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...
GC Shades of Green announces the 2023 Emma Brodzik Scholarship. The $500 Emma Brodzik Scholarship is available to students who meet the following criteria: Students Applying Must ... 1) be a Georgia College & State University undergraduate, 2) be a Junior or a Senior, 3) have a university GPA of 3.25 or greater, AND 4) be in the process of earning or have earned the GC Sustainability Certificate, OR an Environmental Science major, OR a member in good standing with the Environmental...
This is a call for nominations to fill a staff member position on the Sustainability Council (SC)/Sustainability Fee Program (SFP) for Fiscal Year 2024. The SC/SFP is made up of faculty, staff and students and meets monthly from August to April during the fiscal year. Staff members can be from any department on campus. Membership indicates a voting position on the council and staff serve for 2 consecutive years. In addition to serving on the Council and discussing various topics, members...
This is a call for nominations to fill student member positions on the Sustainability Council (SC)/Sustainability Fee Program (SFP) for Fiscal Year 2024. Student members, from any college and/or major, work directly with the Chief Sustainability Officer, serve as a voting member of the SC and are charged with promotion of the SFP, facilitation of the grant application process, review of grant applications and recommending grant applications for approval for funding. Nominations should...
The Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center set in the mountains of East Tennessee will host a Sustainable Living Learning Program for students during spring break, March 11-17, 2023. This is an opportunity for students to experience life off-the-grid while participating in service-learning projects, tours of eco-homes and facilities, organic gardening, educational day and night hikes, mind and body health, discussions on important environmental topics and opportunities to learn from community...
As part of the University System of Georgia’s Mental Health Initiative, the GC Mental Health Initiative, is hosting two QPR Suicide Prevention Training opportunities. 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 assistance. QPR Suicide Prevention Trainer, Lori Hamilton...
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...
Much like waves that crush rock and seashells into beach sand—a new rumbling machine at Georgia College breaks glass bottles and jars into tiny sand particles that can be reused in landscaping and other creative ways. Operation of the machine recently began at West Campus. It saves the university in hauling, processing and disposal costs while ensuring a healthier campus environment. Recently, blue 64-gallon glass-recycling containers have popped up all over campus giving faculty,...
