Garnet and Gold Goes Green

FSU's Great Give has officially BEGUN and our donation page is LIVE! Help us kick off the 10th anniversary of the Great Give by being one of our first donors! Donate at: https://spark.fsu.edu/Project/790/Sustainable-Campus-Green-Fund

FSU's Great Give is a 24-hour online giving campaign that supports academic programs, scholarships, and student activities at Florida State University. Today, March 10th, you can support sustainability at FSU by donating to the Green Fund during the ! The Green Fund provides opportunities for the campus community to realize their ideas for social and environmental progress at Florida State University. The Fund awards grants for projects that align with the goals of the FSU Sustainability Strategic Plan. For more information about the Green Fund, check out our website: https://sustainablecampus.fsu.edu/green-fund

We are hiring a new G4 Coordinator for the 2021-2022 year! Applications are now OPEN! Learn more and apply today at http://sustainablecampus.fsu.edu/jobs

Greenwashing is not only harmful for the environment, but it also takes advantage of hurried consumers, who want to purchase environmentally friendly products, but don’t have the time to thoroughly investigate each product they buy, oftentimes leading them to spend more money on fake “eco-friendly” products. But there are ways to avoid it. Check out this article to find out some simple tips to not fall for greenwashing.

https://www.givainc.com/blog/index.cfm/2016/3/9/6-Ways-to-Tell-If-a-Green-Product-Is-REALLY-EcoFriendly

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🌎Sin of Fibbing🌍 Sometimes, companies will make a claim that is simply false. For example, a company may claim to be Energy Star Certified when they aren’t or when a company claims that their diesel truck emits no CO2 in the air.

Happy Earth Day!!

50 Ways to Celebrate Earth Week While Social Distancing | Sustainable Campus Did you know that Earth Day 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the global celebration of Earth Day? To honor this important anniversary, we’ve put together a list of 50 actions that you can take while practicing social distancing. We hope these actions will help you feel more connected with the en...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Sustainable Campus and the Florida State University Libraries team partnered to create Earth Day 50: Environmental Activism at FSU and Beyond, a completely online exhibit that looks back at past Earth Day celebrations at FSU, how FSU students, faculty, and alumni have shaped the environmental movement, and how far we've come in 50 years in our community and our state. Although the exhibit was originally set to open in Strozier Library this month, thanks to the amazing FSU Libraries team, we are able to share it online for all.

The Earth Day 50 exhibit features exclusive archival materials that have recently been digitized. Feel free to explore the exhibit in order or click through the parts that you are especially interested in. We hope Earth Day 50 gives our FSU community a chance to celebrate how far we've come and get inspired for the progress we can continue to make for our world.

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🌍Sin of Lesser of Two Evils🌎 Companies will sometimes make a claim that may be true within the product category but that may distract the consumer from the greater environmental impacts of the category as a whole. For example, environmental qualifiers like "organic" or "green" are placed on products, such as insecticides and herbicides in which the entire product category is of questionable environmental value. Commercial insecticides and herbicides are needed for some agricultural applications, in which case, choosing the greenest option is essential, but insecticides and pesticides may be unnecessary for many cosmetic applications, such as lawns.

A huge thank you to everyone who makes G4 happen!

We're wrapping up with a throwback pic of the whole Sustainable Campus family to say our deepest thanks to all of our amazing partners and volunteers this year. We would have loved to celebrate with you all in person, but we hope our virtual thanks will do for now. To all of our outstanding faculty, our FSU partners, community partners, volunteers, and program participants, thank you so much for all you do!

Shout out to Aide Aguilar for being such an amazing volunteer, and to Madison Amarral for being a dedicated G4 Ambassador! And of course, many thanks to ALL of our awesome volunteers! Wishing you all the best!

🌎Sin of Irrelevance🌍 Companies can may make claims that are irrelevant, such as “CFC-free,” which is completely irrelevant because CFCs are banned and thus no products contain CFCs.

🌍Sin of Worshiping False Labels🌎 Some products feature false certifications or labels to mislead consumers into thinking the claim is legitimate. For example, a product may hold the label “Certified Eco-friendly,” but this is a false certification that they made up and holds no weight. Some credible labels include Forest Stewardship Council Certified, Rainforest Alliance Certified, and WaterSense. You can find more legitimate labels here: https://www.mnn.com/money/sustainable-business-practices/stories/green-product-certification-21-symbols-you-should

Green product certification: 21 symbols you should recognize