Dustin Sargent Selected to be on Zero Waste Team at Fort Lewis College

2013 Oct 21

Dustin Sargent, of Lakewood, CO, was selected to be a member of the Zero Waste Team at Fort Lewis College's Environmental Center. Sargent's major is Adventure Education.

The Environmental Center’s Zero Waste team seeks to increase the adoption of zero-waste principles at Fort Lewis College. The team performs an annual waste audit that raises awareness of waste management concerns and educates students on how to recycle properly on campus. The team also runs a free store which collects donations of used goods and provides them to the community at no-cost. The team also conducts a zero-waste event service which helps the college reduce the amount of waste generated at events.

Founded in 1991, the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center (EC) is a campus organization committed to working for environmental sustainability and social justice both at Fort Lewis College and in the Durango community. As part of its student-driven mission, the EC works to connect students to opportunities to create real change. Each year, the EC selects student leaders through a competitive application process. Selected students work on small teams in a non-profit like setting to address the most critical environmental and social issues facing our world. Through their work, the EC students are creating change today while also gaining skills and experience vital to becoming tomorrow's civic leaders.