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- The Green Scene: Fashion, Film...
The Loft, UCSD
Friday, April 24 at 5:00pm - Project Trashion UCSD
The Loft, UCSD
Friday, April 24 at 5:00am - Annual Earth Week Tree Planting!
ERC, Warren, Regents Lots
Wednesday, April 22 at 10:00am - UCSD Earth Week 2008
UCSD
Monday, April 21 at 12:00pm - Sustainability Art Show for Ea...
Price Center Theatre Foyer
Wednesday, April 23 at 6:00pm - Earth Week Tree Planting
UCSD Campus
Wednesday, April 23 at 8:30am - Earth Day Trash Sort Extravaga...
Price Center Plaza
Tuesday, April 22 at 11:30am
Earth Week at UCSD
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Did you know?
UC San Diego is taking the next step as one of the greenest universities in the country by celebrating Earth Week, April 19-25 with 20 “Extreme Green” events, ranging from a trash sort, to a green job fair, and an eco-friendly fashion show.
2009 Earth Week Events:
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Great Campus Race
1–4 p.m., Geisel Library
All UCSD students are invited to compete for prizes by using teamwork, brain power and speed. Teams of two will receive a list of clues. The answer to each clue will correspond to a campus location. Racers may use any means to solve clues and are encouraged to call friends or use the Internet. The first team to be photographed at each of the locations and return to the finish line will win. Register now. If you have questions, e-mail dschmitt@ucsd.edu.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Moonlight Kayaking with MEC
The Muir Environmental Corps is organizing a kayaking trip on an evening with a fantastic view of the moon! Sign up with MEC to reserve your spot.
Monday April 20, 2009
Waste Reduction Day!
UC San Diego Bicycle Commute Challenge Begins
Get extra rewards for riding your bike to UCSD during the second Campus Bicycle Commute Challenge. Individuals and teams who log the most miles or save the most carbon dioxide emissions during the four-week challenge, April 20 – May 15, will win prizes, compliments of Commute Solutions.
For more information:
http://blink.ucsd.edu/Blink/External/Topics/Policy/0,1162,25658,00.html?delivery=&coming_from=,http://www.commuterchallenges.com/cchome.asp
Sponsored by Commute Solutions
John Muir “I Pledge” Week Begins
Muir Quad
Make a pledge to help the environment and receive instructions and materials to make a hemp bracelet.
Organic Lunch
Café Ventanas at ERC
Prepared with only organic ingredients: Chicken cacciatore, vegetarian eggplant parmesan, pasta with marinara sauce, seasoned vegetables, whole wheat crust pizza
Trash Sort
10 a.m., Towne Square (behind Price Center and next to Student Services Complex)
Students, staff and faculty will be discovering how many recyclables are disposed of on campus through an educational trash sort. Recyclemania results will be announced.
Chalk Walk Art
Muir Quad
Sponsored by MAC and Paint A Pot in Muir Quad
Tuesday April 21, 2009
Organic Food Day!
E-waste Collection
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., location TBD
Safely dispose of your electronic waste for free
John Muir Birthday Celebration
12:30 p.m., Muir Quad
Enjoy a piece of birthday cake
Think Global, Eat Local: A Taste of San Diego County
4–6 p.m., Great Hall
Ever wondered what kinds of foods are grown in San Diego county? Well stop wondering and come taste them! At the 1st annual Think Global, Eat Local event hosted by the Sustainable Food Project @ UCSD, you will get the chance to talk with several local farmers in dynamic roundtable sessions and taste their fresh local fare in its purest form. In addition to the roundtables, the event will feature an exciting keynote speech by Slow Food San Diego Chair Scott Murray, followed by a presentation on campus food sustainability by UCSD's very own director of Dining, Steve Casad. We will close with an open forum space for friendly dialogue with community food organizations.
Hosted by the Sustainable Food Project @ UCSD
Organic Dinner
Ocean View Terrace
Prepared with only organic ingredients: Oven-roasted half chicken and rainbow Swiss chard sautéed with garlic, Yukon Gold mashed potatoes with gravy, homemade drop biscuits with strawberries
Wednesday April 22, 2009
Public Service Day and Earth Day!
Organic Breakfast
Plaza Café at Revelle College
Prepared with only organic ingredients: Smoked applewood bacon, sausage, cage-free eggs, O’Brien potatoes, Southern pecan pancakes, steel-cut oats, maple syrup, spiced peaches, waffles
Organic Breakfast
Foodworx at Sixth College
From Plaza Café: Sausage, smoked applewood bacon, steel-cut oats
E-waste Collection
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., location TBD
Safely dispose of your electronic waste for free
Tree Planting
10 a.m. – noon, various campus locations
Help plant native trees around campus. Please contact Jess Wall (jess.wall@gmail.edu) to volunteer.
Triton Green Job & Internship Fair
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Career Services Center Plaza
Meet representatives from sustainable and environmentally conscious nonprofit organizations and businesses offering career positions, part-time jobs and internships in a variety of fields. For a full list of participants, visit http://career.ucsd.edu.
Organic Lunch
Sierra Summit
Prepared with only organic ingredients: Grilled chicken sausage sandwich with sautéed peppers on wheat bun, macaroni and cheese with roasted tomato, goat cheese and whole wheat pasta casserole with vegetables
John Muir College Organic Luncheon
Price Center east Ballroom
By Invitation Only
The annual luncheon, which honors students, staff and faculty who are working to make UCSD more environmentally sustainable, will feature a keynote address by Judy Walton, Acting Executive Director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). JMC Provost, Susan Smith, will award the “John Muir Prize” to the student creators of the winning VidFest short film and the winning video will be screened at the luncheon.
Sustainability Awards
3:30 p.m., Student Services Complex Multipurpose Room
Thursday April 23, 2009
Alternative Transportation Day!
Bicycle Breakfast
7–10 a.m., Gilman Information Booth
Free breakfast snacks and safety information
E-waste Collection
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., location TBD
Safely dispose of your electronic waste for free
Green Machines
10 a.m.–2 p.m., Warren Mall
Green vehicle exhibit featuring Gidget the Smart Car, UCSD green fleet vehicles, Tesla Roadster, biodiesel Mercdes, MTS natural gas-electric hybrid bus, UCSD’s Greenline biodiesel bus, hydrogen converted car, diesel hydrogen hybrid pickup truck and more. Learn how to compute your carbon footprint and see how you can reduce it by using alternative transportation.
Environmental Careers Panel
2–3:30 p.m., Career Services Center, Horizon Room
The energy, recycling, conservation and environmental education industries offer a variety of career and internship opportunities. Hear from professionals representing a variety of environmentally focused careers. They’ll share their individual career paths, as well as their best tips for finding environmental internships and jobs.
Organic Fine Dining
Canyon Vista at Warren College
Prepared with only organic ingredients: Entrees – chicken breast Florentine, grilled beef and vegetable brochettes, oven-roasted acorn squash filled with sweet and spicy lentil stew; sides – saffron-scented almond and wild rice, twice-baked Yukon Gold potatoes, steamed and seasoned fresh vegetables; dessert – strawberry shortcake
Friday April 24, 2009
Sustainable Lifestyles Day!
Organic Snacks
7 a.m. – 2 p.m., all dining facilities
Prepared with only organic ingredients: Pigs in a blanket (pancakes, vegetarian sausage and syrup)
Organic retail items featured.
Muirstock
3-11 p.m. Muir Quad
The traditional John Muir Week music festival, organized by Muir students, will celebrate the spirit of John Muir College by officially going green! Muirstock will feature a solar-powered stage, organic food venues and recycled and reusable prizes.
Green Scene: Film, Fashion, and Philanthropy!
5-9pm, The Loft at UC San Diego
The Green Scene is a showcase of student sustainability achievements through visual arts. Using film and fashion, these student projects display the creative aspect of environmental awareness and sustainability.
Other Events:
earthtweet
Use the #earthtweet hashtag to share your conservation efforts with the world on Twitter.
Pledge to Power Down
Before April 17
Pledge to activate your computer's power management. Take the pledge at powerdownfortheplantt.org.
Project Wellness: Be Green and Win
Before May 1
Do you know how the environment, sustainability and health are connected? Share your views in 25-250 words and you might win an iPod Shuffle! Get details.
Saturday, April 25
Chicano Park Day
11:30 alm. – 3 p.m.
