Earth Week Fun Facts

• 2018 marked the seventh annual UT Dallas Earth Week. #utdearthweek
• Volunteers donated 359.75 hours and $8,882.23 of volunteer time during Earth Week 2018.
• Earth Week 2018 events and service opportunities engaged 854 students in 18 events with 17 community partners, 16 campus departments, and 10 student organizations.
• Earth Fair is the largest event during Earth Week and features an array of student and community focused green initiatives.
• UT Dallas has a certified monarch waystation on campus. Butterfly Flutterby, established during Earth Week in spring 2015, give students the opportunity to enjoy maintaining the butterfly habitat year-round

UT Dallas Goes Green!

• On campus composting operations collect all our landscape waste and turn it into compost. #soilhappens
• UT Dallas is certified as a Tree Campus USA through the Arbor Day Foundation.
• More than 1,200,000 million plastic bottles have been saved by students using campus’ 32 water bottle filling stations.
• Over 230,000 straws were used at Dining Hall West just last year. As a result, UT Dallas Dining has gone "strawless" in effort to promote sustainable dining choices.
• Since October 2016, the Sustainability Office has recycled over 2,000 lbs. of ink cartridges and toners.
• Through the Office of Student Volunteerism, year-round "green" events are hosted at the UT Dallas Community Garden, Butterfly Flutterby, Adopt-a-Highway, and Operation Upcycle series.

Do you have questions or want to be a part of Earth Week? Contact the OSV if you would like to get involved!