Our Parkland Reads Garbage Land survey is now closed. A big thank you to everyone who participated.

During the summer this space will be magically TRANSFORMED into a web space with resources and activities related to our next book, The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.

See you in August!

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It was drizzling and it was cool. But at least it wasn’t pouring and freezing! 9 participants put their hoods up and spread out around the sports areas to pick up trash. It was noteworthy that there were very few recyclables. Mostly what we found were plastic bags, candy and food wrappers and styrofoam cups – all very mucky.

clean-up group - tired but satisfied

A big thank you to Todd Horton and students from Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association (co-sponsors of this event), and also students from Heidi Leuszler’s BIO 104 class and Laura Jamison’s SOC 101 class for participating. And another big thank you to Student Life and John Eby for the pizza, cookies and drinks afterwards. We really appreciated getting re-fueled.

And lastly, a special shout-out to Todd’s truck.

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New Date for College Clean-Up!
Tuesday, April 28  from 3 – 5 p.m.

We’ll be cleaning up the outside sports areas. All supplies provided. Food/drink will be provided afterwards by Student Life.

* Where: Meet at bleachers by the track (there’s a parking lot right there).

Clean-Ups this semester are co-sponsored by Parkland College Student Chapter of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association (IPLSA), Sustainable Campus Committee, and Parkland Reads.

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It’s wet, cold and windy today. We’re postponing our clean-up, which had been scheduled for today from 3 – 5 pm. New date here as soon as we have it.

“Oh, thank goodness!” cried the multitudes.

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is The Complete Persepolis!

Yes, the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi was announced as the next Parkland Reads book during the big unveiling in the library during National Library Week.

We’ll begin to develop our website for this next book in May. So watch this space!

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Please Join Us!

Tuesday, April 21

Movie: Garbage! The Revolution starts at Home is a feature documentary showing where a family’s three months worth of garbage goes and how it affects the environment - 76 minutes. (Feel free to come and watch whatever part you can.) Popcorn provided.

• When: 3 – 5 pm
• Where: Meet at bleachers by the track

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21 dedicated and hardy souls braved the cold and wind of a blustery Tuesday afternoon to collect trash/recyclables from around the outdoor sports area of the campus.

most of the clean-up group

It was amazing just how much trash was collected. And there is still a lot more out there. Surprisingly, out of all of this, there was only one small bag of material that could be recycled.

Todd Horton with his pickup filled with trash

Many campus groups were represented, including Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association (co-sponsors of this event), International Student Association, Student Veterans Association at Parkland, Service Learning, Parkland Reads, and Sustainable Campus Committee. There were also students from a Biology 104 class as well as from Gina Walls’ SOC 101 class.

students from Sociology 101

Afterwards, most of the group headed back to the Gallery Lounge for a satisfying dinner of sandwiches, chips, cookies and drinks – all generously provided by Student Life.

llinois Professional Land Surveyors Association, Sustainable Campus Committee and Parkland Reads are sponsoring one more Clean-Up on Tuesday, April 21 from 3 – 5 pm. We’ll again be meeting at the bleachers near the track.

We hope to see you then!

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Fusing plastic bags

Here’s a neat idea for reusing plastic bags. I like the idea of sewing up the “fabric” to make grocery totes. If you try it, post your results here and remember to keep a window open while you fuse!

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Elizabeth Royte on packaged water  from the box vox blog.

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