Greenival
When: 12-4 p.m., Oct. 17
Where: Between the College of Architecture and Planning and Miller College of Business buildings
Plastic bottles will fill the area between the College of Architecture and Planning and Miller College of Business buildings starting Oct. 14, but it won’t be careless students that placed them there.
Members of Ball State’s Emerging Green Builders (EGB) group have been constructing a pavilion made entirely from plastic bottles in private and will finish the process in public.
“Sustainability is important because [humans] are hurting the environment. It won’t continue to support us if we keep treating it like we are now,” said Molly Schultz, president of Ball State’s EGB chapter and a senior architecture major.
To Schultz, sustainability means “controlling consumption of resources and being more aware of the environment.”
She first learned about the concept in sixth grade while on a field trip touring homes by Frank Lloyd Wright. Her father, who studied sustainability, solidified her interest. Shultz didn’t start getting involved with sustainability until her freshman year in college.
“EGB was one of the architecture groups promoted, and I liked the sustainability part,” she said. “There was good information on how it related to architecture.”
The pavilion is the result of a class project where Schultz and other students designed a pavilion out of recycled materials, but the plans never made it past the drawing board. Schultz brought the idea to life.
Not only would it be a good way to promote EGB, she thought, but it would also serve as a way to provoke students’ curiosity about sustainability and green living.
Originally, wooden pallets were the pavilion’s material, not plastic bottles.
“There was going to be a lot of statistics about consumption, and even a wall where students could pledge to consume less and live greener lives,” Schultz said.
There have since been changes to the original idea. The plastic bottles were collected in bins around CAP.
The pavilion hasn’t been introduced to the public yet, but Schultz’s plans for awareness are already in motion.
“I think it’s a really cool idea,” said Jane Ketzenberger, a freshman majoring in telecommunications. “Sustainability is definitely important, and it sounds like [a pavilion] will attract a lot of attention and create a lot of awareness.”
EGB’s efforts will culminate in a fundraiser called Greenival, which will include games and crafts. Greenival will be held at the finished pavilion from 12-4 p.m. Oct. 17.
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