Center for Sustainability - On-Campus Events

 

BSU Residence Reuse Event

Ann Doyle of Health Services reports that BSU's Residence Reuse event was a great success at the close of the Spring 2011 semester.  The event is designed to collects usable goods from the residence halls for reuse in the community. This year the effort was coordinated in two residence buildings– East and Crimson Halls. BSU staff and students collected more items than we have every collected in the past.

Thanks go out to Ann Doyle for coordinating the event, Scott Enos and his student crew, who managed transportation and storage of the items and Lynn Allen, who prepared the items for reuse. This year, items were donated to the Taunton State Hospital and to the West Bridgewater Food Panty.  The items donated to the Taunton State Hospital are then provided to folks in the community and sold at their tag sale. Revenues from the tag are used to host events for their clients. The food items are donated to the West Bridgewater Food Pantry and shared with the community as well.

 

Bridgewater Farmers' Market:

In June of 2011, the Bridgewater Farmers Market was again initiated with the support of BSU and the CfS. Arthur Lizie hosted several community meeting planning the process and provided guidance to the community partners working on the market. The CfS has supported the market through the provision of marketing and signage and BSU has provided some resources to manage the finances of the market. CfS continues to work on tying the market to curriculum and educational events for the food and water theme in 2011/2012.

The Bridgewater Farmers' Market is located on School St in Bridgewater (just off the common by the fire station). It will run every Saturday from 9:30-1:30 from June 18th until September 24th.  (http://bridgewaterfarmersmarket.com)

 

Bridgewater Growing Spaces Community Garden:

On April 1, 2010, BSU officially leased 9.1 acres of agricultural land on the property of the Bridgewater State Prison. The intention was to make this agricultural land a true community/school endeavors, offering a mix of food- and sustainability-oriented educational and recreational activities. The first project on the land is the Bridgewater Growing Spaces Community Garden. This is a ¼ acre of land that is currently home to 20 20’x 20’ garden plots, rented by community members for $20. The garden is managed through resources provided through CfS, including provision of tools, pay for labor associated with maintenance of the property, and signage as needed. The Community Garden project is tied to curriculum and education events for 2011/2012 under the food and water annual theme.

Contact Arthur Lizie for more information.

 

Last Modified: July 13, 2011