earth month 2009: calendar of events |
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| Wednesday, April 1 |
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Real Food, No Fooling
Brain-cleansing roundtable discussion about the effect of foods on brain function and the effect of our commercial culture on how we think of food. De-programming tips will be shared.
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4-5 PM |
Della Zona Restaurant,
268 E. State Street,
Athens
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Sponsors:
Della Zona & The Village Bakery
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Wildflower Presentation
Join the Sierra Club for their monthly meeting and a special presentation on Wildflowers of Southeast Ohio. Come see why Ohio is one of the best places to be in spring. Bring your field guide and learn some tricks for identifying flowers in the wild.
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7 PM |
Athens Community Center, Room C
701 East State Street, Athens
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Sponsor:
Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club
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| Saturday, April 4 |
Athens Farmers Market
Buy fresh local food and handmade products.
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10 AM-1 PM
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University Mall parking lot, East State Street, Athens
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Sponsor:
Athens Farmers Market
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Adventure Auction
An evening of wining, dining, live music and an auction showcasing local and regional adventure packages. Proceeds benefit Rural Action.
Visit www.adventureauction.org.
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6-10 PM
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Hocking College Student Center,
3301 Hocking Parkway,
Nelsonville
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Sponsor:
Rural Action
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| Sunday, April 5 |
Clothing Swap
Exchange clothing and bring extra t-shirts for free 'Earth Month' screen printing! $5 suggested donation. Trade for free or buy items for $1 apiece. Proceeds benefit ReUse Industries and UCM.
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1-3 PM (Please bring donations at 12:30 PM)
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Basement of UCM, 18 N. College Street, Athens
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Sponsor:
ReUse Industries, Professional Retail Leaders, United Campus Ministries, Office of Sustainability
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Garlic Mustard Pull
Protect native flora by pulling garlic-mustard, an invasive weed. Bring water, lunch, and gloves. Contact Phil Cantino at cantino@ohio.edu with questions.
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1 PM |
Strouds Run State Park (Meet in parking lot behind Hampton Inn on East State Street)
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Sponsor:
Athens Forest Stewardship Club
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| Saturday, April 11 |
Trail Repair
Help repair the trails in Burr Oak State Park! No experience necessary and all equipment is provided. Bring a sack lunch and plenty of water. Sturdy boots and gloves are recommended. Contact Travis Neely at tneeley@holzerclinic.com for carpooling from Athens.
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9 AM-3 PM |
Burr Oak State Park
(click for map & directions)
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Sponsor:
The North Country Trail Association
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Athens Farmers Market
Buy fresh local food and handmade products.
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10 AM-1PM
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University Mall parking lot, East State Street, Athens
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Sponsor:
Athens Farmers Market
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Wildflower Walk
Join us for a leisurely stroll along Rock House trail in the Hocking Hills State Park. Wear sturdy footwear, bring water and snacks as well as a lunch to enjoy after the hike. For carpooling contact Sonia Javosky at sonjapqconsultant@yahoo.com
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10 AM |
Hocking Hills State Park
(click for map & directions)
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Sponsor:
Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club |
B.E.A.T.S.
The first annual Hip Hop Expo will feature artists, activists, and performances centered on bridging the rural and urban gap through sustainability. Majora Carter is the keynote speaker and a student-led discussion about sustainability in the community is included. Registration required.
Click here to register for this event.
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9 AM-4:30 PM
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Baker University Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Department of African-American Studies, United Campus Ministries, Vision OHIO, Office of Sustainability
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Majora Carter
Sustainable South Bronx
Carter is an African-American woman who founded Sustainable South Bronx, a nonprofit dedicated to improving environmental and human health in New York City's poorest neighborhood. Carter is a McArthur "Genius" grant recipient, and she will be keynoting the Hip Hop Expo at Ohio University. Preregistration is required for free lunch.
Click here to register for this event.
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12-2 PM and 2-2:45 PM
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Rooms 240 and 230, Baker University Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Department of African-American Studies, United Campus Ministries, Vision OHIO
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Ecohouse Open House & Potluck
Join Ecohouse residents for dinner and learn about sustainable living! Bring a dish to share.
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OHIO Ecohouse,
8133 Dairy Lane,
Athens
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Sponsors:
OHIO Ecohouse, Office of Sustainability
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| Sunday, April 12 |
Garlic Mustard Pull
Protect native flora by pulling garlic-mustard, an invasive weed. Bring water, lunch, and gloves. Contact Phil Cantino at cantino@ohio.edu with questions.
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9 AM & 1 PM |
The Ridges, Ohio University. (Meet on the steps of the Ridges Auditorium)
[campus map]
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Sponsor:
Athens Forest Stewardship Club |
| Monday, April 13 |
Sandra Steingraber
Ithaca College
Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, Steingraber is an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and human health. This event is part of the Kennedy Lecture Series.
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7:30-9 PM
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Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium
[campus map]
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Sponsor:
Kennedy Lecture Series
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| Tuesday, April 14 |
Organic Brewing Demo
Learn about the art of brewing beer- using local and organic ingredients- from Ohio U's Brew Crew. |
4 PM |
Howard Hall Site (also known as Howard Park)
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Ohio University Brew Crew, Athens Do-It-Yourself Shop |
Creation Care
J. Matthew Sleeth, M.D. and Nancy Sleeth
Blessed Earth Foundation
Prominent evangelical leaders of the Creation Care movement, the Sleeths preach respect for the environment as a fundamental principle of Christian doctrine. Dr. Sleeth is the author of several books, including Serve God, Save the Planet and The Green Bible. He also serves as director of the Blessed Earth foundation, an organization dedicated to cultivating environmentalism in faith-based organizations. Nancy Sleeth is the assistant director of Blessed Earth and author of Go Green, Save Green- the first faith-based practical guide to sustainable living.
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7-9 PM
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Room 240, Baker University Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Divine Covering, Reach Out on Campus, Sierra Student Coalition, Earth Justice Network, Lutheran Earth Justice Advocates, OU Women's Center, Office of Sustainability
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| Wednesday, April 15 |
Brown-Bag Lunch with Nancy Sleeth
Bring your lunch and listen to Nancy Sleeth discuss her perspective as a female author, nonprofit director, Christian, and environmentalist.
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12-1 PM |
Women's Center, (Room 403) Baker University Center
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Sponsors:
Women's Center, Office of Sustainability
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Economic Activism: Individual & Collective
What tools do we have or need to bring our food system in line with our value system?
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4-5 PM
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Della Zona Restaurant,
268 E. State Street,
Athens
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Sponsors:
Della Zona & The Village Bakery
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No. 6: Portraits of an Appalachian Coal Mining Town
An HTC thesis dance performance choreographed and performed in part by Morgan Chambers, highlighting the social, environmental and economic stories of Appalachian coal communities.
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8-10 PM
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Baker Theater, Baker University Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
College of Fine Arts, Provost's Undergraduate Research Fund, Honors Tutorial College, School of Dance, Baker University Center, Office of Sustainability
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| Thursday, April 16 |
9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ?
Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times
For the first time in its history, the human species has both become a planet-scale force and become aware of that fact. Spikes in population and resource appetites have been sustained by technology and fossil fuels -- so far. But with an estimated 9 million people living on the planet by 2050, the road to a stable, prospering human population is highly uncertain.
Revkin, a prize-winning author and environmental reporter for The New York Times, explores how people are, and aren't, working to smooth the path, from the Arctic to the Amazon to the White House.
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7-9 PM
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Scripps 111
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Society of Professional Journalists, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, School of Visual Communication, Dr. Bernhard Debatin's 1804 Award grant "Localizing Environmental and Science Journalism," HTC fund of the School of Journalism, Office of Sustainability
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No. 6: Portraits of an Appalachian Coal Mining Town
A n HTC thesis dance performance choreographed and performed in part by Morgan Chambers, highlighting the social, environmental and economic stories of Appalachian coal communities.
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8-10 PM
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Baker Theater, Baker University Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
College of Fine Arts, Provost's Undergraduate Research Fund, Honors Tutorial College, School of Dance, Baker University Center, Office of Sustainability
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Dale Jamieson
Director of Environmental Studies, NYU
"The Moral and Political Challenges of Climate Change"
In order to see anthropogenic climate change as clearly involving moral wrongs and global injustices, Jamieson argues that we will have to revise some central concepts in these domains. Moreover, climate change threatens another value (“respect for nature”) that cannot easily be taken up by concerns of global justice or moral responsibility.
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7 PM |
Room 135, Bentley Hall
[campus map] |
Sponsors:
Ohio University Lectures in Ethics, Department of Philosophy
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| Friday, April 17 |
Entangled Citizens: Doing Political Ecology
Professors Matthew Friday and Jennie Klein of the School of Fine Arts will host a symposium on "ecology, deeptime and the theorizations of nature." Human society cannot be separated into neat categories of nature and culture without producing inexplicable paradoxes. How can we produce new ways of acting ethically in a constantly-changing world when the line is blurred between species, event or territory?
A symposium led by guests Petia Morozov of Columbia University and Iain Kerr of the Maine College of Art will address the way memory
unfolds in relation to environmental histories, climactic change and population movement within the specific local context of Athens, Ohio.
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2-4PM |
Aesthetic Technology Lab 235 Putnam Hall
[campus map] |
Sponsors:
spurse International Arts Collective,
College of Fine Arts, Department of Geography,
Environmental Studies Program, Aesthetic Technologies Lab,
Women’s Studies Program, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
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Free Store
Bring in old or unused clothing, accessories, electronics, artwork, school supplies, sporting goods, etc. Trade with other OU students for goods of equal value.
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3-5 PM
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West Portico (outside Templeton- Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium)
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Free Store, Students for a Democratic Society
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| Saturday, April 18 |
Workshop for Women Landowners
The Ohio Division of Forestry will be holding the Third Annual Workshop for Women Landowners. This year's theme "In Tough Times, You Can Count on Trees" will focus on money-making and money-saving strategies. There will be a field trip, so dress appropriately.
RSVP to Terence Hanley at (740) 589-9909 or by email to terence.hanley@dnr.state.oh.us.
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9:30 AM - 3:30 PM |
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 360 East State Street, Athens
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Sponsor:
ODNR Division of Forestry
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Athens Farmers Market
Buy fresh local food and handmade products.
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10 AM-1 PM
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University Mall parking lot, East State Street,
Athens
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Sponsor:
Athens Farmers Market
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"The Real Dirt" Film & Discussion
A film screening of 'The Real Dirt on Farmer John' and discussion about local and organic agriculture. This film is about a flamboyant farmer who converted his family farm into a hippie commune, ran it into the ground during the farm debt crisis of the 1980s, and built it back up again as an open and progressive community resource.
The film provokes discussion about the source of our food, the threat of dwindling American farmland, and the difficulty of small farms in competing with large-scale agriculture. Discussion following the film will be led by Sarah Conley of the Athens Farmers Market.
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8:30 PM
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Front Room
Coffeehouse, Baker University Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
OU Plant Biology Club, Athens Farmers Market, Office of Sustainability
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| Sunday, April 19 |
Garlic Mustard Pull
Protect native flora by pulling garlic-mustard, an invasive weed. This pull requires an 8-mile round-trip bike ride to get to the site. Contact Phil Cantino at cantino@ohio.edu with questions.
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1 PM |
Meet in the parking lot behind Porter Hall. Work site is located along the Hockhocking-Adena Bikeway.
[campus map]
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Sponsor:
Athens Forest Stewardship Club |
Greeks Going Green Zero-Waste Cookout
Earn points for your chapter in the Greeks Going Green Challenge! Greeks are invited to a free zero-waste cookout.
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3-5 PM
(Note: this event's time has been updated!)
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West Portico (outside Templeton- Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium)
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Greeks Going Green, Student Senate, The Department of Campus Life, Vision OHIO, Office of Sustainability
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Alden Library Film Series
"Consciousness: Films to the Change the World"
Toast
One of the most effective energy films ever made, TOAST illustrates our underlying dependence on fossil fuels, and takes as its example the production and distribution of a commonplace item: bread.
Clean Food, Organic Agriculture
This program delves into the world of sustainable, eco-friendly agriculture; it also highlights advances that should eventually enable all Americans to "act locally" when they shop for organic food.
Farming for the Future
In the rolling hills of Southeast Ohio exists a movement of small-scale farmers who produce food without chemicals or significant mechanical input. Tromp through the fields of Athens County with this outspoken group and find out what local farmers really think about the state of food production in the United States today.
Panel discussion to follow with:
Christine Hughes, Village Bakery
Bob O'Neal, Village Bakery
Thomas Smucker, Department of Geography
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6 PM
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Room 319 (Friends of the Libraries room), Alden Library
[library floor map]
[campus map] |
Sponsors:
Friends of the Libraries, Library Staff Association, Alden Library |
| Monday, April 20 |
Local Foods Cooking Class
A
cooking class featuring local ingredients and tasty Indian cuisine. Menu includes sag paneer, samosas, and pawpaw lassi.
Spaces limited. RSVP is required: sustainability@ohio.edu.
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6-7 PM
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Test Kitchen, Central Foods Facility
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
OU Plant Biology Club, OU Dining Services, Office of Sustainability
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| Tuesday, April 21 |
Benefit concert
Enjoy live music from Shankbone at 9 p.m. and the Jazz Cream Assassins at 10:30 p.m. (tentative). Suggested $4 donation. Proceeds will benefit the Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club and the Sierra Student Coalition.
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9 PM-12 AM
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Casa Cantina
6 West State Street, Athens
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Sponsors:
Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club, Sierra Student Coalition
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Wednesday, April 22
EARTH DAY
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HDL & Office Max Free Store
Gently used office materials (collected from university and private offices close to the HDL center on April 15th and 20th) will be made available to employees in participating offices for free!
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11AM-1PM |
Lobby, HDL Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Procurement Services, Office Max, Office of Sustainability
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Lunch & Learn with Jason Box
Enjoy an informal lunch with Dr. Jason Box of the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University. Ask questions and learn about Dr. Box' climatology research on Greenland ice sheets.
Spaces limited. RSVP to sustainability@ohio.edu by Monday, April 20th.
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12-1 PM |
Room 229, Baker University Center
[campus map] |
Sponsors:
SCALIA lab, OU Meteorology Club, Office of Sustainability |
Earth Day Celebration at Café BiblioTech
Alden Library will offer discounts on reusable mugs and will have eco-related games and information available for patrons. |
3-5 PM |
Café BiblioTech, 2nd Floor,
Alden Library
[campus map]
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Sponsor:
Alden Library |
Earth Day Dinner
Enjoy a candlelit dinner featuring local, organic, vegetarian, and vegan specials prepared especially for Earth Day by the chefs at Latitude 39.
Reservations are recommended: (740) 566-0939
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5-9 PM
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Latitude 39, Baker University Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Latitude 39, OU Dining Services
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Environmental Dance Workshop
A site-specific dance workshop for Earth Day. This workshop is based on creative movement and exploring our connection to the Earth.
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5-6:30 PM |
Emeriti Park
[campus map] |
Sponsor:
School of Dance |
Jason Box
Ohio State University
OSU climatologist and geographer at the Byrd Polar Research Center, Box does research on Greenland ice sheets and was featured on Discovery Channel's 'Project Earth' series for his thoughts about wrapping glaciers in reflective blankets to combat climate change.
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7-9 PM
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Room 120, Bentley Hall
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
SCALIA lab, OU Meteorology Club, Office of Sustainability
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| Thursday, April 23 |
Martie & Stewie Craft Night
Join us for a night of eco-crafts! Take home a new plant in a clay pot decorated with your own original artwork.
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8:30-11:30 PM |
West 82 Food Court, Baker University Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Martie & Stewie Craft Night, ReLEAF for Ohio, Office of Sustainability
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| Friday, April 24 |
World of Waste Tour
A sequel to the Cycle of Coal Tour in 2008. Tour of waste-related facilities, including the Athens-Hocking Recycling Center, Nelsonville landfill, and OU compost facility. Transportation provided. Spaces limited. Meet outside the first floor entrance of Baker Center.
RSVP is required: sustainability@ohio.edu
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12:30-4:30 PM
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Various
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Sponsor:
Office of Sustainability
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Athens 2009 International Film + Video Festival
Fresh
Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, and depletion of natural resources, and health concerns. Foraging healthier, sustainable alternative, these entrepreneurs and visionaries offer a practical vision for the future of our food and our planet. Tickets: $5.00.
(Note: Fresh will be shown after two short films.)
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4:45 PM
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Athena Cinema
20 S. Court St.
Athens |
Sponsor:
Ohio Arts Council, Arts for Ohio, Snider Fuller & Associates, Frognet
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| Saturday, April 25 |
Athens Farmers Market
Buy fresh local food and handmade products.
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10 AM-1 PM
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University Mall parking lot, East State Street, Athens
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Sponsor:
Athens Farmers Market
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Green Market
An outdoor market featuring locally-made crafts and jewelry, Fair Trade products, and live music.
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12-5 PM
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Howard Hall Site (also known as Howard Park)
[campus map]
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Sponsor:
Sierra Student Coalition
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Athens 2009 International Film + Video Festival
Food, Inc.
How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA & FDA.
Featuring Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma), and other forward-thinking social entrepreneurs, Food, Inc. reveals surprising -- and often schocking -- truths about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. Tickets: $6.50.
Encore presentations:
Sunday April 26, 3:30 PM
Monday April 27, 9:15 PM
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7:30 PM |
Athena Cinema
20 S. Court St.
Athens |
Sponsors:
Ohio Arts Council, Arts for Ohio, Snider Fuller & Associates, Frognet
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Athens 2009 International Film + Video Festival
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Can the human race survive?
(Note: Blue Gold will be shown after a short film.)
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7:30 PM |
Baker Theater, Baker University Center
[campus map] |
Sponsors:
Ohio Arts Council, Arts for Ohio, Snider Fuller & Associates, Frognet |
| Sunday, April 26 |
Garlic Mustard Pull
Protect native flora by pulling garlic-mustard, an invasive weed. Bring water, lunch, and gloves. Contact Bob Houdek at houdek@ohio.edu with questions.
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9 AM |
The Ridges, Ohio University. (Meet on the steps of the Ridges Auditorium)
[campus map]
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Sponsor:
Athens Forest Stewardship Club |
Saving Our Land
Enjoy a day of hiking, fishing, and discussion about land conservation and the Raccoon Creek Watershed. Carpool from Athens available. RSVP with Heike Perko at heikeperko@ohiohills.com.
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10 AM-3 PM
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Waterloo Wildlife Area Education Center
9660 State Route 356 New Marshfield, Ohio 45766
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Sponsor:
Appalachian Ohio Alliance
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Strouds Run Nature Hike
Enjoy some fresh air and learn about spring wildflowers with John Knouse of the Athens Conservancy.
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1 PM |
Meet at the boathouse on Dow Lake (map) at Strouds Run State Park.
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Sponsors:
Athens Conservancy, Friends of Strouds Run
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Wildflower Hike
Enjoy a three to five mile hike while the wildflowers are at their peak! Bring water, snack and wear good boots. Meet at the trailhead 2 miles west of Jackson. For directions contact Mary Beth Lohse at mb@sugarberryhill.com. For carpooling contact Sonia Javosky at sonjapqconsultant@yahoo.com.
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1:30 PM |
Lake Katherine State Nature Preserve
(click for map & directions)
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Sponsor:
Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club |
| Tuesday, April 28 |
Gardening 101
Learn about soil amendments and preparation, sowing seeds, transplanting,space-saving varieties, successive planting, composting, mulching, and organic pest control. Led by CFI Community Gardens Manager Liz Shaw.
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6:30 PM-8 PM
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Westside Community Gardens
(Located at the end of West State Street near the bike path)
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Sponsor:
Community Food Initiatives
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Stephen Gardiner
Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Washington
"Is 'Arming the Future' with Geoengineering Really the Lesser Evil? Some Doubts About the Ethics of Intentionally Manipulating the Climate System"
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7 PM |
Room 140, Bentley Hall
[campus map] |
Sponsors:
Climate Change Lecture Series, Department of Philosophy, OU Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics
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| Wednesday, April 29 |
Corporate Sustainability Lunch & Learn
Sandy Nessing, Director of Sustainability and TaKeysha Cheney, Sustainability Coordinator
Nessing and Cheney,
both from AEP, will talk with students interested in being a corporate sustainability professional.
Spaces limited. RSVP is required: sustainability@ohio.edu
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12-1 PM
(Note: this event's time has been updated!)
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Room 235, Baker University Center
[campus map] |
Sponsor:
Office of Sustainability
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Sustainability & AEP
Sandy Nessing, Director of Sustainability,
ESH Strategy and Design, American Electric Power (AEP)
Sandy
will discuss sustainability efforts at AEP. AEP is one of the largest utilities in the world, with over 5 million customers.
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7-9 PM
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Room 120, Bentley Hall
[campus map]
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Sponsor:
Office of Sustainability
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Food Fraud, Pink Margarine, Pure Food:
Lessons from 19th-Century Food Regulation
Kathleen Sullivan, Associate Professor
Ohio University
Learn about the history of food regulation. Dessert potluck to follow the talk- bring a snack item to share. Beverages provided.
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7 PM |
Athens County Extension Office, 280 West Union Street, Athens
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Sponsor:
Athens Chapter of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
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| Thursday, April 30 |
Athens 2009 International Film + Video Festival
Sharing Paradise
Director: Amelia Hapsari 60 min. U.S.A.
Above the water, Balobaloang looks like an ideal tropical paradise with blue sky, coconut trees, and crystal water. However, another picture is revealed under the water, where coral reef is destroyed and fewer and fewer pristine habitats exist. Traditionally, people who live in small islands in Indonesia fish using sustainable fishing methods. This has allowed marine resources to be conserved and to be shared by the inhabitants of the islands. However, dynamite and cyanide fishing has introduced another kind of economy. The cargo ship owners, who receive revenue from transporting goods from one island to another, are supposed to offer loans or jobs to others who have less income. However, corruption and a high overseas demand of fish have made it impossible for traditional fishermen to receive a fair share of their paradise. Collaborating with the fishermen, the filmmakers confront the perpetrators and attempt to understand the reasons for these dangerous new methods that threaten Balobaloang's sustainable way of life.
This is the final film in the Southeast Asian Stories series.
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1:30 PM |
Athena Cinema
20 S. Court St.
Athens |
Sponsors:
Ohio Arts Council, Arts for Ohio, Snider Fuller & Associates, Frognet |
Potluck Discussion with Community Organizer Elisa Young
Join us for a discussion about local energy production with Meigs County anti-coal activist Elisa Young. Meigs County not only has one of the highest concentrations of coal-fired power plants in the country, but some of the highest pollution and cancer rates as well. Currently, there are plans to build even more plants in our region along the Ohio River. Bring a dish for the potluck and discuss the implications of these plants, the environmental justice concerns surrounding them, and what local citizens can do about this issue.
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7:30 PM |
United Campus Ministries,
18 N. College St.
Athens
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Sponsors:
United Campus Ministries, Students for a Democratic Society |
Martie & Stewie Craft Night
Join us for a night of eco-crafts! Get crafty by creating papier-mache beads for a necklace or make your own bottlecap refrigerator magnets.
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8:30-11:30 PM |
West 82 Food Court, Baker University Center
[campus map]
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Sponsors:
Martie & Stewie Craft Night, ReLEAF for Ohio, Office of Sustainability
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