Steve Golieb

Steve C. Golieb (born 11 August 1989) is an Oregonian-born environmental activist, musician, swimmer, writer, and student of Radomir Kovacevic. He grew up in New York City, NY with his adoptive parents John and Marianne Golieb. Steve recently got public attention by challenging the city of Orem, UT, his current residence, to require apartment complexes and trailer parks to offer recyling to its residences by being featured in the Daily Herald and Orem Times. Currently, he is a guitarist, singer, and founder of The Forbidden Fruit orchestra in Orem, UT.

Education
Steve Golieb attended four different highschools: The Dwight School where he was individually taught by Radomir Kovacevic, Music School of Kotor, Montenegro, Telos Academy in Orem, UT, and then graduated from Mountain View High in Orem, UT. Radomir Kovacevic helped train Steve Golieb in swimming, which allowed him to be able to compete in the 2006-2007 5A State Championships in Utah. He transferred out of Hiram College, a small liberal arts college located in Hiram, OH and now attends Utah Valley University.

Environmental Activism
Steve's passion and support for the environment began at a very early age by donating nearly all of his allowance money to environmental groups. As a member of the Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, Rainforest Action Network, Green Jobs Now, Oceana, and The Defenders of Wildlife, Steve Golieb has spent most of his off-time supporting these organizations and pushing to make environmental changes in his local government. Steve has learned much of the policy-making techniques and skills by attending Utah Valley University as an Environmental Management major, and was inspired by his cousin Liz Krueger, a member of the Senate of the United States state of New York. His most popular push for environmental change occurred when he set out to get over 1,000 signatures single-handedly from Orem residents to encourage the Orem City Council to require apartment complexes and trailer parks to offer recycling to its tenants. Even after the Orem City Council had already concluded that recycling should be optional, not mandatory to the residents of Orem City, Steve Golieb caught the attention of council members and residents when he said to reporter Michael Rigert of the Orem Times, "No one has to recycle. But it should be mandatory that everyone has the opportunity to recycle, and that's not the case." He was featured in the Daily Herald and the Orem Times.

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