The Saints for Sustainability club at Santa Fe College hosted an event Thursday to increase awareness about the maximum safe amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
"People don't realize how easy it is to be more sustainable in our daily lives," said Jen Crews, vice president of the Saints for Sustainability at Santa Fe College.
Club members gave out information about living sustainable lifestyles, painted a large plywood cutout and used 25 people to stand in the shape of the numbers 350 at Santa Fe's Oak Grove.
The event, which promoted environmental organization 350.org's Oct. 24 International Day of Climate Action, was one of 4,000 held around the world and one of two in Gainesville.
"We want to try to get people to write to the local representative to say that they want change now," said Erin Rauch, president of the Saints for Sustainability.
These actions include a rally organized by Buchholz High School EnviroCats, an environmental club.
The rally will begin Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Westside Park on 34th Street. Participants will march about half a mile to the graffiti wall on 34th Street to paint a mural about 350.org.
"Lots of people at school really care about the environment, so this just seemed like a perfect thing to do," said Taylor Novak, co-founder of EnviroCats at Buchholz High School.
For more details on the events and information on the Highway 441 Farmer's Market Sustainability Festival, visit Alligator.org.
