Saturday, March 29 at 8:00 PM, environmentally conscious people will be turning off all non-essential lighting and appliances for one hour.
For more info, see the following article in the Denver Post and show your support for action on climate change.
Earth Hour
What a great chance to reconnect with you family, have some quiet time, even go for a walk.
Katie
Hold on to your hats, it’s time for the schedule of events.
April 14 through April 19
Events:
April 14 – Film: “Who Killed the Electric Car,” 7 p.m., Carson Auditorium
April 16 – National Wildlife Campus Chill-Out webcast, 5 p.m., Porter Hall(Science and Mathematics Building) room 130
April 17 – Concert by Jenny Bird, Mark Dudrow, and Justin Dean 8 p.m., Leon Memorial. cosponsored by ALMA
April 18 –Mountainfilm on tour 7 p.m. Carson Auditorium, cosponsored by Adams State Adventure Programs
April 19 – Sun Day activities
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Garage sale – 8 a.m. until noon
River and riparian zone clean-up – 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.
Free community and teepee greenhouse radishes
Tomato Plants for sale p
Solar Expo, demonstrations, speakers, and information tables, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., south side of SUB, banquet rooms, solarium and Carson Auditorium
Attendance to all events is free and open to the public.
At each event, ASC Community Partnership will be selling re-usable grocery bags imprinted with the logos for ASC Community Partnership and EARTH.
Times and events are subject to change, to keep updated check the website and blog often for the latest information.
It looks to be a great week with a lot of fun events. Hope to see you there!
Katie
Don’t forget, next meeting of the EARTH group is April 1, 2008. This will be an important meeting to finalize plans for Earth week coming up!
Watch that paper use!
Paper making is one of the most energy- and water-intensive industries. It is estimated that each ton of virgin (non-recycled) paper requires 98 tons of resources to make. That’s 196,000 pounds! While it used to be true that recycled paper had some quality issues, this is no longer the case. The ideal choice is to reduce your paper use but if you must print something, look for recycled alternative.
Maybe the U.S. as a whole doesn’t want to ratify the Kyoto treaty. But individual cities sure are interested.
Some of you may be interested in a presentation about the proposed SEED Park project in Alamosa, which will take place on Thursday, March 6 in Porter Hall, room 130 at 7 PM. The presentation is sponsored by the Colorado Field Institute. Light refreshments are typically served.
SEED is an acronym for Sustainable Environmental and Economic Development. There was an all day meeting about the SEED Park in December, and this presentation will highlight some of the results/information from that meeting.
Hope to see you there!
