Making “sustainability” understandable for the average person
Posted Mar 21, 2011 1:38 pm.
This article is more than 5 years old.
A new awareness campaign is underway at Mount Royal University.
This week students are learning about sustainability through “Oceans for the Future,” a project organized by third year student Katie Robart, who tells 660News the campaign is quickly picking up steam with students from all walks of life wanting to know more.
Her message to the campus is simple.
“We’re not all hippies and vegetarians,” says Robart. “And you don’t have to be a hippie or a vegetarian to be a sustainable person. I’m basically trying to change the face of sustainability throughout this whole thing, into something that fits into everybody’s daily life.”
But the education major says her group has a long way to go when it comes to informing the average person.
“I don’t think the information is put out there for people to see how accurately that things are actually going on in the world,” Robart continues. “I think a lot of people are really scared and they don’t want to show people. Like, the ocean is deteriorating at such a rapid rate and there’s so much money in it.”
The 20 year old Robart says the program’s goal is to make people recognize that even small sustainable lifestyle choices can make a difference, and it starts with people her age.
“We could just get together as students, which is what I think is one of the most important things, that we all care about this for the future,” says Robart. “We’re the next generation that’s going to be leading the world and I think it’s important that we all open our eyes to a lot of these issues.”
Sustainability events have been scheduled for the public all week on the MRU campus.
More information is available on the students’ Facebook page, “MRU Ocean Awareness.”
