Green Fair comes to University

Monday, April 13, 2009

The lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall will be transformed today with booths and activities to get students to start thinking green.

The Green Fair, the first of more than 20 sustainable-minded events leading up to Earth Day, April 22, begins at 10 a.m. and will go until 2 p.m.

Chelsea Mertz, Topeka junior, helped organize the event.

“We want it to be interactive and educational,” Mertz said.

Mertz said there would be about 30 booths on the lawn, all aimed at informing students about sustainability, local and organic food, alternative energy and eco-friendly goods. Westar Energy, Chevron, Lawrence Sustainability Network and CReSIS will be among the groups represented at the fair.

Mertz said she worked with Student Union Activities to add interactive activities such as canvas bag decorating, frisbee painting, a moonwalk, food giveaways and even a snow cone machine.

“We will have a biodiesel generator running energy for the booths, the snow cone machine and the moonwalk,” Mertz said.

Tyler Enders, Leawood sophomore, said the Green Fair would be a good way to kick off other sustainability efforts during the next two weeks.

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