Run a Sustainability Campaign at UF

Campaigns • Jul 7

Calling all new and veteran UF students!

Fall semester’s here and Gators for a Sustainable Campus (GSC) is going to need your help this year to make a difference on campus and around Gainesville.

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What is sustainability?

sus·taina·bili·ty n.
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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Please mark “Attending” on this Facebook event if you might be interested in joining a current GSC Task Force or starting one of your own: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126923169465

Some possibilities for you to get involved:

Campaign for the UF Renewable Energy Fee | Consumption Reduction | Greening Local Schools | Food Systems | Sustainability Outreach

Whether you decide to join any of the above or propose a new Task Force, we’ll help fund your campaign and give you the tools you need to be effective.

Why join?

To have a hand in improving your campus and community
To make friends with like-minded students
To get practical organizing experience that will prepare you for any career

Mark “Attending” and we’ll send you occasional updates on how you can help as the year progresses:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126923169465

If you haven’t already, please consider joining the Gators for a Sustainable Campus Facebook group, too. Thanks and see you this fall!

Questions? Email sustainablegators@gmail.com

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Join a GSC Campaign:

Student Green Energy Fund

The Student Green Energy Fund is a grassroots, student-led initiative to give students in Florida's public universities the option to create a fund for energy efficiency and clean energy improvements on campus.

After passing a referendum on the student ballot by 78 percent in 2007, University President Machen has supported the Green Fund and the Board of Trustees has approved it as well. We are currently working with students at UCF, FSU, FAMU, USF, FIU and FGCU to pass a bill in the state legislature that would permit individual universities to implement Student Green Energy Funds. Learn more on the Student Green Energy Fund website.

Sustainability Outreach

GSC gives campus-wide sustainability presentations that consist of a PowerPoint and Q & A, covering questions such as "What is sustainability?", "What are we doing to promote it?" and "What can I do to help?"

Greening Local Schools

Parents at J.J. Finley Elementary were concerned about waste at the school, so they've asked for our help to develop a recycling plan and a more sustainable lunch program. The school hopes to serve as a model for other public schools in Alachua County.

The Green Team

The Green Team leads the Tail-Gator Recycling Program, a volunteer-oriented mission to provide recycling services to on- and off-campus tailgates at all home football games.

Consumption Reduction

Help us campaign to raise awareness about the impact our consumption habits have on the planet.

Recycling

GSC participates in the annual RecycleMania, challenging schools around the country in a competition to increase on-campus recycling.

Food Systems

Our Food Systems task force works to raise awareness about local and organic food issues. We maintain an organic garden plot at the UF Organic Garden Co-op.