Sustainability Fellows work in collaboration with campus and community partners to research sustainability challenges and implement solutions-based strategies. Your support helps us provide educational stipends to our Fellows.

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Thank you for considering a donation to our Spark campaign! Below are three recent Sustainability Fellows projects, along with photos of the students who created them. When you donate to the Sustainability Fellows, this is where your money is going! 

Peter Woodley 

In Summer 2021, Peter worked with Compost Community to develop a go-to-market strategy for local restaurants to subscribe to Compost Community’s pick-up services. Peter was interested in the Sustainability Fellows program because he hoped to build communication, business strategy, and leadership skills in the commercial sustainability sector.  

Peter worked with Sundiata Ameh El, the owner of Compost Community. Compost Community is a business that helps individuals engage in, contribute to, and learn about the compost cycle. Over the course of the semester, Peter engaged in market research and surveyed local businesses to develop a proposal to expand business compost collection.  

The main campaign points of Peter’s analysis include a food scrap analysis, food scrap pick-up, and prize rewards. Peter targeted office spaces, restaurants, and schools and/or universities in his proposal. He also developed a market research plan, a SWOT analysis, proposed marketing channels, and a target timeline. 

“One of the restaurant owners was totally open to having a sign that shows how much weight in food scraps they collected over the past week or month because it would bring more customers to the door,” said Peter. “Finding those value propositions and improving upon them is definitely the key.”   

Juan Arguelles Ortiz and Gabriella Benacquisto 

In Spring 2022, Juan and Gabby worked with Sustainable Campus to categorize FSU sustainability researchers and courses by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Juan and Gabby worked with Laurelin Haas, Academics and Partnerships Coordinator, to analyze 334 sustainability researchers and 417 sustainability courses and identify which SDGs their work or curriculum aligned with. Many researchers and courses aligned with more than one SDG.  

Reflecting on his experience designing the formula, Juan said, “The coding aspect is something that I picked up when we started this project. It was really cool, and I was excited to figure out how to make this portion of our work sustainable. Eventually, new researchers and classes are going to be added to our list and allocating four months out of the year to categorize them is unsustainable.” 

“I see the SDGs everywhere I go now,” said Gabby. “This project has definitely made it clear that sustainability is really, really important to me. I also fell into the position of graphic designer for the team, which was very interesting. It was encouraging to see that I could pick up a new skill!” 

Trinity Iwicki and Anne-Lunie Rodney  

In Spring 2022, Trinity and Anne worked together to create nineteen TikTok videos for Florida Food Waste Prevention Week, which was held from April 4 to April 8, 2022. Trinity and Anne collaborated with Lauren O’Connor, Government Operations Consultant, and other members of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) team. 

Trinity and Anne were tasked with educating college students between the ages of 18 and 23 about food waste and prevention techniques. They determined that TikTok would be the most efficient platform to better reach this audience. 

The team worked with the Florida Food Waste Prevention Week team to create a new TikTok channel that amassed 4,272 video views, 106 profile views, 138 likes, 4 comments, 32 shares, and 12 followers in one week. 

“I’m really happy with those numbers,” said Trinity, “especially considering that educational videos are not always that type that do the best on social media apps like TikTok. I would consider our platform choice a success based off of that set of data.” 

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Katie McCormick  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 11:16 PM
Daniel Pertwee  Sappling $40.00 3/8/2023 11:13 PM
Geoff Burda  Sprout $10.00 3/8/2023 10:25 PM
Dennis Bailey & Kathryn Bailey   Treehugger $100.00 3/8/2023 9:50 PM
Marissa Mainwood     Sprout $10.00 3/8/2023 9:41 PM
Matt Williams  Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 9:37 PM
Marianella Natera  Treehugger $100.00 3/8/2023 9:36 PM
Luis Deppe  Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 9:17 PM
Amanda Clark & Kyle Clark  Treehugger $100.00 3/8/2023 9:12 PM
Scott Minos  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 9:11 PM
WILLIAM VAN BRUNT & Bonnie Bernau  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 9:06 PM
Beautelle Clarke Sprout $20.00 3/8/2023 8:50 PM
Valerie Claus   Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 8:15 PM
Sanjay Agravat  Champion $250.00 3/8/2023 7:41 PM
Mark Bertolami & Elizabeth Swiman    Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 7:37 PM
Marisa Martin  Sprout $20.00 3/8/2023 7:28 PM
Gabrielle Sanders & Shawn Sanders  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 7:23 PM
Deon Lewis  Sappling $40.00 3/8/2023 7:14 PM
Betty Candelora & Dick Candelora  Treehugger $150.00 3/8/2023 7:09 PM
savannah alber  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 6:59 PM
Perry Crowell   Treehugger $100.00 3/8/2023 6:54 PM
Kristen Nolte  Sappling $40.00 3/8/2023 6:46 PM
Lorilyne Pinkerton   Treehugger $200.00 3/8/2023 6:11 PM
Don Abel & Sally Abel    Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 6:11 PM
Maggie Theriot  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 5:32 PM
KRISTIE HATCHER-BOLIN  Towering Pine $75.00 3/8/2023 5:01 PM
Deane Little  Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 4:50 PM
Rashida Ogletree-George  Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 4:46 PM
Christiana Akins  Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 4:39 PM
Stacey Stanchfield  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 4:08 PM
Fernando Ritzinger  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 2:57 PM
Idara Barney  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 2:07 PM
Rachelle Ogletree  Sprout $20.00 3/8/2023 1:49 PM
Anne Tirrell  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 1:43 PM
Josefina Quintans  Champion $300.00 3/8/2023 1:36 PM
Prathyusha Larson  Sprout $20.00 3/8/2023 1:32 PM
Jennifer Lynn West - Swiman & Michael   Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 1:20 PM
Anonymous Donor  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 1:11 PM
Anonymous Donor Sprout $20.00 3/8/2023 12:44 PM
Erin Sylvester Philpot   Sprout $20.00 3/8/2023 12:35 PM
Robin Buck   Treehugger $100.00 3/8/2023 12:34 PM
Jim Davis  Champion $250.00 3/8/2023 12:33 PM
Matthew Ortiz  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 12:22 PM
Charles Ogletree & Pamela  Champion $400.00 3/8/2023 11:50 AM
Anastasia Burson  Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 11:49 AM
Sandy Simmons  Champion $250.00 3/8/2023 11:47 AM
Taylor Welniak  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 11:37 AM
Anonymous Donor Champion $250.00 3/8/2023 11:32 AM
Brett Leone  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 11:28 AM
Pamela Iwicki  Treehugger $100.00 3/8/2023 11:27 AM
Brianne Jackson  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 11:16 AM
Jamie McMillan  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 10:50 AM
Dana Davis & Bobby    Treehugger $100.00 3/8/2023 10:33 AM
Elaine Howard  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 10:31 AM
Nash Albrecht  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 10:11 AM
Samantha Nygaard  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 10:09 AM
Christian Dean  Sprout $10.00 3/8/2023 10:04 AM
Hassan Jangjoo  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 10:03 AM
Michelle Presley & Troy Presley   Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 9:54 AM
Nattalya Avila  Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 9:51 AM
Trinity Iwicki   Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 9:29 AM
Anonymous Donor  Sprout $10.00 3/8/2023 9:21 AM
Kathy Guthrie  Sprout $10.00 3/8/2023 9:15 AM
Allison Peters   Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 9:13 AM
Pam Spencer   Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 9:01 AM
Jonathan Klepper & Jimmy Cole  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 9:00 AM
Abby Wright   Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 8:57 AM
Heidi Wright  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 8:56 AM
Jillian Volpe-White  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 8:49 AM
Anonymous Donor  Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 8:49 AM
Jessica Oyster   Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 8:14 AM
Erin Erickson & Matthew Nelson   Seed $5.00 3/8/2023 8:10 AM
Kenta Joseph   Sprout $10.00 3/8/2023 7:57 AM
Amanda Wood & Martin Wood   Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 7:50 AM
Jody Robinson   Sprout $20.00 3/8/2023 7:24 AM
Angela Crawford   Towering Pine $50.00 3/8/2023 5:49 AM
Erin McCormick  Sappling $25.00 3/8/2023 12:11 AM

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