BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A “free for all” and a statewide panel will highlight the fourth annual Illinois Sustainable Living & Wellness Expo from April 16-18 at Illinois Wesleyan University.
“People often say to me, ‘I know I should be living better, but I’m not sure how to do it,’” said Missy Smock, director of the Wellness Center at Illinois Wesleyan, which is co-sponsoring the Expo with the Ecology Action Center in Bloomington. “The expo does more than show people the problems, it offers them solutions to improve their quality of life.”
This year’s expo, with the theme “Clean Water: The Ripple Effect,” will kick off Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the Young Main Lounge (104 E. University St., Bloomington) with a panel discussing the relationship between food and drinking water. “It’s an irony that the food we eat affects the water we drink, and the water affects the choices we have for food,” said Michael Brown, executive director of the Ecology Action Center. The panel titled “Clean Water, Healthy Food: Your Choices Matter” will include members of the USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Center, the McLean County Soil and Water Conservation District, the Illinois State Water Survey, as well as professors from Illinois Wesleyan and Illinois State University.