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Bettering the Community and Environment through Food
From donating to those in need to growing sustainably, reducing waste to helping the hungry, USF St. Petersburg and its student body is using food – something we all have in common – to enrich our community.
November 25, 2019Student Life, Sustainability
Community Workshop Seeks to Empower Attendees to Take Action on Climate Change
USF St. Petersburg’s Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (iCAR) aims to help the local community prepare and become more resilient to future environmental changes.
October 24, 2019Events, Sustainability
USFSP Students Invest in Innovative Biodigester Technology to Eliminate Food Waste and Reduce Carbon Emissions
Students at USF St. Petersburg are tackling the food waste problem by installing an innovative system that will naturally break down non-edible food on campus – the first of its kind at a Florida university.
August 22, 2019Student Life, Sustainability
Sustainability Studies Degree Provides Unique Training for Addressing Environmental Issues
A new Sustainability Studies major to launch this fall at USF St. Petersburg will immerse students in hard science, social science and business to prepare them for careers discovering and implementing solutions that benefit the environment.
May 9, 2019Student Life, Sustainability
Internship Promotes “Field to Fork” Food Systems
A new internship program is providing students a holistic and hands-on understanding of local food systems in order to improve them.
May 7, 2019Student Life, Sustainability
Inaugural Bike Day Event Promotes Cycling On and Off Campus
May is National Bicycle Month, but on Thursday, April 11 USF St. Petersburg hosted its inaugural Bike Day, a campus event to celebrate and promote cycling in the city.
April 15, 2019Events, Sustainability
Climate Change and Real Estate Event Aims to Answer, ‘What Will Happen to My House?’
On March 5 at 7:00 p.m., iCAR presents Climate Science 101: Real Estate and Climate Change at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Education Center. Speakers will give presentations and hold Q&A sessions with the goal of helping citizens answer the question, “What will happen to my house?”
March 5, 2019Events, Sustainability
New Campus Sustainability Sculpture Installed on Davis Hall
USF St. Petersburg will unveil a new installation that highlights the University’s sustainability identity at 4 p.m. on February 12.
February 12, 2019Campus News, Sustainability
USF St. Petersburg and Duke Energy Unveil New Tesla Battery Solar Storage System
Beneath a 100kW solar array and in front of dozens of community members and press, USF St. Petersburg and Duke Energy unveiled and demonstrated a Tesla battery solar storage system – the first of its kind in Florida.
September 17, 2018Sustainability
Warehouse Laboratory Earns LEED Platinum Certification, First Building in USF System Awarded Highest Sustainability Distinction
The University of South Florida St. Petersburg’s Warehouse Laboratory, which houses biology, chemistry and physics labs, received LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
July 23, 2018Sustainability
New Internship Plants Seeds of Knowledge on Food Systems
One in six people in Florida go hungry and 13 million children in the United States do not have regular healthy food at home, according to the Fresh Initiatives Support Hub (FISH).
April 23, 2018Student Life, Sustainability
Green Energy Fund Powers Sustainability Projects on Campus
As Earth Day approaches, one of the unique parts of sustainability at USF St. Petersburg is the Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF), which directly involves students with sustainability, alternative energy and other projects that are benefiting the campus and the Earth.
April 13, 2018Student Life, Sustainability