Earth Days at EKU 2009 - Calendar of Events (pdf)
Sat 3/21 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Mountaintop Tree Planting - Letcher County
Carcassone, Kentucky
The “Head of Three Rivers” community group in Whitesburg seeks volunteers to help plant trees on 5 acres of formerly mined land in Letcher County. Modest overnight accommodations and meals will be provided for volunteers. Contact Sam Adams at (606) 634-9465 or accwtky@gmail.com.
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Mon 3/23 3:30 – 4:45 pm
“It’s About Time”
Library Rm. 108
A play written & performed by Cowan Community Women. Co-sponsored by Student Multicultural Affairs, Women & Gender Studies and the Center for Appalachian Studies. Contact: alan.banks@eku.edu
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Mondays in April: Earth Days Fun Facts
Table Powell Corner, 10am-2pm
Stop by our table on Powell corner each Monday in April for a chance to win free stuff, customize your very own eco-friendly shopping bag, sign up for volunteer events, get an Earth Days 2009 t-shirt, and learn strange and unusual earthy facts! Contact: emily_vaught@eku.edu
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Fridays in April: "Requiem for the Mountains": Chanting of the Requiem Mass
Chapel of Meditation, 12:05-12:20
Hunter Hensley will chant the Requiem Mass each Friday in April in recognition of the death and devastation of the Kentucky mountaintops and streams caused by mountain top coal removal mining. Sponsored by EKU Department of Music. Contact: hunter.hensley@eku.edu
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Mon March 30 6:00 – 8:00 pm
“Spring into Gardening” Workshop
Madison County Extension Education Center
Herbs, fairy gardens, tree care, and heirloom vegetables are among the topics of the Cooperative Extension Service gardening workshop. $7 with pre-registration due March 23. For more information contact (859) 623-4072 or visit http//:ces.ca.uky.edu/madison.
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Wed 4/1 All day
“Trees are Terrific” Proclamation Day
Richmond City Hall
Richmond Mayor Connie Lawson and County Judge Executive Kent Clark will join to proclaim April as “Tree Month” in Madison County!. Sponsored by the Richmond Tree Advisory Board (trees.richmond.ky.us/Committee.htm). Contact Extension Agent Amanda Sears arferg0@email.uky.edu or (859) 623-4072
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Wed 4/1 3:30 – 4:45 pm
Beyond the Mainstream: Thriving in a Web 2.0 World
Library Rm. 108
How did an Appalachian group raise millions for its campaign against mountain top removal? How did a science experiment involving shrimp on a treadmill end up on Today Show? Jasper Debra, Director, Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio State University will explore the future of journalism in Appalachia in the digital age. Co-sponsored by the Department of Communications and the Center for Appalachian Studies. Contact: alan.banks@eku.edu
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Fri 4/3 1:00 – 3:00 pm and 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Kentucky Arbor Day – Campus Tree Planting
The Ravine Ampitheater
Don your work gloves and help plant trees on campus in one of two 2-hour work sessions. Sponsored by Facilities Services. Contact: cheryl.friend@eku.edu
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Mon 4/6 11:15 – 12:15 pm
Energy Transformation at EKU: Power Plant and Building Upgrade Tour
Whalin Building Rm. 201
Siemens Building Technologies has been hard at work overhauling energy use at EKU with a goal of 30% reduction in annual utilities costs. Siemens project manager Michael Azzara will give a brief overview of the project, and then lead a tour of the upgrades at EKU’s physical plant, and several nearby buildings. Contact: alice.jones@eku.edu
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Mon 4/6 1:30 – 2:00 pm
(repeated 4/13)
Bucket Drummers Beat Waste for Recycle Mania
Powell Corner
EKU's Percussion Ensemble will bang on buckets and other found objects on Powell Corner to raise awareness of EKU’s participation in the national college “RecycleMania competition (visit www.recyclemania.org for more information.) Sponsored by the ECRES Recycling Committee. Contact: Barbara.Szubinska@eku.edu
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Tues 4/7 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Europe’s Culture of Sustainability
Teaching & Learning Center, Keen Johnson
Billy Bennett and Dr. Melinda Wilder explore the daily sustainability practices that take place in many European countries. A discussion will follow about what practices are easily transferred to our culture. Contact: Billy Bennett at William.bennett@eku.edu or (859) 622-2902.
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Tues 4/7 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Bike Safety and Awareness with Michael Galbraith
Library 128
Transportation engineer and planner Michael Galbraith is active in bicycle planning advocacy issues throughout the Lexington metro area, and a cycling instructor for the League of American Bicyclists. For more information visit bikeleague.org or contact: mary_hager8@eku.edu
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Wed 4/8 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Environmental Health Symposium
Keen Johnson Building
The symposium features six presenters addressing various aspects of environmental health. Attendance qualifies for five contact hours towards registration. $25 with a catered lunch provided. Sponsored by the Student Environmental Health Club. Preregistration required by 4/1. Call (859) 622-6342. Contact: carolyn.harvey@eku.edu
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Wed 4/8 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Bike Maintenance 101
Library Rm. 128
As machines go, bicycles are relatively easy and fun to fix with basic tools you may already have around the house. Join Mike Hale from Mike’s Hike and Bike and Michael Galbraith from the League of American Bicyclists for the basics of bicycle maintenance and repair. Contact: mary_hager8@eku.edu
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Wed 4/8 5:00 pm
"Chaos in Coal Country"
Library Rm. 128
EKU students who participated in “Mountain Justice Spring Break” will share what they learned first-hand coal mining can do to a community, and what you can do to help! Sponsored by the Students for Social Consciousness. Contact tanya_turner39eku.edu
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Thur 4/9 6:30 pm
(continued on 4/16, 4/23, and 4/30)
Earth Days Film Series on Thursdays
“An Inconvenient Truth”
Library Rm. 108
With wit, hope and an armload of data, former Vice President Al Gore’s one-man “traveling global warming show” argues that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenges facing our global civilization. Contact: mary_hager8@eku.edu
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Thur 4/9 7:30 pm
Sea Fans and Coral Reefs of the Caribbean
Natural History Lecture: Dr. Kiho Kim
Burrier Building Rm. 100
Dr. Kiho Kim is Chair of the Department of Environmental Science at American University, and a nationally recognized scholar of sea fans and coral reefs of the Caribbean. Sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences. neil.pederson@eku.edu
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Fri 4/10 Throughout the day
World Water Day-Kentucky Across Boundaries
Locations will vary
Students of “Dr. Dave” Eakin bring the United Nation’s international observance of World Water Day—and the 2009 theme of Transboundary Water to EKU’s campus with a variety of reports, displays, and activities. Contact: david.eakin@eku.edu
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Fri 4/10 Departing at 1:00 pm
Critical Mass Bike Ride Around EKU
From front of Powell Building
Critical Mass bike rides are held regularly in more than 300 cities worldwide to draw to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists' right to the road. Bring your bike and join us for a 30 minute ride around campus and maybe a bit of downtown in this first-ever EKU Critical Mass ride. Contact: mary_hager8@eku.edu
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Sat 4/11 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Kentucky River Watershed Watch Volunteer Sampler Training
EKU Meadowbrook Farm
If you live or work within 5 miles of any stream in the Kentucky River watershed consider joining the more than 400 volunteers who monitor water quality in their communities two to three times per year. Workshop is free, but registration is required. Visit www.kkrww.org. or contact: alice.jones@eku.edu or joann@krww.org.
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Sat 4/11 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Maywoods Guided Trail Hikes
Enjoy a challenging trek through the various aspects of Maywoods’ lovely deciduous hardwood forest or take a shorter wildflower nature hike. Please register for the hike by contacting Karen Pratt at karen.pratt@eku.edu or (859) 622-1476.
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Mon 4/13 1:30 – 2:00 pm
Bucket Drummers Beat Waste for Recycle Mania
Powell Corner
(see description under 4/6). Contact: Barbara.Szubinska@eku.edu.
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Mon 4/13 10:30 am
“Student Work on Development of a Regional Biofuels Industry in Kentucky"
Library Rm. 108
Three students of Dr. Don Llewellyn will speak about their work on the development of a regional biofuels industry in Kentucky". Come hear about future fuels and new industry being developed right here at EKU. Sponsored by the Agriculture Department. Contact: don.llewellyn@eku.edu
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Tues 4/14 9:30 am
Development of a Regional Biofuels Industry in Kentucky
Carter Building Rm. 9
Dr. Bruce Pratt will speak about the Agriculture Department's work on the development of a regional biofuels industry in Kentucky". Come hear about future fuels and new industry being developed right here at EKU. Sponsored by the Agriculture Department. Contact: bruce.pratt@eku.edu
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Tues 4/14 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Composting Basics Workshop
Library Rm. 128
Join EKU horticulture instructor Cheryl Friend for an introduction to composting. Composting of household organic wastes is expanding rapidly as landfill space becomes scarce and expensive, and as people become more aware of the impacts they have on the environment. Contact: cheryl.friend@eku.edu
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Tues 4/14 6:15 pm
Environmental Sociology Research Project
Roark Rm. 111
An open presentation of student research projects on pressing environmental issues. Contact: stephanie.mcspirit@eku.edu or tanya_turner39@eku.edu
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Wed 4/15 3:30 pm
Uneven Ground: Appalachia Since 1945
Author reading and reception with Ron Eller
Library Rm. 108
Ron Eller’s new book examines the politics of development in Appalachia since World War II – its struggle to overcome poverty, to live in harmony with the land, and to respect the diversity of cultures and the value of community. Sponsored by the Center for Appalachian Studies. Contact: alan.banks@eku.edu
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Wed 4/15 1:00 – 3:00 pm
“Understanding Sustainable Dining Options”
National Webcast
Library Rm. 128
The Dining Services Advisory Committee invites the campus community to join us for this national workshop on aspects and opportunities for a more sustainably-operated dining program visit www.academicimpressions.com/web_conferences/0409-dining.php or contact: corey.bray@eku.edu
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Thur 4/16 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Green Your Health Routine!
Library Rm. 208
Alice Jones will help you rummage through your refrigerator, gym bag and medicine cabinet, for choices you can feel good about—for both you and the planet. Sponsored by Healthy You at EKU, Employee Wellness Program. Contact: adrienne.bauer@eku.edu
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Thur 4/16 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Eco-Appalachia in the War on Poverty
Library Rm. 128
Featuring Tom Kiffmeyer, John Burch, Edward Schmitt and Rob Weise.
Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Center for Appalachian Studies. Contact: alan.banks@eku.edu
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Thur 4/16 6:30 pm
(continued on 4/23 and 4/30)
Earth Days Thursday Film Series
“Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home”
Library Rm. 108
Writer/ director Andrew Nisker takes an average urban family, the McDonalds, and asks them to keep every scrap of garbage that they create for three months. He then takes them on a journey to find out where it all goes and what it’s doing to the world. Contact: mary_hager8@eku.edu
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Sat 4/18 11:00 – 3:00 pm
EKU Gardens Clean-Up Day
AG Carter Building
Put on your work clothes and help clean up and plant trees and flowers around the agriculture department’s gardens and grounds. Contact: cheryl.friend@eku.edu
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Mon 4/20 – Fri 4/24 Lunch and Dinner Hours
“Table for 6.8 Billion”
Fresh Food Company, Powell Building
All week long, look for featured lunch and dinner choices that promote sustainable and responsible systems of food production, processing, distribution, and consumption. Sponsored by EKU Dining Services. Contact: charity.bradley@eku.edu.
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Mon 4/20 All Day
“Meatless Monday” - National Health Promotion Campaign
Fresh Food Company, Powell Building
Going meatless one day a per week can reduce your intake of saturated fat and your global carbon footprint! Join us in the Fresh Food Company all day and try meat-free alternatives to your favorite meals! Co-sponsored by the EKU Wellness Program adrienne.bauer@eku.edu and EKU Dining Services charity.bradley@eku.edu
Mon 4/20 10:00 – 2:00 pm
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Mon 4/20 10:30 a.m.
Earth Force Rain Garden Dedication
Model Lab School
Over the past year, Model Lab School students in several environmental issues classes have used the Earth Force model to green their school environment, and the rain garden is their culminating project. Join students, teachers, and staff for the official garden dedication! Sponsored by Model Lab School. Contact: donna.snyder@eku.edu
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Mon 4/20 3:00 pm
Campus Clean-up
Powell Corner
Put on your work shirt and help clean up trash, brush, and plastic around campus. Sections will be assigned to Student Activities Council members and volunteers. Sponsored by the Student Activities Council. Contact: sarah_carty4@eku.edu
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Tues 4/21 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sustainability Fair
Powell Lobby
Find out what campus clubs, groups, and academic departments are doing to make the EKU campus a sustainable one! Displays may include posters, photographs, flyers, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Sponsored by Division of Natural Areas. Contact: merin.roseman@eku.edu
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Thur 4/23 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Earth-Friendly Cooking with the Chef
Kitchen of the Fresh Food Company, Powell
Don't miss the opportunity to talk with the Chef as he prepares a four-course meal right in front of your eyes. Only 10 seats available for this FREE student event/meal. Reserve your spot ASAP at (859) 622-5005 or greg.dejaynes@eku.edu. We will start promptly at 12:00pm so please be on time.
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Tues 4/21 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Leave No Trace Workshop
Ravine (bad weather site - Kennamer Room)
Explore the principles of Leave No Trace with EKU’s Adventure program experts. The program teaches outdoor enthusiasts how to minimize and prevent their recreational impacts. Contact brian.clark@eku.edu or 622-6867.
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Tues 4/21 2:30 pm
Sustainability Initiatives on American College Campuses
Library 108
Andrea Webster , from the American Association for Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE, will share resources that can help guide EKU's sustainability efforts. She will also discuss AASHE's sustainability assessment process, and successful initiatives at other institutions nation-wide. Contact: catherine.clement@eku.edu
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Wed 4/22 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Coal Country Beeworks: “Bee Box Build”
Powell Corner Sidewalk
Pick up a hammer help build hives for the Coal Country apiforestation project—which seeks to change the Appalachian environmental and economic landscape by establishing working beeyards and bee-friendly vegetation on strip mine reclamation sites. Sponsored by the Office of Regional Stewardship. Contact: alice.jones@eku.edu
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Wed 4/22 3:30 – 4:45 pm
Valuing Kentucky’s Resources with Tom FitzGerald, Director, Kentucky Resource Council
Library Rm. 128
Described as “an environmental M•A•S•H unit,” the KRC provides assistance to those who live downhill, downwind, and downstream of environmental degradation. Tom Fitzgerald will reflect on his 30 years at the center of nearly every environmental and natural resources policy debate in Kentucky. Sponsored by the Center for Appalachian Studies. Contact: alan.banks@eku.edu
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Thur 4/23 9:30 am
"Viable" and Other Poems: Ecofeminist Poetry Reading
Case Annex Courtyard
EKU English faculty member and poet Julie Hensley will read from her own work and that of a few other contemporary ecofeminist writers. Contact: julie.hensley@eku.edu
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Thur 4/23 3:45 – 4:30 pm
Silver Creek Watershed Plan: Student Presentation
Roark Building Rm. 203
Students in Alice Jones’s Environmental Planning class will present the results of their semester-long project to develop a land use plan to protect the Silver Creek watershed, which includes significant parts of Berea, Richmond, and Madison County. Contact: alice.jones@eku.edu
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Thur 4/23 6:30 pm
(continued 4/30)
Earth Days Thursday Film Series
“Who Killed The Electric Car?”
Library Rm. 108
Chris Payne’s award-winning film follows the hopeful birth and untimely death of the electric car through the overt and covert actions of car companies, the oil industry, bad ad campaigns, consumer wariness, and a lack of commitment from the U.S. government. Contact: mary_hager8@eku.edu
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Fri 4/24th 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Rain Garden Installation
Ravine Amphitheater
Don your work clothes and help us turn the EKU Ravine into a functioning rain garden! Sponsored by Facility Services, the Appalachian Studies Center, College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Research and Graduate Education in partnership with the Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance Contact: stephanie.mcspirit@eku.edu
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Fri 4/24 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Ravine Rain Garden Design Workshop
Ravine Amphitheater
Following the morning rain garden installation, come join us for a workshop on rain garden design and construction. Rain gardens reduce water pollution and control urban flooding by absorbing and filtering stormwater runoff. Russ Turpin from the Bluegrass Rain Garden Alliance will conduct the workshop. Contact: stephanie.mcspirit@eku.edu
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Fri 4/24 – Sun 4/26
Campus-Community Partnerships for Sustainability Conference
www.greencampusky.org
Western Kentucky University
EKU is a proud sponsor of this annual state-wide conference to foster partnerships between Kentucky colleges and universities and their local communities to work together towards a sustainable future. A limited number of student travel and registration scholarships. Visit www.cres.eku.edu for more information or contact: alice.jones@eku.edu
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Tues 4/28 4:00 pm
Food Waste Feasibility Study: Student Presentation
Faculty Dining Room, Powell
Students of horticulture faculty Cheryl Friend have investigated the feasibility of implementing a food waste composting program at EKU, and will present their findings to the EKU Dining Advisory Committee and the campus community. Sponsored by the EKU Dining Advisory Committee. Contact: corey.bray@eku.edu
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Tues 4/28 1:00 – 4:30 pm
(repeated Tues 4/30)
Case Annex Courtyard Garden Workdays
Be of service to your campus community and help restore Case Annex’s courtyard’s garden by helping plant native shrubs and perennials. Contact Karen Pratt at karen.pratt@eku.edu or (859) 622-1476.
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Thur 4/30 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Case Annex Courtyard Garden Workdays
Be of service to your campus community and help restore Case Annex’s courtyard’s garden by helping plant native shrubs and perennials. Contact Karen Pratt at karen.pratt@eku.edu or (859) 622-1476.
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Thur 4/30 6:30 pm
Earth Days Thursday Film Series
"Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau"
Library Rm. 108
This documentary film and theatrical play by local folksinger and "Woodsongs" host Michael Johnathon imagines Henry David Thoreau and his mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson during the final two days Thoreau spent in his cabin before leaving Walden Pond. Sponsored by WEKU Contact mary_hager8@eku.edu or carol.siler@eku.edu
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Sat 5/2 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands Workshop
Location TBA
WOW! is a nationally recognized introduction to wetland issues and definitions. Particularly appropriate for those interested in youth environmental education, the workshop provides hands on demonstrations, learning activities community action project ideas. Pre-registration required by 4/25. Contact: lauren_goode4@eku.edu
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