Sustainable OSU, starting with you!

Keeping up with the trends has always been one of my favorite things to do. I’ve always loved wearing “bold” outfits that were just now coming into style. I also like decorating and designing my room and house to look up to date and stylish. This week’s readings were very much reflected off of my own life style. I’ve always been materialistic whether I want to admit it or not. Our culture is the same way. I’ve realized this week with me being so materialistic can actually cause harm to our earth. I don’t know the process that goes on behind the products I HAVE to buy. I would buy things no matter what it took sometimes. Even if things were way out of my budget, I’d still find a way.

This is important to realize because this could be the way several other people think too! It makes me think, what if sustainable products were the thing to be “materialistic” about. I for sure would buy it, as well as several people who keep up with the trends. So how would anyone get sustainable products to be trending nowadays? It would be difficult! 

One of the things I also learned this week that could possibly make a difference, is by raising awareness through a non-profit group. I feel like often times, groups like these get popular quickly because they’re always put together for a good cause. Creating a sustainable world is an incredible cause, so why not create multiple non-profit groups with the same intentions of providing a better environment? You would think that this type of group would trend rather quickly.

My next step for my idea is to research different ways to get a non-profit group started. Like most I’m sure they start small and gain members who want the same intentions over a period of time. With this research I also want to discover non-profit groups that flopped. Why did they not do so well? What were they lacking? That way when I do start a new one; maybe on our OSU campus, I could be more successful with getting students on board!