Bringing My Home To My Old Home

I'm happy to officially say that I'll be bringing The REUSE! Box Truck Tiny House to my alma mater, Northeastern University. It will be our first event with the truck at NU and it will be featured at their Inaugural Sustainability Innovation Week.

Back when I was a journalism student at the school in the late 90s, all I wanted to do was graduate. I had started a street promotions company early on with another student and actually graduated in 4 years, instead of 5. Never did I imagine the chain of events in the music industry and waste that would lead me back to the school.

I've actually spoken at the school a couple of times over the years and was also part of an NU student film called, Plastic Linings. Northeastern faculty member and environmental activist Madhavi Venkatesan is featured in The Box Truck Film. And Northeastern actually came to see the Box Truck and talk to Deek and I a while back. So, we're definitely looking forward to finally bringing our Reuse Roadshow to our old stomping grounds.

Fun Fact #1: My co-builder of the REUSE! Box Truck, Derek "Deek" Diedricksen, also graduated from Northeastern the same year. We didn't meet until 15 years later, though.

Fun Fact #2: The event is on March 11th (3/11), a holiday for a big fan of the band 311 like me. Note my hat in my NU Student ID and my dorm room below.

This was my second year dorm room at Northeastern. I've parted ways with most of those 311 items, but I'll definitely be wearing my jersey to celebrate the day.

Check out the Escape The Waste Calendar for more info on our events and learn about booking your own.