Students learn about ways to incorporate sustainability into Valentine’s Day
On Tuesday, Feb. 13, Sustain Mizzou hosted an event in the Arts and Science Building to educate students on ways to make Valentine’s Day an environmentally-friendly holiday. Some of the event coordinators — including seniors Bella Kamplain and Ella Reichard, and student coordinator Brad Jones — informed students about the environmental costs of Valentine’s Day as well as methods of making the day more sustainable.
Students crowd around a table of various containers of supplies, including scissors, markers and paper on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the Arts and Science Building in Columbia, Mo. After listening to a presentation by Sustain Mizzou, students created sustainable crafts by using recyclable materials.Three attendees engage in conversation while cutting and folding sheets of paper into different shapes. Students could fold the paper into hearts for heart garlands — one of the three craft options shown in the presentation by Sustain Mizzou.Bella Kamplain, Sustain Mizzou’s student director, gives a presentation about the environmental costs of Valentine’s Day, including the effects caused by the flower industry, pollution, emissions and water usage. Kamplain also provided students with methods of lessening these harmful effects — including shopping at local flower shops, thrifting jewelry and buying sentimental gifts.Two students roll folded sheets of red and pink paper into paper roses, which was one of the options for crafts provided by Sustain Mizzou. Guests picked from a variety of crafts, including making paper flowers, recycled journals and paper heart garlands.As the event came to close, attendees and coordinators placed their finished projects on a table to showcase their sustainable crafts. The crafts included paper hearts, paper roses, paper heart garlands and recycled journals — all made from recyclable materials.
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