USU Extension Sustainability’s summer newsletter highlights impactful projects like the Intermountain West Permaculture Design Certificate course and a community planting in Monument Valley. It also features updates on climate research, local food access,...
As warmer days and blooming landscapes signal the arrival of spring, our team has been busy deepening efforts in climate education, sustainable design, and community engagement. This season, we’ve welcomed new members to our sustainability team, col...
Despite the abnormally high temperatures - with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association reporting the first eight months of 2024 to be the second-warmest in the climate record - we are indeed in the thick of Fall. This newsletter features climate...
Fall is a time for harvest, and the fruit has been falling all over the state. This newsletter includes information about fruit tree gleaning opportunities in Utah, other urban edibles, and changes we are projected to experience due to a warming climate. ...
Ripened cherries, mulberries, three-leaf sumac berries, snap peas, and more signify that summer solstice, and the first official day of summer, is just around the corner. Over the past few months, we were busy welcoming in and training new members of our ...
Over the course of the last year, our Farmers Market Handbook Coordinator and previous director of Slow Food Utah, Gwen Crist, has been working hard to write and publish Utah's first Farmers Market Manager Handbook! This newsletter features the handbook, ...
In this newsletter, we share powerful clean air imagery created by Utah high school students from our 2023 Clean Air Marketing Contest, our PM 2.5 fact sheet, our national work in Extension around climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience, and ...
The height of summer season is an excellent time to increase our consumption of local food! This newsletter features resources for finding farmers markets across Utah, a guide to local food in and around the Moab area, a USU Extension local food fact shee...
This newsletter features our inaugural Intermountain West Permaculture Design Certificate course, taking place May 2023 in Moab. It also provides links to our top winners in the 2023 Clean Air Marketing Contest.
This newsletter overviews actions you can take to help mitigate the climate crisis before us. Curious to learn more about the science behind climate change? We also include information about our climate change science essentials course offered through USU...
This newsletter highlights our work in listening to Tribal perspectives on data extraction, climate change and more. We also received grant funding to continue our work in supporting Utah Farmers markets throughout the state. Additional events and informa...
This newsletter highlights our work in helping build diversity, equity, and inclusion at Utah farmers markets through a USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program grant lead by USU Extension Sustainability. Overall project impacts since 2018 are featured, alon...
This newsletter features our 2021 impacts from the USU Extension Sustainability Permaculture Initiative. The impact report includes produce and herbs donated, knowledge gain from workshop participants, 2021 publications, and more. We also link to our perm...
This newsletter features our newest publication, an open-access article in Sustainability and Climate Change exploring life paths to leading systems level change. We also share insights into the Logan and Moab editions of Utah Climate Week, postponement o...
This summer, a haze of smoke covers the West like a blanket, burning our lungs and reminding us of the consequences of a changed climate. Our USU Extension Sustainability newsletter features our Extension climate change efforts, including a spring Climate...
As we emerge from the darkest days of the year, our sights turn to spring, sewing seeds, and reconnecting with the community. This USU Extension Sustainability newsletter features our publications about social and environmental healing, and about communit...
Our fall newsletter covers some of our recent work with USU Extension Sustainability, ranging from our new renewable energy-focused publication to a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program training series for growers.
From zero waste shopping to addressing degenerative thought patterns including systemic racism, this newsletter covers some of the recent happenings with USU Extension Sustainability.
In consideration that many of you are now working from home while also trying to entertain children, our USU Extension Sustainability team has pulled together resources that may prove helpful. This shortened newsletter highlights a paid summer internship ...
In this newsletter, we feature our USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program grant team's efforts to connect low income and ethnic minority populations across the state to local food. Included is an information sheet and many resources our grant team houses o...
