So last night was the 2016 version of the Sustainability Coalition's Sustainability Fair.
You may recall that I got to speak at last year's event about the Gift Economy and Clothing Swaps and such.
This year, I went purely as an enthusiastic attendee, and was joined by Ella Rose :)
She was such a trooper, putting up with all the chatting up I wanted to do with all the folks I ran into, and staying up until 9pm so that we could see the Clothing Swap get some attention in the Community Scrapbook...
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| We were waaaaaay back, but there it is! |
...as well as participate in the table discussion and listen to the main presentation of the evening.
The theme of the evening was systemic change to help create a sustainable community, and when it came time for our table to discussion what kinds of systemic change we'd like to see, I launched fully into the vision I have for curbing waste during the Student Exodus. My tablemates brought up the brilliant idea of approaching the folks on OSU campus that orient the students to let them know about the many second-hand options in town so that they don't all go to Fred Meyer to buy their clothing hangers, waste paper baskets, and other such items that are so absolutely redundant and will simply be thrown out at the end of the year anyway.
The presentation, held by a young couple that own a solar power company here in town, covered their trip to Germany last summer and all the amazing advancements going on in the field of reusable energy in Germany. It was very inspirational and rekindled my interest in getting solar panels on our house. Granted, in the past, we've had solar companies have to turn us down on account of the shady nature of our property. Oh, well!
Anyway, it was a great time and I love that it's a yearly staple in this wonderful community of ours.
If you've never been, I highly recommend it for next year.
So until then, take care and Happy Town Hall Event Take II!!
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