Students work to help the environment

Story Published: Jul 31, 2007 at 2:26 PM PDT

By Joe Raineri

Corvallis - They're going from orange to green at Oregon State University. A half dozen students are working this summer as interns to make OSU a little more environmentally friendly.

The students are working on the univerisity's first student sustainability center, which will be a resource to learn about protecting the environment.

With every swing of the hammer a 1920's bungalow is getting turned into OSU's first student sustainability center, with the help from several students. Graduate student, Reade Northup is in charge of putting new life into these walls with an organic compound paint.
"Normally if you're painting there is a strong smell, a paint with a low volatile organic compound has no smell, so it's a lot easier on the people who are working with it as well as the environment and how it's made," said Northup.

The students are only responsible for the cosmetics of the house like laying down new linoleum flooring. A plumber and an electrician will come through here to finish the technical work on the renovations.

For the past six weeks making sure the native plants stay put has been a major task in what used to be a jungle of weeds. When it's all completed this old house will be an inviting place to hold meetings and get more information about the environment.

The total cost of the project is between ten and fifteen thousand dollars which is funded by student fees. The first event is planned for mid September.

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