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SustainNU hosts Repair & Reuse Fair The fair promoted sustainability on and around campus By JOANNA HOU
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Students pressed city politicians about Evanston’s commitment to meeting climate goals at a panel during the Climate Justice Conference on Wednesday.
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ETHS students organized the first ever Climate Justice Conference By AVIVA BECHKY
the daily northwestern @avivabechky
Student activist Emmet Ebels-Duggan said they
wanted students to leave Evanston Township High School’s inaugural Climate Justice Conference feeling energized, educated and hopeful. “Information is just so key to everything political, to every
movement,” Ebels-Duggan said. “We want to talk about climate justice specifically, and how climate crisis intersects with other forms of injustice.” Ebels-Duggan, the communications coordinator for
ETHS climate activism group E-Town Sunrise, was among many student activists who worked with administrators to coordinate Wednesday’s
» See CLIMATE JUSTICE, page 6
First-year chemical engineering graduate student Sarah Friedman sorted through a box of reusable pottery and picked out pieces to take home at Wednesday’s Repair & Reuse Fair hosted by sustainNU. “(I practice sustainability by) trying to recycle as much as I can, and I try to reuse my containers as much as possible,” Friedman said. “I feel like there’s always something more you could do. And I’ve learned that by coming to this fair.” The fair, hosted at Norris University Center, aimed to place emphasis on reusing and reducing waste, according to sustainNU’s Associate Director Julie Cahillane. It featured booths showcasing a range of campus initiatives, student startups and local organizations. Apart from learning about different projects, students could also repair their own items with sewing services or take home reusable goods like water bottles.
Cahillane said though it can be difficult for students to implement sustainable habits in their routines, she hopes the fair showed students applying simple changes is easy. “It isn’t hard to be more sustainable,” Cahillane said. “When you look at your own lifestyle … you’re probably already doing some things that are more sustainable. So recognize that and appreciate, ‘Okay, I’ve got this one thing down, I ride my bike everywhere. But what else can I do?’” Madeline Amonick, Hillel’s social justice fellow, ran a booth for Cats Who Compost, a student initiative promoting composting efforts on campus. The group has two compost centers on campus where students drop off a variety of items and is looking to establish a third center, Amonick said. The compost then goes to Collective Resource Compost, where it turns into nutrientrich soil. “Something we see as really important for Cats Who Compost is to help change the culture around composting,” Amonick said. “(Collective) can compost way more materials than if you just did it in your backyard, like meats, bones, hair … the reason why people don’t know is because
» See REPAIR, page 6
Focusing on second chances
‘A bit of home’ for Pakistani students
Rebuilding Warehouse centers repurposement
By PAVAN ACHARYA
By ELENA HUBERT
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At the Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse, second chances aren’t just available — they’re foundational. Dedicated to offering new opportunities through employment and material repurposement, the nonprofit organization has offered workforce training, home deconstruction and discounted reclaimed goods for just over a decade. “(The goal is to) bring people in and have them … think of reuse as the first option versus buying new,” Community Outreach Manager Nancy Bennett said. Founded in 2011, the warehouse operates a retail location at 1245 Hartrey Ave. selling second-hand materials either donated or sourced from deconstruction, an alternative
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to demolition where materials are saved for reuse. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the country generated 600 million tons of construction and demolition debris in 2018, 90% of which were from demolition. Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse aims to divert construction materials from the waste stream through its deconstruction and resale efforts. With most inventory priced at around half of market value, the warehouse offers new life to items reclaimed from deconstruction, including appliances, windows, cabinets, flooring, furniture, lighting and lumber. Homeowners can both buy and donate to the warehouse. They can also contract staff, mainly members of the transitional employment program, for home deconstruction or smaller projects such as kitchen deconstruction. Materials donated to the warehouse from deconstruction are tax-deductible. “(Deconstruction) is more expensive than demolition but
» See WAREHOUSE, page 6
NU students founded the Pakistani Students Association in March the daily northwestern @pavanacharya02
A group of Northwestern students discussed the possibility of a Pakistani-focused student organization over dinner at Tapas Barcelona early Winter Quarter. That possibility became a reality in March when the Pakistani Students Association was born. “It started to provide a space for students of Pakistani descent or from Pakistan who didn’t feel like they quite fit into the present spaces for the South Asian identity,” McCormick sophomore and PSA President Hajra Malik said. Malik said PSA holds a different approach to programming than other campus groups, like the South Asian Students Alliance, which is the largest cultural organization on-campus for South Asian students. Malik said because SASA is a more Indian- and Hinducentric group, it doesn’t always cater to Pakistani students. She said PSA will provide a more
Pakistani-centric experience for students. “We want to be able to offer a bit of home for everyone from Pakistan,” Malik said. “That’s easier to achieve as PSA than try to incorporate that into SASA, which is already trying to do so much.” Malik said PSA plans to collaborate with SASA and the Muslim-cultural Students Association, including for a cultural event set for late April. “The night before Eid is called Chaand Raat, and everyone gets together and celebrates, and there’s lots of food involved,” Weinberg freshman and PSA Secretary Zahra Hussain said. “It’s a very fun, festive atmosphere.” Hussain said she celebrated Chaand Raat in her hometown of Lahore in Pakistan, and PSA’s goal is to recreate the event’s atmosphere at NU. PSA also plans to host other events throughout the quarter including a Basant Kite Flying Festival, which is an event held to celebrate the start of spring in Pakistan, and game nights every other weekend, according to Communication junior
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Communication junior and PSA Treasurer Neeha Rashid designed the organization’s logo to represent both Pakistan and Northwestern University. The phrase written at the time in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, loosely translates to “Pakistan Students Association,” according to Rashid.
and PSA Treasurer Neeha Rashid. Rashid is an exchange student from Northwestern University in Qatar and will be leaving Evanston by fall 2022. Game nights will feature traditional Pakistani games, Rashid said, including the board game Ludo and tabletop game Carrom. Though all plans for events
are tentative and subject to change, Rashid said PSA wants to start with events before potentially moving into weekly meetings. “We want it to start off as event-based so that once people know what the organization is about, they can come
» See PSA, page 6
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