The Sustain Mizzou Local Food Drive is a two-part service project benefiting Missouri farmers as well as the underprivileged in the Columbia, MO area. Part fundrasing, part purchasing, this project needs a lot of man power! So that’s where you guys come in! The Local Food drive is starting up again this March and we Read more »
Footprint takes you behind the scenes of the Columbia Recycling Facility, on a trip sponsored by the Environmental Leadership Office. Learn what all those bales are worth, how it gets sorted (the answer may shock you), and why you can’t recycle plastics above #2. Although it’s impressive, remember: recycling is just the third “R.” Reducing Read more »
(best viewed in single-page mode) Open publication – Free publishing – More activism The Action Issue was first distributed Earth Day 2012 at the University of Missouri. It is now available for free online. For more information on Footprint Magazine, you can visit this page or contact Tina at Tina.Casagrand[at]gmail.com. Editor’s Letter Taking action is Read more »
After a week of fundraising in vegetable costumes, volunteers raised a total of $1,111.92! This beats our record from last year, and we still have the Fresh Beets benefit concert on April 24th at The Bridge — the proceeds will go to buy fresh food from MO farmers and then donated to local food banks Read more »
On Friday, April 13 Campus Dining Services purchased 42.04 lbs of green and red leaf romaine lettuce from the hardworking volunteers of Tigers for Community Agriculture. The lettuce will be sold at the restaurants in the Student Center. Footprint Magazine has all the gritty details.
Calling all TCAers! We need your help this Friday! We’ll be shuttling out to Bradford at either 9:30 a.m. OR 3:15 p.m. There is a slight chance people will be going out both times. We need your help watering, weeding, and planting! If you’re interested in helping tomorrow, email Henry at hoht33@mail.missouri.edu
Get craft with us on Monday, March 12th from 4 to 5 p.m.! We’ll be camping out in the 2nd floor lounge of the Student Center making our upcycled notebooks. New to volunteering? This is a great first project to get involved in! Questions? Contact Emmie at mehvzb@mail.missouri.edu
Get craft with us on Monday, February 27th from 4 to 5 p.m.! We’ll be camping out in the 2nd floor lounge of the Student Center making our upcycled notebooks. New to volunteering? This is a great first project to get involved in! Questions? Contact Emmie at mehvzb@mail.missouri.edu
Volunteers collected 14.8 TONS of recyclable materials this season! Many thanks to our dedicated volunteers, sponsors (including the Sustainability Office!) and of course, tailgaters. We couldn’t do it without ya!
Footprint Magazine is Sustain Mizzou’s sustainable living magazine. A project of Sustain Mizzou, Footprint’s mission is to present local students and Columbia residents with information that will help them to live more sustainably. Check out the online publication here