Family Housing and Mayor’s Council to sponsor Sustainability Week

June 5, 2008

A Sustainability Week will be held in University of Florida Graduate and Family Housing apartment complexes, June 2 through June 5. The week will be sponsored by the UF Department of Housing and Residence Education Graduate and Family Housing Office and the Mayors’ Council — a student government group within Graduate and Family Housing.

The planned activities are designed to support UF’s Zero Waste 2015 initiative, as well as other related campus sustainability efforts. Housing administrators and campus student leaders want to play a role in providing information and resources to campus residents who will return to their home communities with the knowledge they gain at UF. Five days of sustainable activities are planned around the needs and interests of graduate students and their families living on campus:

  • June 2 – English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Closet Donation Project
    5 p.m. in Maguire Village; 5:30 p.m. UVS; 6 p.m. Corry Village Large and small donations of household items will be collected for families in need.
  • June 3 – Sustainable Bingo Night, 7 – 9 p.m. Tanglewood Village
    Participants can win eco-friendly products playing Bingo while learning more about sustainability. Sponsored by INDIGO www.indigogreenstore.com in Gainesville.
  • June 4 – English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Closet Donation Project
    5 p.m. in Tanglewood Village; 5:30 p.m. Diamond Village Large and small donations of household items will be collected for families in need.
  • June 4 – Canning Workshop, 6 p.m. Tanglewood Village
    Participants will learn from an IFAS Extension representative the basic steps in canning high and low acid foods, as well as how to make pickles, jams, jellies and herb vinegars.
  • June 5 – Herb Garden Workshop, 6 p.m. Diamond Village
    Participants will help create the Diamond Village Herb Garden with the guidance of an IFAS Extension representative. Participants should bring two herbs to plant. Space is limited. To register, send an email to thomasg@housing.ufl.edu.