Georgia College & State University’s Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL) organizations are coming together once again to support sustainability efforts on campus with their annual Greek Week glass recycling drive. The event, hosted in partnership with the Office of Sustainability, will kick off on Friday, Feb. 21, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., providing an opportunity for students to contribute to a greener campus. The organization with the most glass will receive points towards Greek Week.The...
The Georgia College & State University Office of Sustainability in partnership with Keep Milledgeville Baldwin Beautiful performed a recycling audit Nov. 8 at the West Campus Recycling Center to assess the recycling conditions on campus. In conclusion, almost half of the items in the dedicated recycling bins were waste and unable to be recycled. The blue bins around campus are dedicated to recycling and not trash. The Office of Sustainability urges students and faculty to recycle correctly...
The Office of Sustainability is hosting a free thrift shop on Front Campus on Oct. 30 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. There will be lots of dresses, work attire and last-minute costume finds! Please come by to grab clothing!
The Office of Sustainability is hosting a free thrift shop on Front Campus on Oct. 30 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. There will be lots of dresses, work attire and last-minute costume finds! Please come by to grab clothing!
The month of October is Campus Sustainability Month, and the Office of Sustainability would like to remind the GCSU campus community of services offered through student-led programs. Compost ProgramIn partnership with Sodexo and Dining Services, Food Waste is collected from the MAX and delivered to the Compost Site at West Campus for processing. A drop-off location for additional food waste is located at the West Campus Garden (green "food waste" container). Compost is available for...
The Office of Sustainability and Fraternity and Sorority Life are participating in Greek Goes Green Week, happening Oct. 21-25 at Georgia College & State University! This exciting week is part of Campus Sustainability Month, a national effort to raise awareness about the importance of sustainability on college campuses. During this week, our fraternities and sororities participate in various eco-friendly activities including an aluminum drive, banner competition, service day and a...
The Sustainability Council is issuing a call for nominations for a voting staff position, effective immediately. Staff members serve two years and are active in the discussions and decisions made on the SC. The SC is responsible for identifying and promoting actions and initiatives that will enhance sustainability on campus. Through established sustainability initiatives, the SC is charged with an ongoing effort to incorporate the principles of sustainability and environmental planning...
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...
