The Office of Sustainability has conducted a Sustainability Literacy and Culture Assessment meant to gauge students’ knowledge and thoughts on sustainability and sustainability issues. The survey is now live on GoogleForms.com at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_yLX6T3kkdj4nrVlv79oZLe5I2WM5ea5jOYc7iwEvKBoU9w/viewform. Please take ten minutes to answer the nineteen questions, so we can see what Georgia College students currently know and think aboutContinue reading “2025 GCSU Sustainability Literacy and Culture Assessment Now Open!”
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2025 GCSU Recycling Survey Goes Live!
The Office of Sustainability is working with GCSU professors to conduct a recycling survey on campus. The survey is now live on Qualtrics.com at Georgia College Recycling Survey (2025). Please take five minutes to complete the fifteen questions so our campus can learn more about recycling behavior. There are Likert Scale and Open-Ended questions forContinue reading “2025 GCSU Recycling Survey Goes Live!”
West Campus Stormwater Study
Senior Cassidy Thompson recently presented her findings on the fate of rainwater that falls at Georgia College’s West Campus Village as part of her senior capstone for her BA in Geography. Cassidy used aerial imagery from airplanes and drones to acquire detailed spatial elevation data and high-resolution photography. Working with a Geographic Information System (GIS),Continue reading “West Campus Stormwater Study”
Book Review: Sustainability Edition!
Title: We Are the Weather Author: Jonathan Safran Foer Year Published: 2019 We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer is an analysis of how our actions, particularly our dietary choices, directly affect the planet’s climate through a very human lens. Although Foer is a practicing vegetarian, and has been for a while, he delvesContinue reading “Book Review: Sustainability Edition!”
Zero Waste Week
What is Zero Waste? The primary purpose of the Zero Waste movement is to attempt to eliminate as much waste from your daily routine as possible. The massive amounts of trash that accumulate in landfills and oceans around the world present a variety of environmental issues such as pollution, water and air contamination, ecosystem destructions,Continue reading “Zero Waste Week”
Global Climate Change Week
October 19th-25 is Global Climate Change Week, giving all of us an opportunity to reflect on how the actions of modern society as a whole, as well as our individual actions, impact what scientists call “the biggest threat currently facing our planet”. Nearly every aspect of modern life (from transportation to agriculture to fashion) hasContinue reading “Global Climate Change Week”
World Food Day
October 16th is World Food Day! Today is the perfect opportunity to reflect on the fundamental flaws within our global, national, and local food systems, as well as reflect on what part we each play as the individuals that make up these systems. If you are interested in learning more about this topic, please checkContinue reading “World Food Day”
The Cost of Inefficient Food Systems
Poor Agricultural Practices For the past several decades, climate scientists have warned that agricultural industries must undergo significant changes if we are to avoid catastrophic levels of warming to the planet. The global agricultural industry has a notoriously large carbon footprint and, alongside transportation, is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and otherContinue reading “The Cost of Inefficient Food Systems”
Energy Efficiency Day
In 2020, the US Senate passed a resolution that officially designated today, October 7th, as Energy Efficiency Day “in celebration of the economic and environmental benefits driven by efficiency”. By proclaiming this day as a national holiday, the major goals of this resolution are to save money, cut pollution, and create jobs by switching theContinue reading “Energy Efficiency Day”
Help Georgia College Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month!
Held every October, Campus Sustainability Month is an international celebration of sustainability in higher education. Throughout the month, colleges and universities organize events on campus and elsewhere to engage and inspire incoming students and other campus stakeholders to become sustainability change agents. These events include teach-ins, sustainability pledge drives, zero-energy concerts, waste audits, green sportingContinue reading “Help Georgia College Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month!”
Georgia College Green Initiative 