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Guam Green Growth and Conservation Corps lead cleanup in Sinajana Member of the Guam Green Growth, UOG Center for Island Sustainability, UOG Sea Grant, Guam NSF EPSCoR and NSF INCLUDES SEAS Islands Alliance teams joined forces with the G3 Conservation Corps, the Red Horse Squadron and community volunteers for a cleanup in Sinajana. Mayor Hofmann, Vice Mayor Iriarte, and their team from the Sinajaña mayor’s office hosted the group as a part of the ongoing beautification schedule for the Corps. The team picked up 11 large bags of trash and about 2 large bags of aluminum cans to be recycled. The Corps conducts weekly

Guam Green Growth Conservation Corps works with WERI Our G3 Conservation Corps, UOG Center for Island Sustainability, and UOG Sea Grant teams were with WERI at Mt. Alutom! WERI is the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific based out of the University of Guam. Dr. John Jenson presented to the team about the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer (NGLA) and its importance as it provides drinking water to 80% of Guam’s population. Mt. Alutom provides a great introduction to the characteristics of rock units and other natural features that determine where and how water is captured, stored, and transmitted in the

G3 Conservation Corps starts village beautification projects The second cohort of the Guam Green Growth (G3) Conservation Corps program headed to Yigo on Friday, March 18, to participate in their first island beautification event.  G3 launched the second cohort of the conservation corps program in partnership with the University of Guam, the Office of the Governor and the 36th Guam Legislature.   The G3 Conservation Corps is workforce development program preparing our community for the emerging green economy. For the next five months, the 12 new members are expected to train full-time on various sustainability topics, such as agriculture and aquaculture, invasive

New G3 Conservation Corps members in motion Members of the second Guam Green Growth (G3) Conservation Corps cohort display the U.N.’s 17 Sustainable Development goals during their program orientation, March 14, 2022, at the University of Guam in Mangilao. The G3 Conservation Corps is a five-month workforce development program that will prepare 12 selected applicants for Guam’s emerging green economy. Austin Shelton, University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability (CIS) director and Guam Green Growth (G3) Steering Committee co-chairperson, delivers remarks during an orientation for the second G3 Conservation Corps cohort, March 14, 2022, at UOG in Mangilao. G3 Conservation Corps