Community members celebrated the 54th annual Earth Day on Monday, making efforts to preserve the planet in the Ames and Iowa State communities.
“I always reduce, reuse, recycle,” said Makenzie Myrum, a freshman in pre-architecture. “I save plastic bags and reuse them and always use reusable water bottles.”
CyRide offers buses to and from campus and to Ames, making it one solution for students looking to make an impact.
“I always make sure I recycle and try to take public transportation to and from campus instead of taking my car,” said Brenna Vierling, a freshman criminal justice major.
Another way some students aim to help the planet is by turning off unnecessary lights and unplugging appliances, as one student said.
“Every time I leave my dorm I unplug everything with the exception of my fridge as well as turning off all of the lights,” said Hailey Howard, a freshman studying kinesiology on a pre-physical therapy path. “Picking up trash is also something I always do. When I am back home, I go on walks and pick up trash as I walk by since it’s something easy you can do.”
There are also opportunities for local, sustainable shopping in Ames, including Z.W. Mercantile, which specializes in waste-free and reusable products and Worldly Goods, a fair-trade store with products from around the globe. There are also a variety of local fashion thrift stores, such as The Loft Resale, Overflow Thrift Store and Miss Meyer’s Clothing Consignment.
For more environmental resources from Iowa State, visit the Office of Sustainability website and learn more about its Live Green! Initiative.
Steverino | Apr 29, 2024 at 7:37 pm
I celebrated Earth Day by commemorating Ira Einhorn, the founder of Earth Day in 1970 in Philadelphia. Seven years later Einhorn distinguished himself by beating his girlfriend, Holly Maddux, to death, stuffing her corpse into a trunk, and hiding it in his closet.
His super genius plan untravelled when brown stinky fluid from Holly’s decomposing body leaked from the trunk and dripped down into the apartment below.
Di horn helpfully explained that the CIA had assassinated Holly because he had blown the whistle on their paranormal research, which was not an insane alibi at all.
Di horn escaped on bail to Europe, where played hide and seek with the cops for years.
Einhorn was caught in France and extradited to the US on the condition that he not be executed. Ein horn died in prison as a martyr to Earth day,, an exemplar to the Left, illustrating its sterling character, superior morality, and sanity. Let his name be shouted to the heavens every Earth Day, a man who was willing to compost the woman he loved to promote recycling.