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The packaging campaign is really heating up at
the University of North Carolina...
Wilmington, affectionately referred to as “the Dub” by the
students who go there. Since the first day the Spring term we’ve been working
with a super kick-butt group of students to bring attention to the packaging
campaign and get more folks involved.
Students have been clipboarding all over campus, talking to
their peers about the campaign and getting a crap-ton of petition signatures.
Hundreds of students and faculty members have signed the pledge to save our
forests and many have joined the effort as volunteers.
Today was our big Packaging
Pledge Drive. We amassed a big team of
clipboarders, including a lot of brand new volunteers, and took campus by
storm. More than 20 student volunteers turned out to help with the effort and
by 2pm, we’d had 165 students signed up to volunteer with the campaign! In
addition to our hard work, we attribute our  successes to the awesome fast food
trash sculpture of a tree that some of our stellar ladies came up with. With
chicken wire and chicken nugget boxes they constructed a pretty sweet tree on
Chancellor’s Walk. We solicited trash from passersby and unsuspecting diners
throughout the day to add to the sculpture and by the end of the day it looked
pretty wonderful. And don’t worry, unlike the fast food companies, we recycled
all the paper packaging we used when we were done.
Given today’s success, things are looking mighty exciting
for our Campaign Kick Off Meeting next week. Stay tuned for photos and
highlights from that event!
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