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Rotary Club of Tumon Bay makes donation in support of Guam Green Growth initiative

Rotary Club of Tumon Bay makes donation in support of Guam Green Growth initiative RCTB President Bonnie Alig presents UOG CIS Director Austin Shelton with a donation towards CIS’ Guam Green Growth initiative. The Rotary Club of Tumon Bay made a donation to the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability in support of the Guam Green Growth imitative at their members meeting earlier this month.    President Bonnie Alig presented Center director Austin Shelton with the donation after he served as the club’s featured speaker.   “Supporting the environment and fostering in sustainability is one of the areas of focus for the

February 3, 2022
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Seeds sewn, service praised in new Talo’fo’fo community garden

Seeds sewn, service praised in new Talo’fo’fo community garden Empowered by Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, Guam’s leaders and volunteers at the forefront of community service came together to raise ground in a new community garden, Jan. 17, at the Jeromy Newby Community Center in Talo’fo’fo’.   Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero, Lt. Gov. Joshua Tenorio, representatives from the Serve Guam Commission (SGC), 36th Guam Legislature, University of Guam (UOG), Guam Department of Education, and military took to the soil to plant some of the first crops in the garden, bolstering the Guam Green Growth (G3) initiative.  This was the second community garden

February 3, 2022
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#InTheNews – Island sustainability director lays out G3 achievements

#InTheNews – Island sustainability director lays out G3 achievements By Isaiah Aguon KUAM.COM Guam Green Growth, also known as G3, provided an update on its latest initiatives at its recent steering committee meeting.  It develops tangible solutions to sustainability challenges and contributes to a green economy for the island region.  Dr. Austin Shelton, the director of the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability gave an update on their food security projects. “We have our extension associate David Crisosotomo leading these efforts from our team here at UOG SeaGrant,” he said. “We’ve announced in the past that we were setting up

January 24, 2022
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#InTheNews – Our View: The move toward greater sustainability will create more ‘green’ jobs

Our View: The move toward greater sustainability will create more ‘green’ jobs Sustainability has become ever more important in today’s world, and Guam is striving to ensure that it meets the 17 Sustainable Development Goals developed by the United Nations. The goals are an urgent call for action by all countries to end poverty, improve health and education, reduce inequality and spur economic growth while also tackling climate change and working to preserve the environment, according to the UN. The University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Guam Green Growth have been leading the charge here and have been making

January 23, 2022
Makerspace

#INTHENEWS: Recycling efforts, sustainable food efforts and recruiting new cohort discussed by G3

#INTHENEWS: Recycling efforts, sustainable food efforts and recruiting new cohort discussed by G3 By Jackson Stephens Pacific Daily News Aquaculture projects on island are moving forward, according to Austin Shelton, director of the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant. “We continue to move forward with aquaculture and aquaponics projects,” Shelton said during the Guam Guam Green Growth Steering Committee meeting on Wednesday.  Aquaponics is a sustainable water system of raising fish or other aquatic food staples and vegetables and fruit together, which could increase food security. Read the full story here

January 20, 2022
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Search for Guam’s next conservation force underway

Search for Guam’s next conservation force underway EnyDennis Dali, left, and Lusech Ngirakesau, Guam Green Growth (G3) Conservation Corps members, build wattles on a hillside above the Ugum River on June 30, 2021 in Inalåhan, Guam. G3 Conservation Corps members worked alongside the University of Guam’s Guam Restoration of Watersheds team to implement erosion control measures at the Ugum watershed during the five-month period of the G3 Conservation Corps program. Guam Green Growth (G3) Conservation Corps members pick up trash along a coastline on June 25, 2021 in Hagåtña, Guam. G3 hosted a weekly cleanup in each of Guam’s 19 villages

January 12, 2022
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#InTheNews – Our View: New Year is time for reflection

#InTheNews – Our View: New Year is time for reflection Published in the Pacific Daily News Photo by Rick Cruz We enter 2022 as we entered 2021: under the shadow of a pandemic that continues to end lives and destroy livelihoods. This is traditionally the time when we can reflect on what we, as a community, could have done better in 2021, and what we can do to make things better for everyone on the island in 2022. One of the bright spots of the year was the work done by Guam Green Growth, which worked to keep the island clean

January 1, 2022
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