Behind the Bloom
Three Cal State East Bay alumni launch effort to stem the waste of the flower industry
“I have an idea for a business.”
It was the text Corrie Christine sent her husband Cesar Lafarga and their friend Turner Crane on June 4. All three graduated from Cal State East Bay’s School of Engineering in 2012, and Lafarga and Christine married this past April.
Christine, former director of environmental affairs for Associated Students, Inc. at CSUEB, has always been passionate about sustainability, but it was through the process of planning her wedding that she was struck by how expensive — and wasteful — flowers are.
And to convince her friends to spend the summer opening the virtual doors on a new nonprofit called Repurposed Rose.