Good news! OSU was recently contacted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), which is putting together its annual review of information universities have submitted through this year’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS).
This national report will include “campus sustainability innovations & best practices,” and the Repair Fairs have been selected to be included!
Congrats to the Waste Watchers, who organize the Repair Fairs. Learn more about the student group the Waste Watchers here.
The Repair Fairs are a twice-per-term event series at which people can bring their broken items and learn how to fix them, as well as attend demos to learn D.I.Y. skills. Repair Fairs will continue in the 2014-15 academic year and will be scheduled in the months of October, November, January, February, April and May. Stay tuned to the Repair Fair website for details.
Enjoy these photos from the most recent Repair Fair in May, which were also submitted for possible inclusion in the AASHE STARS report (click on each to view larger):
CATEGORIES: Campus Recycling Student Sustainability Initiative Surplus Property Waste Reduction