![Green House Group of people in the greenhouse](/sites/default/files/styles/924_284/public/2023-05/Greenhouse_Group_Photo.jpg?itok=jLWL7peJ)
Greenhouse Cleanup
![Don't Trash My Future Bottle Drive Students with collected 5000 bottles. Group photo in front of 1R building.](/sites/default/files/styles/924_284/public/2023-03/Dont_Trash_My_Future_Bottle_Drive.jpg?itok=738-5Dmc)
5,000 Bottles Collected
![Green House 3 students cleaning up the greenhouse](/sites/default/files/styles/924_284/public/2023-05/Nathalia_at_greenhouse_03_27_2018.jpg?itok=t4j6sezW)
Getting Ready For Planting
![Group of people in the greenhouse](/sites/default/files/styles/192_108/public/2023-05/Greenhouse_Group_Photo.jpg?itok=pUhnn3K0)
![Students with collected 5000 bottles. Group photo in front of 1R building.](/sites/default/files/styles/192_108/public/2023-03/Dont_Trash_My_Future_Bottle_Drive.jpg?itok=fhrQl9PN)
![3 students cleaning up the greenhouse](/sites/default/files/styles/192_108/public/2023-05/Nathalia_at_greenhouse_03_27_2018.jpg?itok=dbQ4Rolg)
Sustainable Student Organization
![SSO Logo Logo of Sustainable Student Organization at the College of Staten Island. Blue circle logo frames a green circle with three white dolphins in a shape of the recycling logo circling SSO.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-03/sso_logo_tranparent.jpg?itok=PdDOBZH_)
The purpose of this group is to encourage a stronger presence in the sustainability movement at the College of Staten Island. This group will be the voice of the student body when it comes to the ideation and implementation of various sustainability initiatives that will push our college to become more environmentally conscience.
Campus Sustainability and the Organization That is Paving the Way
The Garden Club
![Garden Club Logo CSI Garden Club Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-06/GardenClub_Logo.jpg?itok=N5fg2NkM)
Our mission is to increase sustainability of the campus by creating and sustaining a community garden that provides the campus center auxiliary service with fruits and vegetables. Instead of relying entirely on produce brought in by delivery trucks from distant farms, we incorporate students from a diverse array of CSI clubs and organizations into a volunteer community network system where the time that they put into maintaining the garden is returned in their own plot for themselves. In return, CSI alleviates some of its carbon footprint, students gain a sense of stewardship and reward.