Green Highlands Sows Seeds on Earth Day
Earth Day at Georgia Highlands
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On Earth Day this past April, Green Highlands, GHC’s student organization that promotes green living, planted an organic vegetable garden in a 50 by 50-foot plot contributed by USG Interiors, at their headquarters in Cartersville. Now the crops are coming in, and they will be delivered to the Good Neighbor homeless shelter and Good Harvest food pantry, both in Cartersville. Shown proudly displaying a giant zucchini squash, part of the garden’s first harvest, is Nicole Boyd, vice president for Green Highlands/Rome and the community garden chairperson.
Devan Rediger, biology lab coordinator and advisor to the organization, said the students want to show the community how easy and inexpensive it be to live green. The produce is grown organically without pesticides. Rediger or the students involved water often. So does Bill Creel, human resources manager for USG Interiors. USG allowed GHC sto use the land because the company wants to contribute to the Bartow community, but only has a small budget with which to do so.
Green Highlands has undertaken a variety of projects that promote sustainable lifestyles, including an extensive recycling program at the institution for cans, plastic bottles, newspaper and office paper. There are also recycle stations for batteries, printer cartridges and cellular phones.