Ohio University holds Sustainable Valentine’s Day event

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Ohio University’s Office of Sustainability allowed students to express their love — for the Earth.

On Wednesday, Ohio University students met on the Third Floor Atrium of Baker Center from 5-7 p.m. to make Valentine’s Day arts and crafts using recycled materials such as scrap paper and egg cartons. Sam Crowl, director of sustainability at Ohio University, says the Sustainable Valentine’s Day workshop is one of several events the Office of Sustainability holds throughout the year during the holidays encouraging students to think sustainably by balancing people, planet and economic prosperity.

“Sustainability is the attempt to find the sweet spot between people, planet and economic prosperity and we’re trying to target initiatives that achieve that sweet spot not only now, but ongoing into the future,” Crowl explained. “There’s lots of ways to define sustainability, but it’s that people, planet, prosperity model that I try to get students to think about when they’re making decisions. Think about the impact on people, on society and what things cost.”