GSC Sustainability Newsletter: October Issue #1»

Posted by admin | Resources • Oct 5 • Leave a comment

GSC Announcements
- Upcoming meeting place/time
- Upcoming Events
- Campus and Community Conference and Expo
- Powershift
- One Less Car
- Cereal Box Collection
UF/Gainesville Events
- ACCENT Presents SuChin Pak
- School of Natural Resources and Environment Council
- Cultural Cognition Project Seminar
Volunteer Opportunities
- UF Clean Water Campaign
Miscellaneous
- Food & Organic Agriculture
GSC Announcements:
* Our next meeting, Oct 13, [...]

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Get Involved in the Florida Green Fee Campaign!»

Posted by admin | Campaigns • Sep 28 • Leave a comment

We attended the Youth, Energy & Sustainability (YES) Summit at UF this weekend and are so excited to get the green fee campaign back on track!
Our ultimate goal is to get the Green Fee passed in the Florida legislature in spring 2010. To do that, we have established 3 secondary goals:

Get a referendum on student [...]

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Run a Sustainability Campaign at UF»

Posted by admin | Campaigns • Jul 7 • Leave a comment

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” [...]

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Newly Updated UF Green Guide (3rd Edition)»

Posted by deardley | Uncategorized • Jun 25 • (1)

The UF Office of Sustainability has just released the 3rd Edition of their handy “Green Guide”, a resource for UF students that contains a variety of information on sustainable living. In the Guide, students can find tips on everything from conserving energy to sustainable eating, along with lots of fun facts about our campus and [...]

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Student Orgs Participating in Earth Day»

Posted by admin | Events • Apr 11 • (1)

GSC will host Earth Day on the Plaza on April 22 from 10 to 3pm. We will be joined by over 25 student organizations, including:

Animal Activists of Alachua
American Solar Energy Society
BioEnergy and Sustainable Technology Society
Campus Climate Solutions
Campus CodePink for Peace
Chapel House
College Democrats
Environmental Health & Safety
Engineers Without Borders
enVeg
Environmental Protection Division
Florida Alternative Breaks
The Free Store
Gators for Israel
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Gators for a Sustainable Campus on Facebook

Join a GSC Campaign:

Florida Green Fee

The Green Fee referendum, which proposed a 50-cent per credit hour increase to tuition to fund renewable energy and efficiency on campus, passed with 78% of voting students in the spring 2007 student government election.

We worked with students from all around Florida at the Youth, Energy & Sustainability Summit at UF September 22 to make plans for passing the green fee in the state legislature this spring. Go join the Google Group to get in on the campaign!

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.