Campus Sustainability Month is an international celebration of sustainability in higher education. On October 21st, Georgia Tech contributed to this celebration by hosting its own Campus Sustainability Week. During the week, several campus events raised awareness of and celebrated sustainability initiatives at Georgia Tech. This included an event commemorating the opening of the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design. 

Holy Crop! How Chemical Fertilizers Endanger Fish and Pose Challenges to Engineers

By: Sonja Brankovic

When many of us hear the phrase “water pollution,” we may imagine a large factory pipe spewing sewage into a hapless lake. The crisis in Flint, Michigan comes to mind, where the city routed corrosive Flint River water into aging pipes – officials failed to test the water, and lead leached out of the pipes poisoning thousands of the people.

In preparation of Georgia Tech's 2019 Earth Day Festival, students, staff, and faculty were asked to submit articles about what Earth Day means to them. Interested in submitting an article? Contact sustain@gatech.edu

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