earth week 2008 program events & locations |
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| Date |
Description |
Time |
Location |
| Saturday April 12 |
| Sunday Creek Hiking and Trail Maintenance Day |
Join Andrew Bashaw (North Country Trail Coordinator for Ohio and Pennsylvania) for hiking and trail maintenance. Andrew will meet participants at the Sunday Creek Watershed office at 9am. This is a great learning and service opportunity, and it will be lots of fun! For more information, contact Andrew at AndrewBashaw@northcountrytrail.org. |
9am |
69 High St, Glouster |
| Garlic Mustard Pulls |
Help control garlic-mustard, an invasive introduced weed. Organized by the Athens Forest Stewardship Club in collaboration with Rural Action, the Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club, Athens Conservancy, Athens Trails, and Friends of Strouds Run State Park. Contact David Tees at tees@ohio.edu for details at the Sells Park 9am pull and Phil Cantino at 594-3338 or cantino@ohio.edu for the Strouds Run 1pm pull. |
9am & 1pm |
Sells Park & Strouds Run |
| OHIO Ecohouse Open House |
Special earth week open house! Join us for a free lunch and guided tours of the OHIO Ecohouse. There will also be a composting demonstration by Community Food Initiatives and an opportunity to work in the organic garden. |
11-2pm |
8133 Dairy Lane |
| Sunday April 13 |
| Garlic Mustard Pulls |
Help control garlic-mustard, an invasive introduced weed. Organized by the Athens Forest Stewardship Club in collaboration with Rural Action, the Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club, Athens Conservancy, Athens Trails, and Friends of Strouds Run State Park. Contact David Tees at tees@ohio.edu for details at the 1pm pull and Phil Cantino at 594-3338 or cantino@ohio.edu for the 9am pull. |
9am & 1pm |
Strouds Run |
| Sierra Club AOG Bike Ride |
Bike on the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway with the Sierra Club Appalachian Ohio Group. Meet at 10 a.m. for brunch at Casa Nueva on West State St. if desired or at the West State ball fields at 12pm. Distance to be determined by the group. Contact Sonja Jasovsky at sonjapqconsultant@yahoo.com or 740-698-8205 for more details. |
10-2pm |
Hockhocking Adena Bikeway |
| MAWE Hike |
Multigenerational Appalachian Woodland Explorers hike.
We will be hiking with Jim Hart at his gorgeous Perry County home where he blesses the community with his humorous/incredible photographs, pottery and his love for our diverse and abundant ecosystem. For more info, contact Jessica Fox at
740-767-4185, or send an email to mawehikes@yahoo.com. Carpool from the Friends Meeting House in Chauncey at 1 pm (22 Birge Drive). |
2-4pm |
Meet at the Friends Meeting House, 22 Birge Drive, Chauncey |
| Monday April 14 |
| Lunch & Learn |
Lunch and Learn is an opportunity to meet and talk to Erik Reece over a provided lunch. Preregistration is required for this event. To register contact Sonia Marcus at marcuss@ohio.edu. |
12-2pm |
Baker 235 |
| "Lost Mountains and Just Societies" Erik Reece will be joined by a panel of mountain justice activists |
Erik Reece, author of Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness will talk about his up-close assessment of the coal industry and how our country's energy lust is ravaging the hills and hollows of Appalachia. He will talk about how in one year, from October 2003 to September 2004, strip miners sheared away the top of Kentucky's aptly named Lost Mountain.
Reece will be joined mountain justice activists including Julian Martin,
Vice President for State Affairs WV Highlands Conservancy vice-chair Kanawha State Forest Foundation & board member West Virginia Labor History Association, Bill Price, EJ Coordinator Sierra Club and Mattie Reitman, Ohio Student Environmental Coalition. Moderator: Geoffrey Buckley, Associate Professor, Geography Department. |
8-10pm |
Walter Hall, room 145 |
| Wednesday April 16 |
| "Big Coal: The High Cost of Cheap Energy" Jeff Goodell |
Jeff Goodell is the author of several books and a contributing editor at Rolling Stone. His articles appear regularly in Wired, New Republic and The New York Times Magazine, where his most recent feature focused on the emerging field of carbon emissions trading. In Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future Goodell debunks the faulty assumptions underlying coal's revival and shatters the myth of cheap coal energy. Moderator: Bernhard Debatin, Associate Professor, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism . |
7-10pm |
Scripps Auditorium |
| Earth Week Benefit Shuffle |
Papadosio will be playing at Jackie O's sponsored by Sierra Student Coalition. The cover charge proceeds will be directed to coal activism in Southeast Ohio. For more information, contact Becky Clark at sierra@ohio.edu. |
10-2am |
Jackie O's, Union Street
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| Thursday April 17 |
| Legal and Policy Dimensions of Environmental Justice |
Join a panel of community environmental justice activists and policymakers to learn more about the legal and political means by which these issues can be addressed. Panelists include Teresa Mills, Director of the Buckeye Environmental Network; Leo Kennedy, the Columbus-area Program Director of Ohio Citizen Action; environmental lawyer Richard Sahli; and local community activist Gary Houser. Moderator: Nancy Manring, Associate Professor, Political Science Department. |
7-9pm |
Bentley 132 |
| Earth Week Benefit Shuffle |
Dead Will Rise sponsored by Sierra Student Coalition. The cover charge proceeds will be directed to coal activism in Southeast Ohio. For more information, contact Becky Clark at sierra@ohio.edu. |
10-2am |
Smiling Skull, Union Street |
| Friday April 18 |
| The OHIO Cycle of Coal Tour |
The OHIO Cycle of Coal Tour will allow participants to see how Ohio University's coal is sourced, processed, burned and monitored. Tour will include a working coal mine, a waterway impacted by acid mine drainage, the Ohio University Lausche heating plant, and the air quality monitoring station. Space is limited to 25 participants. No food will be provided so feel free to bring your own lunch and snacks. To reserve a place, please email Sonia Marcus at marcuss@ohio.edu. |
11-5pm |
Various |
| Earth Week Benefit Shuffle |
The Genuine Junk Band plays at the Red Brick Pub sponsored by Sierra Student Coalition. The cover charge proceeds will be directed to coal activism in Southeast Ohio. For more information, contact Becky Clark at sierra@ohio.edu. |
10-2am |
Red Brick, Court Street |
| Saturday April 19 |
| The Conveniently Green Market |
The Conveniently Green Market is sponsored by Sierra Student Coalition. Stop by to purchase organic, sustainable, reused, or fair trade products sold by local businesses, crafts people, and student organizations. Live music, yoga, a drum circle, and belly dancing are just a few of the other events Sierra Student Coalition will be hosting. For more information contact Becky Clark at sierra@ohio.edu. |
11-4pm |
Howard Hall Site |
| Garlic Mustard Pulls |
Help control garlic-mustard, an invasive introduced weed. Organized by the Athens Forest Stewardship Club in collaboration with Rural Action, the Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club, Athens Conservancy, Athens Trails, and Friends of Strouds Run State Park. For more information contact Tom Redfern at tomr@ruralaction.org on the 9am Strouds Run pull, Bob Houdek at houdek@ohio.edu for the 1pm Strounds Run pull and Phil Cantino at 594-3338 or cantino@ohio.edu for the 1pm bike path pull.
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9am & 1pm |
Strouds Run & Hockhocking-Adena Bikeway
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| Athens Spring Ride, a.k.a. Tom’s Trillium Tour, #7 |
Sponsored by the Athens Bicycle Club. Enjoy a scenic spring ride with budding dogwoods, redbuds, and wildflowers on rolling to hilly terrain, and the last 12 miles on flat & scenic Hockhocking Adena Bikeway. Contact Tom Wolf for more information: wolf at ohio.edu or 740-594-9944
Registration 8:00-9:30
Hocking College, Nelsonville Ohio
(Parking and registration in front of Robbin’s Crossing).
Budget ride ($3): Bring food, water, cash, and tools.
Distances: 25, 40, 60, 70 or 100 miles. |
8-12pm |
Hockhocking Adena Bikeway |
| Athens Conservation Connection Tour |
The purpose of the Athens Conservation Connection Tour is to highlight practices that are environmentally friendly, and ecologically sound and sustainable. This year’s tour features a range of topics. It is hoped that there is something of interest to all the citizens of Athens County. Since this is a drive-it-yourself tour, you can decide to visit just one stop, a combination of stops, or all of the stops. You can arrive at any of the stops between 1:00 and 5:00 pm. You determine your schedule and agenda. This year’s tour contains 4 different stops (Windy Hills Farm, the Greenfield Solar Home, Green Edge Gardens, and Amesville Village), all within 10 miles of each other in the Amesville area, so the driving distance is reasonable. For more information contact the Athens County Extension office at 740-593-8555 or the Athens Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) at 1-800-582-8890 for a tour brochure. |
1-5pm |
Various |
| Earth Week Benefit Shuffle |
Black Spiral Dancer sponsored by Sierra Student Coalition. A portion of the cover charge proceeds will be directed to coal activism in Southeast Ohio. For more information, contact Becky Clark at sierra@ohio.edu. |
10-2am |
Blue Gator, Court Street |
| Sunday April 20 |
| Garlic Mustard Pulls |
Help control garlic-mustard, an invasive introduced weed. Organized by the Athens Forest Stewardship Club in collaboration with Rural Action, the Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club, Athens Conservancy, Athens Trails, and Friends of Strouds Run State Park. Contact Phil Cantino at 740-594-3338 or cantino@ohio.edu or Heather Sheets at heather@ruralaction.org for details on the 9am Strouds Run pull and David Tees at tees@ohio.edu for details at the 1pm Ridges pull.
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9am & 1pm |
Strouds Run & The Ridges |
| Watershed Monitoring Field Trip |
Visit the Waterloo Wildlife Area Research Station, see acid mine drainage firsthand in Hewett Fork creek, and participate in watershed restoration activities. The Raccoon Creek Partnership will be leading the activities. Preregistration for this event is required. Contact Sonia Marcus at marcuss@ohio.edu to register. |
12:30-5pm |
meeting location TBD |
| DIY Dorm Compost |
Learn the basics of composting and build your own compost box, perfect for a dorm room or apartment. Materials provided. Please RSVP Amy at an235806@ohio.edu by 4/18.
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4-6pm |
Courtyard between Jefferson Hall and Read Hall, East Green |
| "Hemp can still save the world" Don Wirtshafter |
Sponsored by Sierra Student Coalition |
7:30pm |
Baker Theater |
| Monday April 21 |
| Chill Out! webcast & earth week movie night: Sludge |
Chill Out! is a broadcast of the NWF campus ecology featuring positive, practical solutions to global warming being implemented by higher education campuses around the country. Meet award-winning students and staff who are creating solutions. Be a part of the conversation with the experts.
Sludge is a documentary that investigates a recent Kentucky coal waste disaster and examines the role of federal regulatory agencies in the coalfields. Filmed over four years, the documentary chronicles the aftermath of the spill, the “whistleblower” case of Jack Spadaro, and the looming threat of coal sludge ponds throughout the region. Robert Salyer, producer, director, and editor of Sludge will be answering questions following the film.
Robert Salyer is a documentary filmmaker born and reared in the central Appalachian coalfields of southwest Virginia. Trained at Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky and a staff member since 1998, Mr. Salyer recently completed a semester-long residency as a visiting video artist at Kentucky State University, an historically black university in Frankfort. In addition to working with media, Salyer has been closely involved with the Virginia Organizing Project, starting a local chapter in his home county and serving on the organization's governing board for five years. |
7-10pm |
Baker Center Front Room |
| Tuesday April 22 |
| OEC Lobby Day |
This day long lobbying event is sponsored by the Ohio Environmental Council. Come for a full day of training and lobbying action in our state capital. See www.theOEC.org for more details and to register. |
8:30am-6pm |
Columbus |
| Windmill vs. Smokestack Showdown |
Fight! Fight! Who will win? Will we be stuck with fossil powered energy forever or will renewable energies take over? Come find out! Sponsored by the Sierra Student Coalition. |
11-6pm |
College Green |
| Backpacking Basics |
Sponsored by Outdoor Pursuits.
The backpacking basics clinic is ideal for anyone getting into or interested in backpacking. This clinic will focus on the foundations of backpacking and will give you a solid understanding of what goes into excuting a safe and enjoyable backpacking experience. Contact Campus Recreation Rental and Sales Center at 597-2154 by 4/21 to register for this event. |
7-9pm |
Outdoor Pursuits Rental Center |
| Environmental Justice Roundtable |
A roundtable on equity within and between generations as a key element of sustainability and the way it links to environmental justice in the U.S. Students in Environmental Studies 560 will open the conversation. All welcome to jump in after that. Moderator: Ted Bernard, Professor, Environmental Studies Program. |
7-9pm |
Bentley 120
(please note room change) |
