This project, Where Waste Meets Creativity: From Campus Habits to Global Impacts, is a student-created sustainability installation designed to connect everyday campus habits to broader environmental impacts. The sea turtle sculpture constructed entirely from repurposed materials such as cardboard, paper, and plastic items commonly used and discarded in daily student life.

Developed through collaboration with WakerSpace and as part of my involvement in the Sustainability Leadership Group (Class of 2029), this installation aims to make sustainability tangible, visible, and relevant to the Wake Forest community. The project specifically highlights the lifecycle of packaging waste, drawing a connection between the high volume of student package deliveries and the potential downstream effects on waterways and marine ecosystems.

Rather than presenting sustainability as abstract or distant, the installation invites students to reflect on their own consumption patterns in a direct and accessible way. Through both visual impact and interactive elements, the project encourages awareness, conversation, and small behavioral shifts. By situating the sculpture in a shared campus space during Earth Month, the goal is to create a moment of pause, transforming a familiar environment into an opportunity for reflection, engagement, and community dialogue around

sustainability.