Have you started your spring cleaning yet? Need a wardrobe refresher? Come to the Tufts Eco-Reps Clothing Swap during Earth Fest on Friday, April 22nd from 11:00 AM-2:00 PM! The Eco-Reps have been collecting clothes for months and want to get you styled up in time for spring.
Come join the Tufts Sustainability Collective and Tufts Eco-Reps for Earth Fest! A week long extravaganza of incredible events to bring environmental consciousness to the Tufts community. Check out the week’s schedule below or view the entire series on Facebook:
Tuesday, 4/19: Environmental Justice 101 Panel
7:30pm-9pm, Alumnae Lounge
Join the Tufts Sustainability Collective for a panel with four amazing members of the Tufts Community: Environmental Justice 101! We will touch on the intersection of environmental and social issues, climate change, accountability, policy, and what we as students can do to combat these issues. Discussion with Q&A to follow!
Our Panelists:
Thursday 4/21: Jumbo Wild Screening with Tufts Film Series
7pm, Barnum 104
The Tufts Sustainability Collective and Tufts Film Series present a screening of the Patagonia documentary Jumbo Wild! Learn about environmental conservation efforts in the Jumbo Valley. The Tufts Eco-Reps will be hosting a Clothing Swap and Jumbo Mountain too, so don’t forget to clean out your closet before you stop by!
Friday 4/22: Earth Day Fair
11am-2pm, Academic Quad
Come out on Earth Day and celebrate our planet with Tufts Sustainability Collective and the Tufts Eco-Reps! A clothing swap, food, prizes, music and a host of student groups, organizations and departments will be present for the culmination of Earth Fest 2016!
..and don’t miss Jumbo Mountain! Facilities and Save That Stuff have collaborated with the Tufts Eco-Reps to show you how much trash the 120 students in Houston produce in just 2 days. We’re guessing it will be larger.
Tufts will also be hosting the GRAND OPENING of a new bicycle repair station at the Campus Center!
Expect to see:
Tufts Mountain Club
Tufts Eco Reps and their clothing swap!
Tufts GreECO Reps
TuftsRecycles!
Tufts Climate Action
Tufts Veg Society
LCS
Tufts Bikes
Tufts Food for Thought
Jp Licks
Danish Pastry House
Flatbread Somerville
GlobeMed at Tufts
Tufts Garden Club
Tufts Literacy Corps
…and many more!
-by Savannah Christiansen
The Eco-Reps are closing out the year in celebration of sustainability! We had a successful clothing swap at Earthfest on April 11th on the Academic Quad and many students walked away with new styles in hand. Why have a clothing swap anyway? Manufacturing new textiles can put a pretty heavy burden on the planet in terms of the amount of resources needed for manufacturing the fabric, putting it together and then shipping them to retail locations. Clothing swaps are an easy way for people to share existing clothing without using up any new resources!
We spoke with potential future students at Jumbo days on April 17th, 18th and 25th about the Eco-Rep program and the Office of Sustainability and encouraged students to keep their college move-in green with tips such as bringing reusable mugs to campus, using power strips and many more that you can check out here.
On Sunday, April 28th the Reps enjoyed an end of the year celebration with sushi and bouncy castles on Fletcher Field. Wren Hall also got to participate in the festivities for winning Recyclemania. We hope all of our residents are ready to look out for us next year with more composting, in-dorm campaigns, eco events and more. See you then Tufts!
Because it’s Earth Month, we actually have TWO Eco-Rep blog updates this week! Here’s your second:
Spring is here and it’s super busy for the Eco Reps! Recyclemania ended last Sunday (March 30) and the results of both the final round recycling scores and the overall winners of the competition can be found HERE. Remember, the dorm and house that receive the highest recycling grades overall get to hang out in an inflatable bouncy house, which is totally awesome!
Individual Eco-Reps have been busy hosting their individual events in their dorms. Last Monday I hosted a composting-focused event where Houston Hall residents could grab a personal compost bin, eat chocolate “dirt” pudding and learn about composting in the dorm. I also know that a bunch of other Eco-Reps had their events this past week, like a ‘pot a plant’ event in Carmichael, a clothing swap in Wilson House and a jeopardy event in Hogdgon.
One big upcoming event this week is Earthfest. This Friday, April 11th, from 11 am to 2pm on the Academic Quad Tufts Sustainability Collective (TSC) will be hosting its annual Earthfest. Activities include bike riding, a green photo booth and local (free!) food. This will be an amazing opportunity to celebrate spring and learn about sustainability at Tufts and in the surrounding community. Also, the Eco Reps will be hosting a clothing swap, so be sure to swing by our booth to find some cool new additions to your spring wardrobe!
-Rachael (Houston Eco Rep)
There have been many Eco-Rep Events this month all that involve sustainability, environmental awareness and empowering Tufts students.
Compost and Mud Pies
Last week a composting event was held at Houston at which residents learned how to compost, what to compos,t and the purpose of composting. To give a creative spin, the Eco-Rep Rachel Grudt and residents made delectable compostable deserts called ‘mud pies’.
Environmental Jeopardy
On Thursday, Bush and Hodgdon hosted a joint event of Environmental Jeopardy, where residents from both dorms participated in answering Jeopardy questions about composting, recycling, and basic environmental facts. This event also had a make-your-own-fajita Chipotle bar!
Get ready for Earthfest happening on April 11th—and look out for the clothing swap where second-hand clothes are free for the taking! Hang out on the academic quad starting from 11 to 2 pm to see it for yourself!
-by Hayley Ernyey
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