Going somewhere this holiday season? Have a few empty seats in the car? Here’s my suggestion: offer a ride using the Carpool application on Facebook.
The Carpool application on Facebook is a ride-share program that allows you to view profiles of riders and drivers before you decide to carpool with them. It helps to alleviate the […]

As most of you avid Campus Sustainability Perspectives readers already know, AASHE attended the University of Kentucky’s “Big Blue Goes Green” Sustainability Showcase on Wednesday. The sessions at the event were all fascinating and enjoyable, but my favorite part was speaking with the display representatives.
After a few conversations, I quickly realized that UK is truly […]

This is the kind of research I love to see higher education producing. Bryan Pijanowski of Purdue University lead a study that used aerial photographs to confirm yet another reason why planning cities around cars is pure lunacy…
Looking at one county in Indiana, the study found that there were 3 times as many parking […]

I attended the first Bike Summit to be held in Lexington, KY on Friday and thought the format and the people it was able to attract made it a worthwhile event that other campuses could potentially benefit from. The stated goal of the summit was to, “…bring together citizens and government and community leaders to develop […]

Niles’ post, as well as my reading of David Orr (Earth in Mind) and Michael R. M’Gonigle, Justine Starke, and Briony Penn (Planet U) have inspired me to tell the tale of my latest efforts toward a more sustainable lifestyle. 
Next week my wife and I will celebrate 11 years of marriage.  With the exception of […]

With the cool spell of weather that has recently swept over Lexington, I have been more excited than ever to hop on my bike to get to work or run errands (like getting ice cream last night around 11pm). Although not the most bike friendly town, the culture of biking in Lexington continues to rise […]