Your overall well-being is closely tied to the health of your environment. For more than 10 years, Health Promotion and Wellness has partnered with the Office of Sustainability to host the Healthy You Healthy Earth Wellness and Sustainability Fair.
This year, Healthy You Healthy Earth will take place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, November 12, in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center. Visit with campus and local organizations representing all areas of wellness and sustainability, learn valuable information, and enter to win prizes. This is a free event open to all students, faculty, staff, and friends of the University.
Each year presentations are given on environmental wellness-related topics. Presentations are held in the Brown Ballroom and an announcement will be given in the ballroom to remind attendees prior to start. This year’s presentations are:
- 11 a.m. – Green Living for Your Wallet and the Earth
Kadi Ilves, Zach Rose, and Nick Skordilis
Office of Sustainability - 12:15 p.m. – Intuitive and Mindful Eating
Justine Seymour, Nutrition and Healthy Living Graduate Assistant
Health Promotion and Wellness
Participants can bring items to Healthy You Healthy Earth to be recycled. Items that can be recycled at Healthy You Healthy Earth are:
- Unwanted clothing and/or shoes
- Unwanted/unusable small electronics
- Batteries
- Ink cartridges
What: Healthy You Healthy Earth Wellness and Sustainability Fair
When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, November 12
Where: Brown Ballroom, Bone Student Center
What: Campus and community organizations, businesses, and resources that support all seven dimensions of wellness
Additional environmental wellness resources
- Ecology Action Center
- Environmental wellness board on Pinterest
- Environmental wellness information from Health Promotion and Wellness
- Green cleaning board on Pinterest
- Illinois State Office of Sustainability
- Recycling at Illinois State University
About Health Promotion and Wellness
Health Promotion and Wellness provides wellness information, services, events, and programming to students, faculty, staff, and the Illinois State community. People living, learning, and working in a healthy environment are more likely to reach their highest potential.
For more information, visit Wellness.IllinoisState.edu, call (309) 438-WELL (9355), email Wellness@IllinoisState.edu, or stop by 187 McCormick Hall.
