The GCSU West Campus Garden is opening up for the Summer Rental Program. There are spaces available in raised beds and open row garden at a cost of $10 per space. Students are not charged this fee as they are already charged a fee when they pay their tuition. Availability is first come, first serve. Renters may reserve up to four rental spaces with the reservations going to the raised beds first, followed by the open row spaces. If there is space available, renters may be eligible...
The Gardening Club and Environmental Science Club are co-hosting a community workday at Salamander Springs, a local permaculture farm, this Sunday from 2 p.m.until 5 p.m. We will assist Debbie, the owner, with getting her property and gardens ready for the spring/summer crop. This event can be used for service credit hours for anyone, and all are encouraged to come and bring a friend. There's a carpool in the clubs' GroupMes. Once at the address maps will bring you to, continue going...
Come out to Front Campus on Wednesday, April 3, from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. for the Farmer and Artisan Market. There will be over 25 vendors from the community and students of Georgia College & State University. It is going to be a great event so you don't want to miss it.
Hey garden enthusiasts! Come get dirty with us at the West Campus Garden anytime between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, March 8! We are partnering with the Georgia College & State University Office of Sustainability for an all-day event to learn about glass recycling on campus and tackle larger garden maintenance tasks. Feel free to bring any of your personal glass recyclables judgment-free and drop in whenever you can for service credit! All Greek organizations interested in beginning...
The United States Composting Council (USCC) recently approved the newly formed Georgia Composting Council (GACC) with Georgia College & State University’s Chief Sustainability Officer Lori Hamilton serving as a founding board member and treasurer. Georgia is the 16th state in the nation to have a composting council. “Being part of this new state chapter provides GCSU, its faculty, staff and students with a new network of resources,” Hamilton said. “GCSU represents the next generation...
As part of the University System of Georgia’s Mental Health Initiative, the Georgia College & State University Mental Health Initiative is hosting a QPR (question, persuade and refer) Suicide Prevention Training opportunity. QPR is training designed to provide information on how to identify warning signs and assist individuals in crisis. These trainings are not designed as professional certifications, rather they provide individuals with skills to encourage others to seek professional...
As part of the University System of Georgia’s Mental Health Initiative, the Georgia College & State University Mental Health Initiative is hosting a QPR (question, persuade and refer) Suicide Prevention Training opportunity. QPR is training designed to provide information on how to identify warning signs and assist individuals in crisis. These trainings are not designed as professional certifications, rather, they provide individuals with skills to encourage others to seek professional...
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...
