By Erin Mayes Daily staff writer S tudents are continuing a now 30-year tradition by celebrating Earth Day at San Jose State University. Students can start off by meeting in the Seventh Street Plaza to watch a live oak tree be planted. A lecture will be given on how they can plant their own trees. Afterward, at 11 a.m., a Sweatshop Fashion Show has been planned at the same location, which will be put on by the student group, The Cause. The group, which opposes the use of sweatshop labor, will feature alternative forms of clothing, such as recycled T-shirts.
Participants can watch the show while they feast on falafels, an Arabic vegetarian treat.
Rather than use paper cups and plates, students may get a chance to see what it's like to eat off of corn husks. Also planned for 11 a.m. are the organic garden tours, behind the Central Classroom Building. The World Jazz Band will be playing in the amphitheater, near the Student Union, from noon to 1 p.m. Isabella Boyer, director of the Environmental Resource Center, said there will also be food booths and several electric vehicles in the plaza. She said it is important for students to learn about the environment, and the environmental resource center knows exactly how to inform them.