Georgia College Sustainability Fee Council

Autism Awareness Event
Urban Arts Village (New City Church)
Happening now

2024 ArtHealthy Festival

Farmer & Artisan Market, Wednesday, April 3rd, Front Campus

Introducing Georgia College & State University’s charging stations

Bobcats Care Awareness Fair plus the 3rd and final Pop-up Thrift Shop

Tabling for the Bobcat Marketplace/Block Party! Office of Sustainability and Gardening Club. Interns: Ama, Amy and Tanner.

Invitation to 2023 Sustainability Symposium

Georgia College & State University's Office of Sustainability & Sustainability Council are pleased to announce the

2023 Sustainability Symposium
& Geospatial Public Health Forum:

Examining Environmental Justice by Exposing Waste Issues in our Community and Exploring Our Role in Remediation

Our hope is that this symposium will inspire revolutionary conversations to transform how our communities approach waste treatment and environmental health. We intend to shed light on environmental justice problems that Baldwin and surrounding counties are facing, and encourage conversation and collaboration to resolve these issues.

The symposium is to take place on April 20th, 2023, starting at 5:30pm in the Arts and Sciences Auditorium. The event will include light refreshments and breakout groups based on interest following panelist speaker addresses. Speakers at the symposium will represent Georgia College’s Aquatic Sciences Center, Rural Studies Institute, and Center for Health and Social Issues, as well as a wide variety of representation from many of Georgia College’s academic departments.

The GCSU Office of Sustainability and Sustainability Council have been working to make our community more sustainable for the last fifteen years. We feature a unique composting program that diverts food waste from the campus dining hall away from landfills, we have made recycling available campus wide, and promote education programming such as the West Campus Garden. The annual symposium gives us a platform to celebrate sustainability and broaden our impact in the community.

For more information please visit www.gcsu.edu/green or contact [email protected].

Ever wondered more about composting at Georgia College? Our compost team, Molly, Anna and Ama, have been working super hard this semester on our awesome compost site. So far this year, we have been able to divert over 10,000 lbs of food waste from landfills and repurposed them into high quality compost that is used as a fertilizer in our campus garden. Most of our compost comes from food waste collected at the Max! You can learn more about our composting program by visiting https://www.gcsu.edu/green/what-we-do

Stay tuned for an exciting event happening soon…. Pop-Up Thrift shop is back and debuting Campus Corner’s new location this November! Be on the lookout for an update of time and location as we get ready for the grand re-opening of Campus Corner!

Happy Halloween Bobcats! Stay spooky but keep in mind how you can be sustainable today and in the future. Get creative!

Meet Luma! Come see her and more today at International Fest from 5-7pm on Front Campus. Stop by OOS’s table for some free swag and info about campus sustainability!

Join us in celebrating Water day on October 21st and 22nd! Academic Outreach] has been planning wonderful educational opportunities in partnership with the GC Aquatic Sciences Center for all to enjoy. Follow Academic Outreach] for more information.

October 12-18th is Global Climate Change Week. Swipe for some facts about climate change, how it affects our planet, and steps for action.

To learn more, visit
https://www.globalclimatechangeweek.net/about

https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/what-is-climate-change

https://climate.nasa.gov/

4 of our interns, Cooper, Gael, Molly, and Kara, had so much fun attending the Georgia Recycling Coalition annual conference in St. Simon’s, Ga. this week. They enjoyed this opportunity to network with some of the recycling industry’s front runners and learned so much about how Georgia companies and organizations are making their operations more sustainable. Follow for more information about the Georgia Recycling Coalition.

Get excited Bobcats! The Farmer and Artisan Market is returning this October to front campus. Shop from local vendors and explore handmade items, goodies, plants, and produce for sale!

Calling all blood donors! If you can, please support our community and give blood at the Baldwin County Recreation Department’s Blood Drive on Friday, September 23rd from 10am-3pm.

Intern Spotlight!
Last week, our compost assistant Anna Lippy represented The GC Office of Sustainability at the Georgia Environmental Conference at Jekyll Island. She attended sessions on various environmental topics, from the emergence of micro-plastics to environmental justice. This was a great networking opportunity, and Anna made a lot of great connections that could lead to a career after graduation! Go Anna!

Got plans this evening? Come see us at the Bobcat Marketplace at the Block Party! We’ll be tabling and available to tell you all about our volunteer opportunities and answer any questions you have about the Office of Sustainability. See you there!

It’s almost bike week! Come celebrate with us!

It’s Greek Week and Glass recycling competition is ON! Drop off your glass today-Thursday for it to be weighed and tallied up! Go bobcats!

We love celebrations! Just make sure we clean up after ourselves. Congrats class of 22! Enjoy our campus!

See you later today! Over 17 vendors coming to our campus!

Did you know GC is an Arboretum? Come celebrate and learn today! Big shoutout to our intern for working hard to make this accomplishment happen!

Margaret is made her spring break low waste this year! Simple solutions like composting have excellent long term effects for the world, and in our awesome campus garden! How are you able to be sustainable?

Your 2022 Homecoming Court Nominees for the Office of Sustainability are Elizabeth Dunn and Jefferson Collins! We are so excited to tell you more about them in the coming days, until then !!!