The University’s Colorno campus celebrated its first “No Waste Day” on Wednesday, April 30th with a trash pick-up throughout Colorno. Collaborating with volunteers from the City’s offices, students from both Masters courses collected a truck-load worth of garbage. Additionally, in efforts to increase awareness of our impact on the environment, students and staff considered what they could do to minimize their footprint and signed a pledge to commit to the personal challenge for the day. Examples included drinking tap water rather than bottled, employing regular “electricity-free” hours, and taking stairs instead of elevators. The afternoon finished with a meeting and personal thank-you from the city’s mayor.
The campus’ Student Sustainability Committee planned the event with the hope that students would be inspired to continue their sustainable practices even after the event finished, as well as gain a deeper appreciation for their role within the Colorno community.
For more information about the event and sustainable practices at the University, contact j.telfeyan@unisg.it