RCE Greater Atlanta - 2023

Building and Leveraging a Community of Sustainability Minded Students at Kennesaw State University
Basic Information
Title of project : 
Building and Leveraging a Community of Sustainability Minded Students at Kennesaw State University
Submitting RCE: 
RCE Greater Atlanta
Contributing organization(s) : 
Kennesaw State University Office of Sustainability
EcoOwls: Students for Environmental Sustainability, KSU
Focal point(s) and affiliation(s)
Name: 
Seth Moore
Organizational Affiliation: 
Kennesaw State University Office of Sustainability
E-mail: 
kmoor153@kennesaw.edu
Name: 
Gabriel James
Organizational Affiliation: 
EcoOwls: Students for Environmental Sustainability, KSU
E-mail: 
gjames25@students.kennesaw.edu
Format of project: 
PowerPoint
Language of project: 
English
Date of submission:
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Does this project link to any education and/or sustainable development policy or policies?: 
No
Geographical & Education Information
Region: 
Americas
Country: 
United States
Location(s): 
Kennesaw, GA
Address of focal point institution for project: 
1000 Chastain Rd NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144
Ecosystem(s):
Forest, Urban/Peri-urban
Target Audience:
Higher
Contents
Status: 
Ongoing
Period: 
January, 2021
Rationale: 
By building a sense of community for sustainability minded students at Kennesaw State University, we are able to better advocate for and create changes at our institution
Objectives: 
By promoting an incredibly interdisciplinary vision of sustainability at our institution, we bring together students from all fields of study to focus on collaboration and community. This community is able to work towards changed culture and policies far more effectively than individual students and organizations
Activities and/or practices employed: 
Kennesaw State University has nearly two dozen student organizations that have a focus on some aspect of sustainability. We focus on building collaboration between the student leaders that carry these organizations. We connect students with the organizations that best align with their passions. These organizations form a web of communication to support initiatives on our campuses and show the student demand for change.
Size of academic audience: 
1000
Results: 
In part because of the work our student leaders have done to mobilize this portion of the student body, the Student Government Association has promoted the sustainability senator seat to a student director of sustainability and have passed a proclamation in support of a sustainability student fee to enable these student groups to have the necessary resources to actively host projects on campus that can last long after anyone one of these individual students graduate
Lessons learned: 
As students face many competing priorities during this stage of their life, maintaining continuity of these organizations is a consistent challenge. We hope to leverage our community of student leaders to encourage younger students to lead their colleagues
Key messages: 
Kennesaw State University has nearly two dozen student organizations that have a focus on some aspect of sustainability. By focusing on building community and support between the student leaders that carry these groups, we continually grow in numbers and can leverage our community to create change at our institution.
Relationship to other RCE activities: 
n/a
Funding: 
n/a
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
(https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs) and other themes of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
SDG 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 
Direct
SDG 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 
Indirect
SDG 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development 
Direct
ESD for 2030-Priority Action Areas
Priority Action Area 4 - Mobilizing youth 
state: 
Direct
Update: 
No
I acknowledge the above: 
Yes