ASC EARTH’s Blog

From No Impact Man

The end of cheap oil as an opportunity

An article about green curriculum from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

A Green Curriculum Involves Everyone on Campus

Don’t forget Earth week is going on this week!  Make plans to attend an event.  Tomorrow night is a live Web cast, “National Wildlife Campus Chill-Out,” beginning at 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 16 in Porter Hall room 130 (Science and Mathematics Building).  Attendance is free and open to the public.  For a complete listing of all the events going on, check here.

Also, I found a great post here,  about the real reasons we should change our whole system of living.  Brave New Leaf is a great read!

Katie

A National Geographic article about plastic bags.

Plastic bag bans.

The American West

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

Watch this.

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

Maybe the U.S. as a whole doesn’t want to ratify the Kyoto treaty. But individual cities sure are interested.