Sustainable yet fun picnic
Painting on newspapers during the picnic. Photo by Aarushi Bhadury
By: Hadassah Mani Bandi
A sustainable picnic? What’s that you ask. It’s outing with only sustainable resources.Bennett University ’s eco-club held a picnic on the university lawns, where everyone could paint, dance, meet new people, and have an overall fun Saturday with only organic material.
It was a fun event with everyone pitching in from cutting fruits, to playing music, distributing food, and even painting each other faces with tattoos.
The event's goal was to bring people together to enjoy the environment, bask in the warm sun as well as realize the need to become a sustainable community. “The most beautiful thing I learned is that community is powerful, when people show up and realize they matter to each other they move towards change, if you want to protect someone you are willing to do things,” said Ayera the founder and advisor of thesustainability committee and a fifth-year law student.
All the creative people were given a canvas of newspapers to paint on, something which most students throw usually throw away. For the food, everyone brought their own tiffin boxes so that no non-biodegradable plates were was used.
“The event was calming and relaxing. Everyone was sitting together painting and singing making it a refreshing event. I liked the fact that it was a nice environment, it made me think about sustainability without making me feel guilty,” said Sasha Rastogi a second year BAJMC student.
The Sustainability Committee works with other clubs on campus to organize events around climate change and sustainability and incorporates them into administrative practices in the university.
A sustainable picnic? What’s that you ask. It’s outing with only sustainable resources.
It was a fun event with everyone pitching in from cutting fruits, to playing music, distributing food, and even painting each other faces with tattoos.
The event's goal was to bring people together to enjoy the environment, bask in the warm sun as well as realize the need to become a sustainable community. “The most beautiful thing I learned is that community is powerful, when people show up and realize they matter to each other they move towards change, if you want to protect someone you are willing to do things,” said Ayera the founder and advisor of the
All the creative people were given a canvas of newspapers to paint on, something which most students throw usually throw away. For the food, everyone brought their own tiffin boxes so that no non-biodegradable plates were was used.
“The event was calming and relaxing. Everyone was sitting together painting and singing making it a refreshing event. I liked the fact that it was a nice environment, it made me think about sustainability without making me feel guilty,” said Sasha Rastogi a second year BAJMC student.
The Sustainability Committee works with other clubs on campus to organize events around climate change and sustainability and incorporates them into administrative practices in the university.
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