Glitter is Litter
Glitter: Cradle to Grave
Glitter and confetti are both popular mediums used to celebrate special occasions and adorn materials but both damage the environment in many ways.
Glitter and confetti are both popular mediums used to celebrate special occasions and adorn materials but both damage the environment in many ways.
Did you know? AmeriCorps is the only university-based AmeriCorps program in the state of Louisiana.
Created by Lola Lancaster
Students for Sustainability presented a Fast Fashion 101 Seminar at their February 8th meeting. Students learned the standard definition of fast fashion, as well as many of the ways those production practices cause water and soil pollution, fossil fuel usage, carbon emissions, and landfill waste. The presentation also discusses the poor pay and working conditions that employees fast fashion companies face, as well as which companies qualify as fast fashion. Students talked about ways to buy ethically, such as purchasing locally and secondhand, as well as not overbuying. Students dissected sustainability statements released by some of the biggest fast fashion companies and learned how to detect green washing from brands. One of the highlights was using the sustainability ranking tool on the website “GoodOnYou”, a page that provides ratings on the sustainability of clothing brands and breaks down how they contribute to the environment. Everyone offered up different brands, good and bad, to see what their scores looked like and why. Students also shared ways that they reuse and upcycle clothes and were taught some new ways to reuse and donate clothes that no longer serve them.
The presentation can be viewed here.
With the 2022 Goodwill, not Landfill campaign we collected over 3,800 pounds of donated items from students during the Spring 2022 move out. By donating items and clothes to Goodwill, students diverted thousands of pounds from being sent to landfills for disposal. From May 2 to May 9, donation boxes from our sustainable community partner, Goodwill, were placed in the lobbies of the five residence halls (Coronna, Bonin, Baker, Huger, and Agnes Edwards).