The ASWSU Environmental Sustainability Alliance (ESA) held its annual Earth Day Fair Friday afternoon on the Glenn Terrell Mall, where clubs and local organization set up booths offering information about events, how to be more sustainable, and various environmentally friendly giveaways.

Ryan Anhold, a member of ESA, said Earth Day is a way to celebrate the planet and sustainability, especially on campus.

“We help to do sustainability on campus with the student government and do a lot of events such as the high ropes course and stream cleanups,” Anhold said.

Along with activities throughout the week, they invite keynote speakers to come to campus and discuss issues impacting the environment. This year that speaker was Rachel Clark, author of The Blackfish Prophecy.

The Agriculture and Food Systems Organic Farm gave away different plants such as kale and parsley.

“We just wanted to make sure that everybody who came to celebrate Earth Day had a chance to come and see some nice plants,” said Joe Bergquist, organic agriculture major.

Bergquist said the Organic Farm supplies produce to the Moscow co-op and to several dining halls on campus.

One table making its first appearance at the Earth Day Fair was Veg WSU, a student organization that gives support to students following vegetarian or vegan lifestyles.

Next to Veg WSU was a local community organization, the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition.

Nathan Foster, board member of the coalition, said it is very involved in holding events in the community, as well as supporting other groups’ events.

“Our goal is to get people to talk about the environment by holding events and also by leading by example,” Foster said. “It’s on us to begin the hard talks about how to be more sustainable.”