Little School Bag Project Brings Environmental Issues to the Forefront

Environmental Science major Ana De la Torre recently wrapped up her Little School Reusable Bag project, an undertaking she did collaboratively with the faculty and staff in the Fab Lab and the Children’s School. The project was designed to bring awareness of the effects disposable plastic bags have on the environment. Students from the Children’s School drew artwork that was then embroidered onto reusable bags, using equipment in the Fab Lab. In all, 48 bags were made and given to the students and their families.

“We hope this will give students and their parents a personal connection to the product and get them attached to it,” said Ms. De la Torre. “The children and their parents will feel proud and it will give them more of an incentive to use the bag.”

Ms. De la Torre is extremely passionate about environmental issues. Last fall she started the Environmental Think Tank Club, with the goal of bringing environmental issues to the forefront. The Environmental Think Tank’s latest venture is a petition to put an end to the distribution of plastic bags in the QCC Bookstore.