LET'S TALK TRASH
Let's Talk Trash was a project by Green Initiative to assess the amount of trash produced by UAB students across campus. In this campaign, we were aiming to further educate the student body at UAB about the amount of trash produced by the students and by society that ultimately ends up in landfills, unable to decompose for hundreds of years. Green Initiative held its first waste audit at Heritage Hall in Fall of 2019, sorting through over 300 pounds of trash into piles such as compostable, recycling, and landfill, and its second waste audit of the Hill Student Center in Spring 2021. Students volunteers were able to have a hands on learning experience through this process. We want to provide students with strategies to divert and reduce the waste, which will hopefully lead to less trash being produced over time.
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PAST PROGRAMS
SUCCULENTS FOR SENIORS
A collaboration event with Active Minds an Building Bridges to paint succulent pots to end senior home isolation.
T SHIRT UPCYCLING
Students had the opportunity to learn how to make reusable bags from old T-shirts
MENDING WORKSHOP
Students had the opportunity to learn mending techniques to fight fast fashion from UAB alum Zena Baker
BLAZER THRIFT
Through several partnerships on campus, Green Initiative was able to help set up a semi-annual thrift store.
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Youth Activism and Place-Based Environmentalism Panel
We were able to partner with several inspiring students across the country in spring 2021 to discuss their work in youth activism and place-based environmentalism and how they are working towards a better future.
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