El Paso moms changed diapers to raise awarness about the benefits of using cloth diapers. (Lourdes Cueva Chacón/Borderzine.com)

El Paso moms participate in a massive cloth diaper changing for the Earth

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EL PASO – Nearly 60 parent and baby pairs congregated on El Paso’s Eastside Saturday for a potentially record breaking international diaper changing event. The El Paso event coordinator and owner of local cloth diaper business www.clothbottom.com, Amy Laffan, said the event was organized to create a buzz about eco-friendly alternative to disposable diapers. The event is in its second year. In 2011 a record setting of 5000 diapers were changed simultaneously around the world. This year the event took place at over 300 locations in 16 countries –200 more than last year.

Trashion show: Recycled trash into fashion

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EL PASO — For the most part fashion design has a reputation for superficiality and a lack of concern for the planet, but this year designers in the technology program at El Paso Community College (EPCC) decided to change that perception with a Trashion Show. “In a way it’s like helping the world and it’s not only about the fashion but about having satisfaction of helping out,” said one of the designers, Zayra Estrada. Students and other collaborators said this is a way to help spread consciousness about recycling. “You can be fashionable without being abusive and use resources wisely,” said Fashion Technology coordinator, Trish Winstead. Five talented students from the Fashion Promotion class displayed their pieces made of recyclable materials at this year’s Trashion Show in commemoration of Earth Day.

Planet Forward: Emergency on Planet Earth

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EL PASO, Texas — The University of Texas at El Paso is “walking the walk and not just talking the talk.”

A famous quote by Henry David Thoreau states : “Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”

When it comes to concern about the environment; UTEP’s answer:  build three new multi-million dollar construction projects. UTEP’s ongoing construction projects all have green initiatives, including locations for cyclists to come and relax, take a shower, and place their personal belongings in new lockers. This supports the concept that students should ride their bike to UTEP instead of driving their car. Ed Soltero, UTEP’s director of planning and construction promises, “one day UTEP will eventually be off limits to cars, it will become strictly students.”

Currently, UTEP proposes to be in the vanguard in helping to preserve the environment in the southwest. “UTEP has most certainly been at the forefront of these sustainability issues,” according to Soltero.