Promoting, Promoting, Promoting!!!

October 12, 2012

Photo provided by Associated Students Green Team

Shannon Wall has been working on promoting the Project Green Challenge to other students here at California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB). She recently had a tabling event in the Student Center. “ I just want to get as many students involved in this that I can.”

Photo provided by Shannon Wall

Wall said the turnout was better than she expected. She got over forty signatures of students saying that they were going to sign up for the challenge. “I had to bribe them with candy,” Shannon laughs, “that’s all that ever really works anyways right?”

Regardless of her candy bribes she said she got mixed reactions from students. Some were actually intrigued by the challenge and considered joining because like Shannon they were pretty proactive about their green lifestyles. However some students thought otherwise. She sad one student walked up to her and stated, “I’m not Eco friendly.” Another student smirked when seeing what she was trying to do and said, “I just used a bunch of napkins,” and walked away. Wall stresses, “to do the challenge you don’t already have to be Eco friendly, the importance is making people aware.” She said she would love it if the girl who used a bunch of napkins tried the challenge because it would be great to see her new viewpoint on things after attempting it.

Even though she got a bunch of signatures she is unsure of how great the turnout will actually be. “Most people didn’t want to sign up because they already got a million and one things to do.” Regardless though, Wall says, "if at least one person signs up then the tabling was well worth it."