FAMU's Green Thumb
Green Coalition President Halimah Wynn presents facts about water usage and ways to conserve it alongside Information Chair Furé Muhammad. As clouds begin to cover in thick masses up above, a small group of students convene under the dark sky at The S.E.E.D.–the urban garden adjacent to the FAMU Hansel E. Tookes Recreation Center. The occasion: a discussion about the environment in their very own environment, specifically water conservation. The event titled Water Day is the fourth installment of Green Week hosted by Florida A&M University’s Green Coalition. Although the organization was founded at the university in 1996 by a faculty member and former student, after being inactive for three years the coalition’s current president hopes to bring visibility to the chapter and encourage members of the community to become more vested in sustainability issues. “We’re making a comeback. I literally just tell everyone about [the Green Coalition]. I‘ll ask, ‘He...