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Giant Bats Ahead! Spotlighting Gainesville’s Lubee Bat Conservancy

We should celebrate grassroot conservation organizations like the Lubee Bat Conservancy, but we need more environmental stewardship in Florida. By Michelle La Roche Pietri With the recent closing of the University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability and the lack of government initiatives to advance climate understanding, it is easy to feel fearful for the future […]

Course Development Award

  The Sustainability Studies program is delighted to announce its first course development award. We will award $3000 for the development of a new course related to sustainability studies. The award is open to all faculty with renewable appointments from all UF colleges and units. For more information, please see the attached flyer. The deadline […]

Fall 2025 Newsletter

The Sustainability Studies Newsletter showcases the ways our community continues to learn, adapt, and lead. Published each fall, spring, and summer, the newsletter provides information about sustainable resources and events in and around Gainesville. It also presents interviews with Sustainability Studies students, graduates, and faculty who are making exceptional contributions.

Climate Skills Event

What are your climate skills? Find out Monday, Oct. 20th! We have a lot of climate skills that are useful everywhere. We can listen, raise issues, insist, make connections, start groups, show caring, make art, and much more. This talk will explore why focusing on climate skills can be more useful than focusing on danger […]

Summer 2025 Newsletter

The Sustainability Studies Newsletter is available to students and alumni in UF’s sustainability studies program. Published at the beginning of the fall, spring, and summer semesters, the newsletter provides information about sustainable resources and events in and around Gainesville and careers in the sustainability sector. Each newsletter also presents an interview with a Sustainability Studies […]

Spring 2025 Newsletter

The Sustainability Studies Newsletter is available to students and alumni in UF’s sustainability studies program. Published at the beginning of the fall, spring, and summer semesters, the newsletter provides information about sustainable resources and events in and around Gainesville and careers in the sustainability sector. Each newsletter also presents an interview with a Sustainability Studies […]

Fall 2024 Newsletter

The Sustainability Studies Newsletter is available to students and alumni in UF’s sustainability studies program. Published at the beginning of the fall, spring, and summer semesters, the newsletter provides information about sustainable resources and events in and around Gainesville and careers in the sustainability sector. Each newsletter also presents an interview with a Sustainability Studies […]