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Category: Sustainability
October 25, 2023 • Sustainability artcycling, installation art, recycled art, recycled material, rethinking plastic, sculpture,
Artist Willie Cole is internationally renowned for his sculptures composed of a wide range of recycled materials, including shoes, guitars and steam irons. His work, which spans prints, drawings and photography, explores social and political matters. At 8 a.m. on Friday, the New Jersey-born artist will be at The University of North Texas Health Science…
April 17, 2023 • Sustainability Earth day, HSC Sustainability, Mind Your Garden Urban Farm,
All HSC faculty, staff and students are invited to attend: From 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, HSC Sustainability will host its 10th annual Earth Day event on the MET lawn. You can recycle old electronics, donate gently used clothing, see a cooking demo from Mind Your Garden Urban Farm, and participate in…
April 13, 2023 • Banner feature, Sustainability Cowtown Farmers Market, food deserts, microgreens, Office of Sustainability, Sprouting change,
At a recent Cowtown Farmer’s Market, a group of volunteers from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth set up a booth to hand out free sprouting kits. The package included a five-salad microgreen seed mix, a sprouting jar with a lid, and an educational booklet. The HSC volunteers were there…
April 20, 2020 • Community, Public Health, School of Public Health, Sustainability
By Oreoluwa Obayan Help out the disadvantaged, the environment, and your own sense of purpose by donating discarded clothes and household goods during the HSC Fort Worth Clothing Drive, a student project honoring Earth Day. April 22 through May 6, drop off your items in a no-touch bin on the west side of the HSC…
April 8, 2020 • Community, COVID-19, Sustainability
By Oreoluwa Obayan The HSC Fort Worth Community Garden continues to grow fresh organic produce for those experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic -- while following guidelines for physical distancing and sanitizing. The garden last year donated 150 pounds of fresh produce to local food banks and the HSC Student Food Pantry. This spring…
April 22, 2019 • Sustainability
By Betsy Friauf E-Eycling Event Date: Tuesday, April 23 Time: 7:30-10:30 a.m. Location: Loading dock of the Medical Education and Training Building (near intersection of Bunting and Haskell avenues) Free to the public and the UNTHSC campus Get a free reusable straw set for donating You’ve seen the warnings. Your discarded home electronics don’t belong…
November 11, 2013 • Sustainability
Conservation measures on the UNT Health Science Center campus save more than 100,000 gallons of water every month. That's enough water to flush a high-efficiency toilet 62,500 times. The Health Science Center is doing its part to respond to Texas' near-record drought and North Texas' water shortages caused by zebra mussels and low rainfall. This…
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