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As Halloween draws near, it’s time to start figuring out decorations for the house, apartment, or even dorm. Pumpkins and Jack-o-Lanterns are a staple of the Halloween decoration market. However, these iconic carved gourds eventually rot, and every year after Halloween around 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkin end up in landfills around the United States. So how can we get our spooky decorations to last longer and turn this environmental trick into a treat for the planet? 

Gardening is a well-loved hobby for many, and has been shown to have positive benefits for gardeners’ physical and mental health. There are ways to make this leisurely activity accessible for everyone, regardless of age, physical ability, or limitations. Within the Seminole Organic Garden, Sustainable Campus has been working on creating an accessible space for the FSU community.

Partner: Sustainable Campus 

Project: FSU Annual Environmental Metrics Report 

Student: Marion Knowles 

Partner: Sustainable Campus 

Project: FSU Sustainability Highlight Tour & Resource Guide 

Student: Fiari LeGrand 

Partner: Leon County Office of Sustainability 

Project: Sustainable Surplus 

Student: Carly McGovern 

Partner: Sustainable Tallahassee

Project: Position Statements

Student: Nia Ogletree

Partner: FSU Food for Thought Pantry

Project: Efficient Service Delivery: Uniting Principles of Dietetics, Sustainability, and Food Insecurity Intervention

Students: Andelino Calderon and Lydia Shackelford

The job search can be a hassle, and sometimes jobs in a specific field can be hard to find. This is exactly what job boards are for! Beneficial for both employers and job seekers, job boards are a place where companies can post their open positions within a field and prospective employees can post their information and resume to attract an employer’s attention. Often, different job boards have different specialties, but there are several job boards across the web focused specifically on careers in sustainability.

We don’t always have the time or energy to seek out news that might be important to us. This is where newsletters have found their niche. Newsletters offer an easy way to have updates and news sent directly to your email, often about specific topics that align with your interests. As the environment and climate change become a bigger topic of international discussion , multitudes of sustainability related newsletters have sprung up all around the internet.

Tallahassee houses a hidden gem of both nature and history in the Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park. During the summer months, outside of the primary blooming season, the gardens and surrounding park can be accessed for $6 a vehicle. Even outside of peak blooming, Maclay Gardens offers an impressive walled garden featuring brick walkways (with various accessibility aids available at the Ranger Station to make the gardens a relaxing spot for all guests), a secret garden, a reflection pool, and an expansive variety of flowers and trees.