Dates: October 1-8

Locations: UW Oshkosh Campus and Downtown Oshkosh

All events are free (except the Organic Food Banquet) and open to the public. Enjoy food, entertainment, expos, speakers, book signings and raffle prizes. Complimentary snacks and drinks will be provided between evening events. Free parking all week in lots 15 and 32 (M-F 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.) and 15, 32 and 34 (M-F after 4 p.m.). Parking is free on Saturdays. Please respect rules for handicapped and metered slots at all times. (Parking Map)

Saturday, Oct. 1

• 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Farmer's Market, Oshkosh City Hall, 215 Church Ave.
  Sponsored by UW Oshkosh Earth Charter
• 8 p.m. Samuel Beckett's Endgame, Performed by Eclectic Arts at Algoma Club
  A free dramatic performance with reception to follow @ Algoma Club.
  Endgame Info

Monday, Oct. 3

• 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Clean Energy Expo, Reeve Memorial Union
  Sponsored by Wisconsin Public Service Corp
  This thought-provoking expo will feature the Energy Center of Wisconsin, Focus On Energy UW Oshkosh, Uticia Energy, EPA’s LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design) Program, Winnebago County, Bergstrom Toyota, Johnson Controls, KEEP's Program and more.
• 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. SolarWise for Schools Presentations, Lourdes High School SolarOlympic participants
• 4:30- 5:30 p.m. The Future of Electricity,Reeve Memorial Union Ballroom
  Sponsored by Wisconsin Public Service Corp
  An interactive panel discussion on the future of electric generation and your role in conservation.
• 8 p.m. Encore performance of Endgame Experimental Theater (located in the Arts/Communications Building on UW Oshkosh Campus)

Tuesday, Oct. 4

• 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Careers with a Conscience, with special guest speaker, Jim Evanoff, Reeve Memorial Union
  Sponsored by UW Oshkosh Career Services and the Environmental Studies Program.
  This panel will highlight career options, including graduate school for environmental studies majors and minors. Featured guests will include Jim Evanoff, environmental manager for Yellowstone National Park; Sundee Wislow from Friends of Troy Gardens (Madison, Wis.); and Dr. David Barnhill, Dr. Mike Lizotte and Dr. Jim Feldman, all of UW Oshkosh.
• 1:20- 2:50 p.m. The 10th Anniversary of Wolf Reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park, by Jim Evanoff, Reeve Memorial Union
• 4:30- 6 p.m. The Greening of Yellowstone National Park, by Jim Evanoff, Reeve Memorial Union
• 7 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. “The Portage: Reflection on Nature, Hisory, and Storytelling in the Making of an American Place” by Dr. Bill Cronon, UW Madison Professor, Reeve Memorial Union
  William Cronon is the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography and Environmental Studies at UW Madison. His books include Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature; and Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West. In this talk, Cronon explores the past and present landscapes of Portage, Wis., as an example of how storytelling shapes our sense of place. Cronon will demonstrate the ways that environmental history can enrich our understanding of the places in which we live, with the goal that listeners can learn how to look at their own hometowns and favorite landscapes with new eyes.

Wednesday, Oct. 5

• 10 a.m- 2p.m. Social Justice Expo, Reeve Memorial Union Concourse
  Sponsored by the Oshkosh Diversity Council and UW Oshkosh Department of Public Affairs.
• 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Wolves in Wisconsin: Where They Are, and How They're Managed, by Adrian Wydeven, Wolf Program coordinator, WDNR, Reeve Memorial Union Ballroom (227A)
• 4:30- 6 p.m. United Nations' 60th Anniversary Celebration, Reeve Memorial Union
  Sponsored by the United Nations Association of the United States of America Wisconsin Division.
  Discussion topics include the creation and current role of the United Nations in issues concerning ecological integrity, democracy, nonviolence and peace, and social and economic justice.
• 7:00- 8:30 p.m. UW Oshkosh Model United Nations Simulation: World Summit on Sustainable Development,
  Reeve Memorial Union
  Sponsored by the UW Oshkosh Model United Nations
  Model United Nations is a student organization which, since the 1960s, has provided UW Oshkosh students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in the areas of negotiation and diplomacy to achieve a broader understanding of the causes of disputes and the necessary procedures nations must follow in order to arrive at solutions to world problems.
• The world summit on sustainable development, held in Johannesburg South Africa, in 2002, focused on the issues of sanitation, expanded access to affordable, environmentally sound sources, and a review of the progress made since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the genesis of the Earth Charter document.
• [Wisconsin Partners for SustainAbility Workshops in River Center]

Thursday, Oct. 6

• [8:30 a.m- 5 p.m. Wisconsin Partners for SustainAblity Conference and Expo, Reeve Memorial Union and River Center]
  Michael Shuman will speak about vibrant local economies at 8 a.m. in the Pollock Alumni House; and keynote speaker Frances Moore Lappé at 10 a.m in Reeve Union Ballroom. Coffee and juice will be provided at breakfast. Please bring your own food.
• 4:30- 6 p.m. Wars, Energy, Global Climate Change and the Environment, by Winona LaDuke, Foundation Center Assembly Hall (old Newman Center on Elmwood Ave.)
  Sponsored by International Student Association, American Indian Student Association, UW Oshkosh English Department, Women's Studies Program, Women's Center, Religious Studies, and Env. Studies
  Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi Band of Anishinaabeg and the mother of three children. She is the Program Director of Honor the Earth and the founding director of White Earth Land Recovery Project. Leading Honor the Earth, LaDuke provides vision and leadership for the organization’s Regranting Program and its Strategic Initiatives. In addition, she has worked for two decades on the land issues of the White Earth Reservation, including litigation over land rights in the 1980s.
• 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Biodiversity, Wild Rice and the Slow Food Movement, Reeve Memorial Union Ballroom (ticketed)
  This banquet will showcase LaDuke’s White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP), a 2003 Slow Food Award Winner. One of 10 inter- national recipients, WELRP was recognized for its work to preserve wild rice, biodiversity and restore local food systems on the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. This is the only ticketed event at this year’s Community Summit (reduced price for students, come as you are).
  For more information or to purchase tickets ($15.00, $10.00 students), call Titan Central at (920) 424-1234.

Friday, Oct. 7

• 9a.m.- 1 p.m. Business and the Environment, Reeve Memorial Union, Room 202
  Sponsored by UW Oshkosh College of Business Administration
• 9:00- 10:15 a.m. Reeve 202
  Tim Dantoin, Keeping Score in the Name of Sustainability
  Sponsored by UW Oshkosh College of Business Administration
  Dantoin’s presentation will challenge participants to look beyond the real and rhetorical divides separating environmentalists and the business world. In doing so, participants will see how cross-fertilizing their values, ideas and practices will promote sustainability. Dantoin has more than 15 years of experience working with a range of public and private sector organizations to improve their environmental impact and energy efficiency, as well as their public disclosure and communication efforts.
• 10:30- 11:15 a.m. Reeve 202
  Economic Impact of Environmental Damage and Restoration: Wetlands
  Sponsored by UW Oshkosh College of Business Administration
  Round Table discussion facilitated by Dr. Michael Eierman. Representatives from government, business and habitat preservation perspectives will be featured in this round table discussion facilitated by Michael Eierman, College of Business Administration.
• 11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. Reeve 202
  Ned Ryan Doyle, REALITY 101: Energy, Environment and Economics
  Sponsored by UW Oshkosh College of Business Administration
  Doyle will be presenting a new economic vision for business based on sustainable living, including an overview of the rapidly growing green business industry. He began work in sustainability issues in 1979 at the original Mother Earth news magazine’s Eco-Village project. Since 1985, he has been involved in a range of efforts that encompass renewable energy, environmental protection and development of sustainable economic communities and regions. In 2001, Doyle organized the first Southern Energy and Environmental Expo; over the last five years, 25,000 people have participated in this event. He is also a regular participant in the Midwest Renewable Energy Association annual Sustainable Living Fair held in Wisconsin each summer. Both events feature businesses dedicated to renewable energy, green building companies and organizations, environmental protection and conservation organizations and sustainable economic development. Since 2002, he has produced and hosted the weekly public radio programs The News from BackHome and Our Southern Community. Doyle lives off grid in a hand-built, solar-photovoltaic powered, passive solar, earth-sheltered stone building in western North Carolina.
• Snacks provided, please bring your own brown bag lunch.

Saturday, Oct. 8

• 11:30 a.m.– 1 p.m. Earth Charter Community Summit Closing Ceremony, Reeve Memorial Union Ballroom
  Come celebrate the culmination of Earth Charter Week with a free lunch! Join Chancellor Richard H. Wells, the Earth Charter Committee, sponsors and other participants in an engaging discussion about how to further raise awareness of Earth Charter issues in our community. Participate in Earth Charter Community Summit International Uplink at noon. More than 30 Earth Charter Community Summit host cities around the globe will join together in celebration of five years of Earth Charter's existence, with a round-robin webcast featuring Earth Charter success stories from all over the world.