Gabriella Mohammed, a first-year undergraduate student majoring in Environmental Engineering, worked as a Sustainability Fellow as a part of the Spring 2024 cohort. Partnered with the City of Tallahassee Utilities, Gabriella’s project focused on energy storage innovation for the Clean Energy Plan. Gabriella was particularly excited to take on this project as the goals tie back to her passion for learning more about the energy industry, particularly concentrating on renewable energy.
Blog
2024

Partner: Sustainable Campus
Project: Revitalizing The FSU Sustainable Campus YouTube
Student: McKinnon Bell
This past Spring semester, I had the opportunity to be a part of the Spring ‘24 Sustainability Fellows cohort working with Florida State University’s Office of Sustainability to revitalize their YouTube channel.

There are over 200 places on the main campus of Florida State University to refill your water bottle, coffee pot, mug, or other vessel that requires drinking water. Each of these water bottle refill stations is either from the brand Elkay or Brita. From the two brands, there are also subcategories of a single refill station or a hilo refill station. A single station may be either brand and means there is one refill station above a regular water fountain.

I first learned of Tallahassee Future Leaders Academy (TFLA) through my school, Capital Preparatory, and thought it was interesting because I wanted a job but did not know how working really worked as I am only a rising sophomore. I took this opportunity and received a job placement here at Sustainable Campus at Florida State University.

Partner: Apalachee Regional Planning Council
Project: Sustainability Development Plan for Gadsden County's Economic Development
Student: Nastya Sidorova

Partner: Apalachee Regional Planning Council
Project: How To: Conduct an Economic Valuation of the Apalachee River
Student: Isabella Marmanidis
Isabella Marmanidis, a first-year graduate student in Demography, worked as a Sustainability fellow during teh Spring 2024 semester. She partnered with Caroline Smith at The Apalachee Regional Planning Council (ARPC) to create a framework for an economic valuation of the Apalachicola River.

Accompanying the conversations surrounding how to live an eco-friendly life is a lot of inaccessible information and feelings of an unrealistic lifestyle. At the forefront of this stress and discouragement is a group that feels invisible amidst talks of activism.
Partner: GenCLEO
Partner: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
Project: Rethink. Reset. Recycle. Website Phase 2 Development
Student: Kiana Sweger
Kiana Sweger, a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in Environmental Science, worked as a Sustainability Fellow during the Spring 2024 semester. Partnered with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Kiana worked with Chris Perry to help create an online resource for citizens to learn what materials are accepted in their local recycling programs.
Partner: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
Project: Food Waste Reduction Toolkit
Student: Ashley Miller
During the Spring 2024 semester, Ashley Miller, a second-year undergraduate in Geography, partnered with Lauren O’Connor at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to work as a Sustainability Fellow. The project's goal was to create a Food Waste Reduction Toolkit that FDEP could display on its website to provide tips and resources to communities across Florida.