Trash Bash: Community Clean-Up

The snow has melted and with that big thaw has come the reappearance of a hefty amount of garbage along roads, trails and green spaces. Why not join the members of the St. Thomas University community this Saturday, April 19 from 1 pm to 4 pm as they clean up around downtown Fredericton. Meet in the lower courtyard on the STU campus just before 1:00 pm and everyone will set out from there. After the clean-up there will be a delicious BBQ (including vegan options) and some time for socializing and kicking back. Come out and help! Your planet will thank you for it.

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With nearly 50 pairs of hands we collected over 60 bags by the end of the afternoon!

Atlantic Sustainable Campuses Conference

Greenings,

The Sierra Youth Coalition will be holding an Atlantic Sustainable Campuses Conference this coming Feb 8 -10 at the Université de Moncton.You will find all the info on workshops, (including the option present some ourselves), accomodations, etc. - see link (click on post title above). Early registration ends on January 31st, so anyone interested please contact me asap, cool?

Keep in mind, anyone looking to carry on the torch of SFS next year, this conference gives you a great outlook on what this movement is trying to accomplish around the region. Post ideas in comments below on workshops we could hold, ie : Boost your Eco, expanding the garden over summer, or anything we've done over the year that we could share with other Atlantic campuses...

Mike :o>

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

We would like to copy what the information flyers say to promote re-usable mugs in stead of paper cups... The flyers were distributed at the MUG DRIVE, but we would like more and more people to read this information!


STUdents for Sustainability hope that by using reusable mugs instead of disposable cups, you will become aware of where these items are coming from, how they are getting to you and where they are ending up.

Help reduce waste on campus, save our trees and become part of the solution for our environmental future.

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Paper cups make up an estimated 40% of the mass in municipal landfills. Starback alone throws away 1.9 billion cups a year.

(and STU Tim Hortons alone throws away 1200 cups a day!)

Every year almost 2% of N.B. Acadian Forest is cut,
with 70% of the cutting is done through clear-cutting.

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Paper cups are lined with plastic to stop the leaking of hot liquids; oil is used to make the plastic, which makes biodegradation of the cup virtually impossible.

If the cups are not paper, then they are Styrofoam. Styrofoam contains chemicals like benzene and styrene which are carcinogenic and hazardous to both human health and the environment.
One Styrofoam cup can take up to 500 years to decompose.

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Thanks, and enjoy your (reusable) cup of tea or coffee!!

Mug Drive -Fall 07-

October 24 & 25

**2nd Annual Mug Drive **

This Mug Drive definitely was a great success!

During the two days we had distributed more than 200 travel mugs (both donated and brought) on campus, and also promoted Fair Trade coffee!

Yuki :)

Bake Sale on Oct. 3

We had a bake sale on Oct. 3, as a fundraising for coming Mug-Drive. We had a great deal of sweets, including many home-made, organic and/or dairy-free products! It went awesome and was definitely great fun! We earned about $160 and the money is used to support Mug-Drive, which is our bi-annual event for the team!