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PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY: Members of Brooks Secondary School’s environmental club [from left] Safiyah Dyck, Adianta Cocksedge-Hamilton, Portia Dyck, Roxanne Dandavino, Heidi Winchell and Hope Alescio display some of the items available for Brooks students at the school’s first clothing exchange.
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Environmental club organizes event to keep clothing out of landfill and help those in need PAUL GALINSKI reporter@prpeak.com
Brooks Secondary School’s environmental club organized and held a clothing exchange to promote sustainability and reduce clothing waste. The clothing exchange was held on December 12, and according to environmental club leader Safiyah Dyck, the initiative grew out of club members attending a climate conference on Vancouver Island, where some of the island participants were talking about clothing swaps they had done at their school. “We thought it was a really good idea,” said Dyck. “So, we
started organizing one at the beginning of November, putting out advertising. “We indicated that anyone who wanted to bring in used clothes, such as clothing that doesn’t fit them anymore, they could put them in our donation box. In less than two weeks, we had hundreds and hundreds of clothing items.” Dyck said there is a huge problem with clothes being thrown out. “We really wanted to put an emphasis on how we can reuse clothes and give away our clothes that we don’t like anymore, or don’t fit us, so they can have a new life,” said Dyck. She said another beneficial feature of the clothing exchange is that a lot of students don’t have the money to buy new clothes. “So, this is not only a way for kids to find something fun for them, but it is also a way for people who don’t have access to buy new articles of clothing all the time, to find a couple of items that are for free,” said Dyck. “We have never done anything like this before at Brooks, so we had no idea of what
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