This season, green is the new black — but we don’t mean everyone should dress like every day is St. Patty’s Day.

We mean that sustainability is a fashionable topic, and with environmental expert Paul Wapner having visited Iowa State last week to discuss climate suffering, reducing and recycling is on everyone’s mind. Recycling is not always much fun, but this semester it can be.

Closets Collide is a clothing exchange club in its fifth year at Iowa State, and in the next few weeks everyone has the opportunity to get involved. The club arranges events on campus that allow students to drop off lightly worn garments. The club records how many pieces are donated and if you go back and check in on the swap day, you can take as many items as you donated.

Kelsie Witt, president of Closets Collide, joined the club because she felt it was an enjoyable way to recycle. “It’s fun to get new clothes without spending money and to get rid of old clothes without just throwing them away.”

Drop-off dates are between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Feb. 27-28 and March 6-7. On Feb. 27 and March 6, the location will be the LeBaron Hall foyer, and on Feb. 28 and March 7, go to the Memorial Union just outside the bookstore if you have clothing to donate.

The actual exchange will be from noon to 5 p.m. March 10 in the Sun Room and the South Ballroom in the Memorial Union, and anyone who has not made a drop-off can attend with donations to exchange on the same day. There will be a do-it-yourself crafts stall to give you ideas for other clothing you may have left at home, as well.

It’s a fun way to go green this spring, and it’s exciting for swappers.

“You never know what you will find,” Witt said.