March 24 Meeting
Written by Caleb Paik
World Water Day is a celebration held annually on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. To celebrate World Water Day, Ecosave held a meeting and a fundraiser on March 24 to help global issues regarding water and other environmental problems.
One such issue Ecosave addressed was the problem of food waste and management. Food waste isn't just a social or humanitarian concern—it's an environmental one. When we waste food, we also waste all the energy and water it takes to grow, harvest, transport, and package it. And if food goes to the landfill and rots, it produces methane—a greenhouse gas even more potent than carbon dioxide.
To resolve this issue, Ecosave proposed the solution of Black Soldier Flies. Soldier flies are insects used to remove organic waste materials. They were commonly found throughout the southern portions of the US and now globally. With the production of these insects, food waste can be heavily mitigated especially because of the simple process of growing them.
Ecosave now seeks to promote these soldier flies, in addition to other awareness projects, in order to intervene in the growing issue of food waste and management. One project that Ecosave has already completed was making soldier fly emojis for the popular South Korean messaging platform, Kakaotalk. Through projects like this, Ecosave will persevere to address global environmental issues and find solutions to them.
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