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Announcing the third showing in the Office of Sustainability's 2023 Sustainability Film Series, focusing on Environmental Justice. Plastic Earth Monday, April 17, 7:00-8:30pm Museum Education Room (Library 211) Enter from Clarke Street entrance. Please invite students, staff, faculty, and friends. "Plastic Earth" is the first documentary feature film of its kind to cover the solutions and technologies being worked on in the world today to combat and eventually solve the plastic crisis...

Georgia College & State University Office of Sustainability and 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 and solutions that will transform the way our communities of GCSU and Baldwin and surrounding counties approach waste treatment...

The GCSU West Campus Garden is opening spaces for Georgia College faculty, staff and students. There are spaces available in raised beds and open rows at a cost of $10.00 per space. Students are not charged this fee as they already pay a fee. Availability is first come first serve. Renters will be limited to one rental space, but if there is an excess of space available, renters may be eligible to take additional spaces.   Garden tools, water source and compost from the GCSU Compost...

The Office of Sustainability is looking for volunteers to help with Dodge the Dump happening the week of finals. We need volunteers with trucks who can help move items from Main Campus residence hall drop-off points to our West Campus processing facility, as well as volunteers to help sort through donations to make sure everything can be recycled properly. If you are interested in this volunteer/service hours opportunity, please register by selecting a time on this online spreadsheet.  

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2023 Maldonado Environmental Hero Award. Colin A. Maldonado was a 2013 graduate of Georgia College & State University, with a major in environmental science and a minor in geology. He was president of the Environmental Science Club, a leader for the GC Wellness & Recreation Center climbing wall, and a member of the Bike Polo team. Colin was an activist and a visualist; he employed his heart and his education to manifest a better world for...

The end of the spring semester is almost here, and with that, most of the campus community will be leaving for summer break. As most buildings will be less occupied than normal, a few energy-saving tasks are being requested in an effort at reducing energy consumption over the break. Your assistance is greatly appreciated by performing the following tasks before leaving for the break: Turn off all lights including display case lighting. Power down and unplug all non-essential energy-consuming...

Announcing the second showing in the Office of Sustainability's 2023 Sustainability Film Series, focusing on Environmental Justice. The Sacrifice Zone Thursday, April 6, 5:30-7:00pm Museum Education Room (Library 211) Enter from Clarke Street entrance. Please invite students, staff, faculty, and friends. If you travel down a one-mile stretch of Doremus Avenue in Newark, NJ, you pass a natural gas plant next to a sewage treatment facility next to an animal fat rendering plant next to...