K-State is leveraging its resources as a comprehensive Land Grant university to share its expertise in greening efforts with the people of Kansas. K-State faculty and students have been making a big difference in small ways. From researchers studyingcarbon sequestration and water quality to environmentally friendly changes on campus like planting a rain garden, K-Staters are finding ways to be better partners in the environment. |
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K-State's Konza Prairie a candidate site for scientists from across the country to study the effects of global change
A Kansas State University grassland holds the potential to to help scientists better understand the effects of global climate change on the earth's ecosystems. K-State's Koza Prairie Biological Station has been selected as a candidate core site for the proposed National Ecological Observatory Network, also known as NEON.
Read more about the Konza Prairie Biological Station
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Recent K-State graduate featured in magazine article about sustainable home decor
Adrienne Stolwyk, a 2008 K-State graduate, is featured in the summer issue of U.25 magazine. The article highlighted creative home decor ideas that use recycled items. Stolwyk and other members of K-State's Students for Environmental Action came up with the projects.
Read the article in U.25
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K-State architecture students build water-saving 'cube' for Greensburg
Students at Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning and Design have added a fourth demonstration of low-impact rebuilding techniques to Greensburg Cubed, a project designed to show residents of the tornado-ravaged town ways to meet basic needs in a sustainable fashion.
Read more about what K-State students are doing with the Greensburg Cubed project
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K-State team gets $690,000 for biofuels proof of concept study on producing cellulosic ethanol from pelleted forage crops
To meet a goal of replacing one-third of the nation's petrolium consumption with biofuels by 2030, the biomass research and development technical advisory committee of the U.S. departments of Agriculture and Energy estimates it will require growing 1 billion dry tons annually of collectable biomass and converting it to biofuels. Using a grant, Kansas State University researchers will address the logistics hurdles of such a change.
Read more about a K-Stater's research on sorghum ethanol
Read more about eco-friendly ethanol research at K-State
See what grants K-Staters are getting for research related to sustainability
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At home
K-State affiliate working on compact efficient engine that shows promise of improving fuel efficiency
Motiv Engines, LLC signed an exclusive license agreement for an engine that is six times smaller and as much as 32 percent more fuel efficient than traditional engines of the same power. The agreement for the Compact Compression Ignition Engine was signed with NISTAC, an affiliate of Kansas State University
Read more about NISTAC, the National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization
And abroad
K-State alumnus becomes ag minister of Jordan; tackles spread of desert
Jordan's scarce water resources and the spread of desert arid land pose mounting agricultural challenges to this Middle Eastern kingdom. Yet, a K-Stater is there at the helm taking on the challenges. Mostafa Qrunfleh '82 is the Jordanian minister of agriculture.
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A quick look at recycling and sustainability efforts across the K-State campus
From recycling bins at the residence halls to minimizing the environmental impact of laboratories, see what steps K-Staters are taking across the campus to make K-State a greener university.
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