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Sustainable Straws: The Good, the Bad and the Soggy

Sustainable Straws: The Good, the Bad and the Soggy

Connor Hay, Business Manager April 30, 2025

When I am trying to enjoy my morning coffee, the last thing I want is for a paper straw to ruin my drinking experience by getting all soggy. But like the song by the Rolling Stones, “You can’t always...

The Negative Impact of AI on Sustainability

The Negative Impact of AI on Sustainability

William Pavela, Staff Writer April 25, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI), which some call the future of the world, could spell disaster for the environment. The development of data centers to fuel the technology, to the development of massive fires...

Sustainable Commencement: Biodegradable Confetti

Sustainable Commencement: Biodegradable Confetti

William Pavela, Staff Writer April 23, 2025

With the recent decision to use biodegradable confetti in the upcoming May Commencement, FGCU is setting a step in the right direction. A campus that prides itself on conservation and preservation of natural...

Food Forest Brings Permaculture to FGCU

Food Forest Brings Permaculture to FGCU

Grace Greco, Staff Writer March 10, 2025

Nestled behind the Sugden Welcome Center at FGCU sits about half an acre of plants with a purpose. The focus of the Food Forest is to provide a hands-on learning experience to teach sustainable agriculture,...

A Heart-Shaped Hustle: How Capitalism Ruined Valentine’s Day

A Heart-Shaped Hustle: How Capitalism Ruined Valentine’s Day

Reagan Robinson, Staff Writer February 14, 2025

Valentine's Day is one of America's most beloved Hallmark-esque holidays. Originally a dark pagan holiday, Valentine’s Day has been transformed into a capitalistic celebration rife with overconsumption...

The Issue with Fast Fashion

The Issue with Fast Fashion

Grace Greco, Staff Writer January 29, 2025

Fast fashion is inexpensive, low-quality clothing that is manufactured quickly to keep up with trends and is often discarded after a few uses. Retailers can afford to sell these pieces at low prices because...

Going Green: 10 Tips to be More Environmentally Sustainable

Going Green: 10 Tips to be More Environmentally Sustainable

Tori Foltz, Executive Editor January 1, 2025

Many factors play into someone’s carbon footprint, such as the food we eat, the products we use, the industries we support and the distances we travel. This all influences the amount of greenhouse gases...

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FGCU Offers Additional Courses to Fill Colloquium Requirement

Katie Souza, Staff Writer November 1, 2024

Since FGCU opened its doors in 1997, University Colloquium was the only sustainability course option for undergraduate students that fulfilled the graduation requirement. This semester, two alternative...

Nature trail entrance across from North Lake Village.

Reforms to FGCU’s Sustainable Identity is Ongoing

Addyson McCullough and Veronica Amador March 13, 2023

Updated to reflect a correct attribution for a Buxton's quote and to clarify context on March 23 3:48 p.m. The definition of sustainability at FGCU might be shifting. Throughout the institution’s...

FGCU supplies eco-friendly confetti to students who want to be environmentally friendly when taking graduation pictures.

Ecofetti Combats Campus-wide Littering as Graduation Nears

Abigail Muth, Staff Writer December 9, 2022

As graduation season approaches and photoshoots commence, FGCU students are reminded that one sustainable option is available to celebrate one’s achievements.  In 2020, under the Goldman Administration,...

Photo taken by Andrea Podermo and provided by WGCU

The future of the water school at FGCU

August 21, 2019

Lauren Miceli News desk After Hurricane Irma in 2017 and the fifth longest occurring red tide in history that followed, the demand to study and manage water problems is high. FGCU’s location amid freshwater...

‘Green’ university removes ‘practices’ sustainability from official mission statement, then rethinks decision

January 13, 2016

After student criticism and a 121-signature online and paper petition, the BOT might reverse a September 2015 decision to drop the word “practice” from the phrase “practices and promotes environmental sustainability”...

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