Sustainapalooza: There is no Planet B

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Date/Time:Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location:Memorial Union Great Hall
Cost:Free
URL:https://www.facebook.com/events/666694693512410/
Contact:Merry Rankin
Phone:515-294-5052
Channel:Live Green
Categories:Arts, performances Live Green
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Learn and practice sustainable living skills from campus and community experts in upcycling, green cleaning and waste-less meals. Local food refreshments and sustainability-themed giveaways included.

Sustainapalooza is a companion event to the annual Symposium on Sustainability offering a very interactive and activities-based opportunity to increase awareness and engagement in sustainability initiatives, events, and opportunities on campus and in the Ames community.

The event includes a sustainability poster and tabling session (highlighting campus and community initiatives, accomplishments, and opportunities related to sustainability and living (and working) green, four interactive Green it Yourself (GIY) Centers (featuring topics of green cleaning, upcycling calendars, laminated posters and vinyl banners into products to keep your organized and on-the-go and extended shelf-life meals in a jar), clothing swap**, collection of non-perishable food items for The SHOP (ISU student food pantry), local food and local food ingredient eats and sustainability-themed giveaway items.


**If you did not donate items for the clothing swap and trade, you can still participate by bringing two non-perishable food items or a $2 donation for The SHOP student food pantry for each "swap".

Sustainapalooza will be preceded by a public lecture by Colin Khoury on Monday, February 28. The presentation of the 2015 Live Green Awards for Excellence in Sustainability and a public documentary, follow Sustainapalooza and conclude the 2017 Symposium on Sustainability.

This is a collaborative event sponsored by The Green Umbrella student organization and the Office of Sustainability.