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The Positive Movement and Sustainability Council banded together Thursday to host the second annual Aqua Jam event on campus. Aqua Jam serves to both lower campus waste by introducing more reusable water bottles and raise awareness about the current state of water resources.
“Water is the one thing all organisms need to survive,” Positive Movement co-founder Nicholas Moore said. “We are very concerned with bringing awareness to the state of water in the terms of capital interest and a commodity.”
Aqua Jam started as a class project in Chad Thatcher’s International Studies class. The project combined with Positive Movement and had a successful second year.
“The first one was held in the Bookcliff,” Moore said. “It was a little smaller, but we grow over time.”
This time, hundreds of students attended Aqua Jam. At least 200 students signed the pledge to not use a disposable water bottle for a year. Many students got involved designing water bottles, dancing to live music, providing information for surveys and determining the differences between tap and bottled water.
“It turned out great, a wonderful success,” Moore said.
The Positive Movement, formerly known as Meant 4 Movement, decided to simplify their name last summer in order to “provide a framework for expansion.”
Positive Movement is a social art movement, which means that members participate in activism projects as well as art and academia.
Aqua Jam, which was planned by the activism committee, is a prime example of how the three elements work together. At the event, not only did Positive Movement raise awareness about water, but also used art, music and surveys to reach students.
“The key to this project was creating an awareness and initiating a solution,” Moore said.
Between the pledge signing and the giving away of over 200 water bottles, it seems as if students are now more aware of steps they can take to improve and sustain water resources.
“We pulled off a lot of great things,” Moore said. “Two clubs hosting one event can be challenging, but the Sustainability Council did a great job. I’d love to see it happen again.”
With the success of the second annual Aqua Jam, Moore and Positive Movement’s plans for the future include focusing on the art aspect of the movement. They will be using collaborative art on open canvases where people combine their talents to create a picture. It will be exhibited at Roasted coffee shop in November.
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