So this past Friday I attended a sustainability fair that was put on by Scripps College in Claremont. The reason I wanted to go to this event was to see what types of sustainability projects the people there were involved with, and also to network with individuals from different schools. There were stands set up in one of the parks where individuals had set up various demonstrations. There was a clothing exchange at one of the stands, and luckily I was able to participate. This is where you bring clothes that are in good condition and exchange them for items that others have brought. The idea is to find a use for items you no longer want instead of throwing them away.
At another stand, girls from Scripps College were making jam out of oranges from the trees on campus. The oranges were not picked from the tree but instead picked off the ground because these fruits would usually be the ones that are thrown away.
At yet another booth, girls were using these same oranges and dehydrating them in slices to make barrettes.
The last thing that caught my attention was the trash cans set up throughout the park. They usually had a group of three trash cans where one would be for trash, one for recycling, and a last one for compost. I feel this is something we could implement at my school, Cal Poly. Composting is a way that we can reduce the amount of food that heads to the dump and that will allow us to make better soil to grow the plants we want. I feel I learned a lot from this experience and plan to make changes in my own household to reduce the amount of waste I produce.
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