Welcome to G.E.C.O.

GECO is the Gettysburg Environmental Concerns Organization, a 20-year-old student-run environmental club at Gettysburg College.  Our members are students who care deeply about environmental issues and want to make a positive impact on the environment and their community.  They are involved in advocacy campaigns, campus sustainability projects, and ecological restoration activities. 

New for the spring semester; we will meet Thursday nights at 8 PM, every week in the GECO office (Plank basement, bottom of Bullet Hole Patio stairs).  If you are interested in joining just stop by a meeting! Please feel free to contact this semester's president, Kevin Lugo, with any questions at lugoke01@gettysburg.edu. We are always welcoming new members! 

Check back for updates on events this semester

Quote of the Week

"Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and cut off his left."

        ~Aldo Leopold

Last Semester...

• GECO members hosted a postcard campaign, which were sent to President Obama to help save the Utah Wildnerness along with the Southern Utah Association.  
• Four GECO members participated in the Wet and Wild Road Rally hosted by LCAC. Members got to support the conservancy, explore Adams County, learn about water issues in Adams County and try local food.

• GECO teamed with other organizations on campus to host Gettysburg Green Week. The week focuses on advocating sustainability and environmental awareness on campus and in the world. Events included movies, local food potluck, lecture by Keeper of the Mountain Foundation and sustainability panels.

 

• In conjunction with Green Week, GECO trick or treated for water bottles and then created a water bottle graveyard. The purpose of this demonstration was to show the campus how much waste plastic water bottles create. Then on Friday, GECO gave away free water bottles to decorate!