Welcome to Global Sustainability Group
A grassroots organization dedicated to the sustainability of our planet and those that call it home.
Accomplishments
Thank you to all our volunteers!
- Total # volunteer hours: 607
- Total # volunteers: 106
- Volunteer with the most hours: Aiden Gocek!
- Total weight of trash picked up: 201 lbs
- Total # of trees planted: 33
- Earth Day Party: April 20, 2019: Entertainment provided by 4 volunteers
- Arbor Day Tree Planting: April 26, 2019: 4 volunteers planted 2 trees
- Environmental Literacy: 4 article ssubmitted
- Oaks4OakSt. Campaign: 50 volunteers planted 33 trees
- Pick It Up Campaign: Beach Clean Up: May 05, 2019: 15 volunteers collected 18 lbs of trash from Melbourne Beach;
- Pick It Up Campaign: Trash Fishing Contest: June 08, 2019: 22 volunteers netted 153 lbs of trash from Indian River Lagoon
- Pick It Up Campaign: Boulder Creek Clean Up: June 22, 2019: 4 volunteers removed 10 lbs of trash
- Thanksgiving/Christmas Shopping Bag Giveaway: 2019: Distributed 100 reusable shopping bags to random shoppers
- Hoover Middle School Community Service Day: Jan, 08, 2020
- Volunteer at Greensleeves, Eastern Cape, South Africa: Feb 26, 2020 https://www.greensleevessa.com/what-we-do
- Pick It Up Campaign: Melbourne Beach: March 06, 2020: 12 volunteers collected 20 lbs of trash
- Community Gardening with Melbourne Beach Garden Club: March, 12 & July 08, 2020
A New Frontier: Tallahassee
Support from the RIDER Center at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Global Sustainability Group is proud to announce a sponsorship from the Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response (RIDER) Center, part of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. The RIDER Center conducts research to create infrastructure that is better at handling natural disasters, potentially saving countless lives throughout the world. The RIDER strategic initiatives manager, Will Hill, is also a research mentor for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and is currently conducting research regarding the communication of STEM to the diverse group of stakeholders that interact with and/or are affected by RIDER.
Through UROP, one of our founders, Luke Marzano, was able to get a position as a research assistant to Will's project. Will had the idea of having RIDER sponsor further GSG projects in and around Tallahassee, FL. While not directly tied to infrastructure, preserving the natural ecosystem of an area can have great impacts in weakening the effects of catastrophic natural disasters such as forest fires and floods. This contributes to RIDER's goal of improving disaster response while also offering an opportunity to communicate STEM to volunteers of GSG.
GSG will be hosting projects in the coming months to improve the ecosystem around Tallahassee and educate participants of the environmental issues that Tallahassee, and the world, faces. A sincere thanks to Will Hill and RIDER for their sponsorship of GSG and help with this goal! Be sure to stay updated regarding these future projects and come out to support when you can!
Projects and Issues Important to Us
Ocean Projects
Ocean Projects
Ocean Projects
- Elimination of plastics in the Indian River and Beaches of Brevard
- Removal of discarded monofilament fishing line
- Marine ecology education
- Population surveys on coral reef biodiversity
- Financial Support for Surfrider Foundation
Land Projects
Ocean Projects
Ocean Projects
- Physical and financial support for the Arbor Day tree giveaway & Oaks 4 Oak St. Campaign
- Physical and Financial support for the "PICK IT UP" campaign
- Encouraging the use of compostable restaurant take away materials
- Physical support of hiking and biking trail maintenance
- Financial support for Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, Nature Conservancy, National Parks, Brevard Zoo
Human Projects
Ocean Projects
Human Projects
- Financial support for Doctors without Borders, Red Cross, Smile Train, Mercy Ships
- Physical and financial support for HOPE clinic in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and various orphanages in South Africa (Two Sisters, Greensleeves, Etafeni)
- Supporting education in environmental stewardship
- Promoting equality