Please share a bit about yourself, what you do for work or study, and when you became interested in sustainability.

My name’s Zoë, she/her/hers, I’m currently an FSU graduate student in East Asian Languages and Cultures focusing on Chinese language and literature. I am a teaching assistant teaching Chinese 2. I’ve always been interested in sustainability, but I think when it really became a committed practice was in my junior year of high school around the time of taking AP Earth, Space, and Science.

Please share a bit about yourself, what you do for work or study, and when you became interested in sustainability.

This week, we asked the Sustainable Campus team their favorite ways to reduce food waste!

Emma

I overestimate the amount of ingredients in most meals, so freezing leftovers like macaroni and cheese, eggplant parmesan, soups, and honestly anything I can’t finish, into a glass tupperware is how I stretch a meal and a buck.

We're celebrating fashion week this week with a sustainable twist! We asked the Sustainable Campus staff what they usually look for secondhand when they're shopping at thrift stores or secondhand sites like Poshmark, ThredUp, or Depop. Here's what the team had to say!

This week, Sustainable Campus and Thrift Club of FSU partnered up to celebrate fashion week with a sustainable twist. To wrap up this week, some members of Sustainable Campus staff, as well as some of our friends in Thrift Club, sat down with sustainability leaders on campus to chat about sustainable fashion.

Professor Luke Hopkins from the fsu Marketing Department

Q: How has the presentation of Sustainable Fashion in social media differentiated from other movements in the apparel industry for marketing? 

Please share a bit about yourself, what you do for work or study, and when you became interested in sustainability.

Hiya! My name is Nathan, a senior in Chemistry at FSU. I am 20 years old and transferred to FSU last fall. I use he/him pronouns and have been interested in sustainability since I was 9. I am currently working for the Census Bureau, and hope to help ensure an accurate count of all our citizens.

Tayah: Buses (Seminole Express/StarMetro)

My favorite way to get around Tallahassee is to use the bus! The Seminole Express/StarMetro bus system is very user friendly and easy to get around to all of your favorite spots in Tallahassee. By using the Rider app, you can see the bus times in real time and see all the stops on each route. I love that you can go so many different places including the mall, local parks, and tons of stores. 

Please share a bit about yourself, what you do for work or study, and when you became interested in sustainability.

Project: Where is the trash in Lake Elberta coming from?

Partner: Apalachee Audubon Society

Program: Ph.D. in Geography

Kate is a Ph.D. student in the department of geography with research interests in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), and human-environment interactions.

As a Spring 2020 Sustainability Fellow, Kate partnered with the Apalachee Audubon Society and worked with Fellow Alexis Chavez to identify the origins of trash in Lake Elberta.