Reps Workshops

Aug. 27Student Leadership for Sustainability (watch recording)
Sept. 24 - Health Equity
(watch recording)
Oct. 29
(Sustainability Week & UofL Arbor Day!) -Green Heart Project
Nov. 19 - Louisville Community Grocery
Jan. 28 - Kentucky Youth Climate Strike

Feb. 25 - Humane Education
(watch recording)
Mar. 25 - Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District
Apr. 22 (Earth Day!!) - UofL Maple Syrup Pancake Party & Climate Strike

2020-21 Eco-Reps Workshops

Aug. 28 - Louisville Water Company (video)
Sept. 25 - Citizens Climate Lobby
(Watch on Facebook. Watch on SharePoint.)
Oct. 30 - 2020 Josh Smith Sustainability Award Winner: Shane Tedder, University of Kentucky Sustainability Officer (video)
Nov. 20 - Louisville Community Grocery
(video)
Jan. 29Feed Louisville (watch recording)
Feb. 26Urban Orchards & Foraging
Mar. 26Resilience Justice (watch recording)
Apr. 16 – Maple Tapping Pancake Party! (in-person, Humanities Quad)

2019-20 Eco-Reps Workshops

August 30 - Native Plants with Margaret Carreiro
September 27 - WaterStep - Safe Water Sustainably Secured
October 25 - Climate Change with Conn Center's Jacek Jasinski
November 22 - Green Careers & Graduate School

Jan. 31 - Brownfield Redevelopment
Feb. 28 - Extinction Rebellion Kentucky
March 27 - Air Pollution Control District (online)
(video)
April 17 - Kentucky Health Justice Network (online)
(video - starts at 3:30)

2018-19 Eco-Reps Workshops

Aug. 31 - Intro to Eco-Representing
Sept. 28
- Why Solar Power Is Important To Louisville Now
Oct. 26 - Sustainability & Cannabis: Navigating an ever growing bureaucracy (joint workshop with Garden Commons)
Nov. 30 - Renewable Energy R&D
Jan. 25 - Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
Feb. 22 - Global Peace & Prosperity with Clean Energy
(Michael Kessler)
March 29 - Hart Hagan on the Green New Deal
April 19 - UofL Maple-Tapping & Pancake Party!

2018-17 Eco-Reps Workshops

Sept. 22 - EcoReps Lunch & Learn with Brian Barnes
Oct. 20 - America's Addiction to Automobiles: Why Cities Need to Kick the Habit and How
Nov. 17 - Tackling Food Waste & Greening Condos, Townhomes & Home Owner Associations
Jan. 19 - Urban Food Forests
Feb. 16 - Urban Forestry with Erin Thompson
Mar. 23 - Urban Forestry with Greg Schetler. (video.)
Apr. 13 - Pancake Party with UofL Maple Syrup! & Dave Barker (video.)

2016-17 Eco-Reps Workshops

Sept. 23 - Permaculture
Oct. 21 - Sustainability at UofL
Nov. 18 - LEED accreditation
Jan. 20Food Recovery Networks
Feb. 17
Energy Conservation Strategies
Mar. 24
Butterflies and #take2forlou
Apr. 21
Making Maple Syrup from UofL Trees (Pancake Party!)  (Photos.)

2015-16 Eco-Reps Workshops

Sept. 18 -  Green Campus Living with Haley Cason (The Province)
Oct. 16 - Opportunities for action within the EcoReps Program
(Brian Barnes)
Nov. 20 - From Permaculture to Industrial Sustainability
(Corinne Greenburg; Vaughn Zeller; & UofL's GREEN Program ambassadors)
Jan. 15Green Careers & Communication
Feb. 19
Food, Glorious Food!
Mar. 25
Permaculture
Apr. 15
Making Maple Syrup from UofL Trees (Pancake Party!)#‎ULmaplemadness‬

2014-15 Eco-Reps Workshops

Sept. 19 - Cards United Against Sweatshops
Oct. 24 - Tap Water & Sustainable Events Planning

Nov. 21 -
The Creative Art of Waste Minimization

Jan. 16 - Sustainability at Blackacre Preserve
Feb. 20 - Theatre Arts Dept. Sustainability Open-House

Mar. 27 - Sustainable Agriculture with Jeneen Wiche

Apr. 17 - EcoReps Workshop

2013-14 Eco-Reps Workshops

Sept. 26 - EcoReps Program Overview
Oct. 24 - Sustainable Transportation

Nov. 21 - Building with cob with Vaughn Zeller

Dec. 5 - Permaculture
Jan. 8 - Single-Stream Recycling – Where Does It All Go?
Feb. 12 - Mountain-Top Removal Mining & Energy Conservation with UofL Geoscience Professor, Keith Mountain

Mar. 19 - Starting an Organic Garden

Apr. 9 - Transportation Bicycling & Bike Maintenance