As part of Campus Sustainability Month, the Office of Sustainability and the GCSU Gardening Club will be hosting a garden workday Friday, October 27 at the West Campus Garden from 3-5 p.m. The campus community is invited to visit the garden during this time and see what it is all about as well as possibly take some produce/herbs home. If you need directions to the West Campus Garden, the campus interactive map can assist you (as well as show you other sustainability related resources)...
The Office of Sustainability, Thunder Coalition and the Office of Student Care and Outreach will host a third and final Pop-up Thrift Shop Friday, Oct. 13, at the Bobcats Care Awareness Fair from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on the Front Campus lawn. Clothing will be available for students to browse through. Take what you need, leave what you don't. See you there.
The Office of Sustainability, Thunder Coalition and the Office of Student Care and Outreach will host a Pop-up Thrift Shop Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Farmers & Artisans Market from 3 to 6 p.m. on the Front Campus lawn. Clothing will be available for students to browse through. Take what you need, leave what you don't. See you there.
The Office of Sustainability, Thunder Coalition and the Department of Student Care and Outreach will host a Pop-up Thrift Shop Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Front Campus lawn. Clothing will be available for students to browse through. Take what you need, leave what you don't. See you there.
Based on weather-driven forecasted demand across the regional power grid, peak hour pricing for the campus will remain elevated throughout this week, particularly during the afternoon hours of 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. The campus community is urged to shut down non-essential lighting and consider unplugging non-essential equipment during these peak hours. If you have access to windows, use the natural light. When not using natural light, close window blinds. Turn lights off when you leave your...
Georgia Power has issued a high-demand alert for today, Aug. 22, as higher temperatures result in peak electricity demand that will significantly impact pricing. Judging from forecasted temperatures, we expect this status to persist throughout the week. The campus community is asked to consider shutting down non-essential lighting and unplugging non-essential equipment during the peak hours of 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. If you have access to windows, use the natural light. When not using natural...
You can’t get there by GPS. There are no signs to direct you. But just yards from Hwy 49 in Milledgeville, a little hillside with a great view is abuzz with the sounds and smells of rotating and baking leftover food. An all-female team works this spot and plans to sell their compost, starting this fall. Not many universities have a student-led compost program. The site diverts about 1,000 pounds of food waste from the Georgia College & State University dining hall every week. That’s...
Food. It’s a necessity of life, yet it also takes up the most space in landfills. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that 30-40% of the food supply is wasted. That’s 80 billion pounds each year. Georgia College’s Office of Sustainability works to curb that number, at least as it relates to food waste on campus with a composting operation.“We've been operating since 2017, and we have processed nearly 70,000 pounds total. That’s almost 10,000 pounds just this semester,”...
Georgia College students, faculty and staff take sustainability seriously. Efficiency is at the forefront with recycling efforts, generating and using compost, the community garden and the newly built Integrated Science Complex (ISC). “There's a lot that goes into the planning stages of the ISC,” said Lori Hamilton, chief sustainability officer. “Several individuals on campus were included in conversations about the energy efficiency needs of the building. Those systems were selected...
From a young age, Emma Brodzik, ’17, felt a strong connection to nature. She understood the importance of repurposing materials to help the environment. Now she works in the Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling at Georgia Institute of Technology. “Sustainability has always been interesting to me,” she said. “I used to ask my parents to drive me to recycling stations when we moved to Georgia, because our neighborhood didn't have a pickup.” At Georgia College, Brodzik was...
