On October 8, the Environmental Resource Center is hosting its fall sustainability fair. All SJSU students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend. Please encourage your students to attend (for extra credit and for fun!). See below for details.

The theme of this year's fair is Abundance Without Waste. It will take place on 10/8 from 10:30 to 1:30 on the 7th Street Plaza. Join the Environmental Resource Center, Spartan Eats, WHISK, and community partners in celebrating campus sustainability month. Attendees will learn about sustainable lifestyle hacks and businesses that are doing their part, sample high-tech purified water, eat fresh organic food prepared by Spartan Eats, and get some great DIY lunch ideas from WHISK. You can even register to vote!

Free reusable cotton mesh market totes are available to the first 250 participants.

More details on specific resource tables are below:

• Take Back the Tap - Learn about tap water safety, promoting reusable bottles, and reducing plastic waste through research and advocacy

• Sustainable Lifestyles - Find out about different ways you can waste less, live green, and be happy 

• Sustainable Business Practices- Get a peek into how local SJSU businesses commit to the environment. 

• Spartan Eats - Find out more about how our dining services source local, fresh, organic food and fair trade coffee

• CommUniverCity’s Growing Sustainably Project– This SJSU initiative provides fun garden-based environmental education lessons to local elementary schools

• SJSU Votes - Flex your civic engagement muscles and get involved