The Sierra Student Coalition at OSU strives to serve as a bridge to connect students at The Ohio State University to opportunities on campus, in Columbus, and beyond that follow the Sierra Club’s three-part mission, to explore, enjoy, and protect our world. At the end of the day, we are a group of people who love learning about and spending time in the outdoors, and who are not afraid to step up and drive positive change.
Here are some examples of outings and activities we have participated in this past year:
- Hocking Hills Day trip this spring
- Sold T-Shirts to raise money for River Valley Organizing follow the East Palestine derailment
- Interviewed Campus sustainability officials regarding riverfront development
- Educational session and thrift shopping trip to learn the cycle of fast fashion
- Worked with the Ohio Environmental Coalition to learn more about, and take a trip to see, issues in Wayne National Forest last fall
- Lobbied Senator Sherrod Brown’s office in support of the American Red Rock Wilderness Act
Our Ohio State University Earth Day Celebration grew out of the same mindset of the first original Earth Day established in 1970; an event built by students, for students and beyond. This year we held this event on Friday, April 21st and had so much fun! We wanted to raise awareness, to teach, and to provide an exciting space that welcomed students from across all majors, faculty, and community members to connect over the one thing we all share; our wonderful planet. By combining live music, food, and vendors with a host of student organizations and educational speakers in one collaborative space, this event made it clear that we can indeed try to save the planet and have fun doing it.
We had many organizations participate including:
- Business for good
- Carbon Capture Club
- Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens
- ChaiBag
- Columbus Community Bill of Rights
- Cultivate Columbus
- dabl
- Eco-Peace
- Falun Dafa Practice Group
- Genie Babie
- Hannah Elise Co
- Happy Planet Apparel
- International Veterinary Student Association
- IVSA
- J-POPS
- JGMBuilds LLC
- Knowlton Conservation Corps
- Leafy Products
- Loayza Gifts and Publications LLC
- Local Roots
- Lyft, operator of CoGo Bike Share program
- Nu Nu Vintage, womens thrift/vintage shop
- Ohio Youth for Climate Justice
- Past Over Present Vintage
- PetPromise Inc
- Pi Alpha Xi (Horticultural Honor Society)
- Plant futures initiative
- Portia's Cafe
- R&R Candles, LLC
- Rejuvenatedvtg
- Retroplug
- Sierra Club
- Simply Millie Studio
- Solstice Stonehenge for jewelry
- Strictly Apple
- Students For Recycling
- Students for Sustainable Fashion
- STUMP
- SWACO
- The Bee Club at OSU
- The Humane League
- The Inclusion Wizard
- Time & Change Vintage
- Under the Sea
- Westside vintage
Some speakers and bands that participated (in order of appearance):
Greta Bea (Band), Funky Ducklings (Band), Brian Martinez (Speaker), Professor Dan Rivers (Speaker), Riot Riders (Band), Tyler Duvelius (Speaker), Texas Instruments (Band)
Molly Nichols, Organizing Representative in Ohio with Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign attended, “OSU Sierra Student Coalition hosted a wonderful earth day event! Folks from across the campus and community came together to celebrate all the ways we are working to protect our environment. I had great conversations with students and community members about our campaign to stop utility rate hikes. The Beyond Coal Campaign and Sierra Club Ohio are excited to continue to collaborate with the OSU Sierra Student Coalition.”
Contact information:
For any future Earth Day specific inquiries please reach out to Devin Headrick, (headrick.12@osu.edu). For general Sierra Student Coalition contact information at OSU reach out to Sarah Renner, renner.227@osu.edu.
Take a look at more information from this event here in the campus newspaper, The Lantern.
Check out some pictures for OSU SSC at Hocking Hills this past spring:
