Emily Augsburger is a Brown School of Social Work practicum student in the Pulitzer’s Community Engagement Department.
Last Saturday, Jenny, Aaron, Craig, Lisa, and I set up a table at the Earthways Green Home Festival with old newspapers and a Plexiglas box ready to be filled with garbage. The morning was cool and breezy, and the news forecasted rain, but we were warmed by coffee and eagerly waited for festival tourists.
Within minutes of the kickoff, we made a friend, whose mom was volunteering with Earthways. Henry, a student from Loyola Academy, became an amazing assistant to the Pulitzer’s booth. He joined our recycling paper task force and eventually became an expert with the hand-crank blender used to make the paper pulp.
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Henry, Jenny, and Emily demonstrate making paper pulp and paper out of recycled newspapers.Around noon, the rains did come, and a river appeared in the gutter behind our tent. But the morning was filled with wonderful bits of sunshine. Festival visitors came by our tent to plant seeds in cups made from newspaper, to make kites and recycled paper, and to learn about Urban Alchemy / Gordon Matta-Clark.
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Pulitzer people work a booth at the Green Homes Festival.View photos from Earthways Green Homes Festival here.