2008 Woodie Awards
Trash teaches lesson about sustaining world
By: Jamari Caldwell
Issue date: 10/1/08 Section: Online Exclusives
Oct. 3, 2008
A man's garbage will be displayed in a San Francisco museum.
Dave Chameides told his sustainability story about keeping his garbage in his basement with black socks and no shoes at his seminar Sept. 24 in the Performing Arts Center room 144 in front of about 50 students and faculty members.
Chameides has been doing seminars for three years and decided to come to Chico State to inform students about the trash that they consume and what they should do with it.
"Every time I give a seminar, I'm forced to think about the things I talk about and then it allows me to come up with more ideas," said Chameides.
Senior Jessica Nesbit said she was pleased after being apart of something extraordinary because she realized the seminar was really helpful.
"It's really inspiring because we're examining our habits," she said.
She thinks people should pay attention to what other people are doing to make a difference in the environment she said.
"We need to know what other people are doing because it shows that individuals can make a difference with the individual choices they make," Nesbit said.
Chameides got tired of taking out the trash and was being lazy one day, so he stored it all in his basement. In nine months he created 31 pounds of waste while the average American creates about 1,200 pounds he said.
He sipped from a metal canteen and said that using plastic bags and water bottles are wasteful products and that people would be better off using less plastic.
Junior Desi Hatton agrees and decided that she wouldn't use plastic because of the negative affects it has on the environment.
"I'm not a big plastic fan, that's why I try to avoid it as much as possible," Hatton said.
Chameides encourage students to be sustainable in any way they can.
"Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something," he said. "And most of us can do more than what we're doing right now."
Jamari Caldwell can be reached at jcaldwell@theorion.com
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