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.
Earth Month, which is celebrated throughout April, is dedicated to protecting the environment, greening the planet, and promoting mindful treatment of nature. To celebrate, universities across the globe, including FSU, hold a wide variety of events and opportunities to engage and educate students. This year, students and staff from FSU Sustainable Campus had the opportunity to attend the Southeast Student Sustainability Conference at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, which lasted from April 5th to April 7th.
Carnival Season has come to an end, and for those who celebrate you are likely familiar with the celebrations, libations, and all-around FUN that occur during this time until the culmination on Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). Though observed for centuries all across the world, the celebratory season became famous in none other than the Big Easy–New Orleans, Louisiana. Though my roots are in Florida, I am fortunate enough to have a branch of my family in New Orleans that I have loved visiting for years.
Partner: City of Tallahassee Clean Energy Planning
Project: Tallahassee Solar Audit: Usage and Health
Student: Jonus Goldstein
Partner: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Project: Public Sector Recycling Reporting Program
Student: Kyle Rutter
On April 17th, FSU Sustainable Campus held the inaugural pinning ceremony for students who had completed all three levels of the Sustainability Pathways program. Recognized students completed the Sustainability Citizen badge, acknowledging various extracurricular sustainability involvement around campus and the community, the Sustainability Scholar badge, focusing on sustainability-centric classwork completed, and the Sustainability Leader badge as a final reflection on their experiences.
