Spring Break
Students focus on sustainability
Carla Mancebo
Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: News
The non-profit group, Ten Thousand Villages, will bring its environmentally-sustainable produce and Fair Trade certified crafts from around the world to the Seventh Street Plaza on Tuesday until Thursday.
"The bottom line is a person can feel good about getting something that is a fair trade craft," Raikar said, "unlike any other retail store where the final seller makes the profit and the artisan gets very little."
SJSU's Earth Day on Wednesday will bring organic produce vendors and a tree planting ceremony at Washington Square Hall in memory of the founder of national Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson former Wisconsin state senator and alumnus of SJSU.
A concert with the band Resistant Me will be held outside the Student Union on Tuesday at noon.
Raikar said many students are apathetic to concerns like the ethical treatment of workers because the issues seem far away and big. Though, with the real-life experiences of some of the speakers students will began to grasp the relevance.
"They will get a real understanding or connection through the heart instead of through their mind," Raikar said.
"The bottom line is a person can feel good about getting something that is a fair trade craft," Raikar said, "unlike any other retail store where the final seller makes the profit and the artisan gets very little."
SJSU's Earth Day on Wednesday will bring organic produce vendors and a tree planting ceremony at Washington Square Hall in memory of the founder of national Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson former Wisconsin state senator and alumnus of SJSU.
A concert with the band Resistant Me will be held outside the Student Union on Tuesday at noon.
Raikar said many students are apathetic to concerns like the ethical treatment of workers because the issues seem far away and big. Though, with the real-life experiences of some of the speakers students will began to grasp the relevance.
"They will get a real understanding or connection through the heart instead of through their mind," Raikar said.
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Amie Frisch
posted 4/17/07 @ 4:28 AM EST
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http://www.sjsusustainabilityweek.org
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