Earth Week events, 2009

Sunday April 19: Day of Action

Ecological restoration at Rydell Preserve, Menasha.

• 1:00 pm, meet in Kolf parking lot.
• Contact: Mark Mueller (muellm54@uwosh.edu)

Monday April 20: Sustainable Water

Peter Annin, “The Great Lakes Water Wars.” 7:00-8:30 pm. Reeve 227C.

• Peter Annin is the author of The Great Lakes Water Wars. (www.greatlakeswaterwars.com)

Wisconsin Review's spring reading. 7:00-9:00 pm. Reeve 202

• Readings of nature writing by several students from Douglas Haynes' Nature Writing, as well as a few other students, faculty, and staff members. 

Tuesday April 21: Sustainable Conservation

RuckusRoots: an environmental nonprofit organization that unites art and music with activism to form ARTivism. Our interactive installations give young adults a creative voice in the eco-activism community. Come check out the famous Octamasher, our collaborative audio instrument, and try your hand at making and recording electronic music with your friends! Daytime, Reeve. (www.ruckusroots.org)

Posters by students in Stephanie Spehar’s course “Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conservation.” Daytime: Reeve concourse.

Sarah Otterstrom, “Conservation in Nicaragua: Sustainability for the Tropics.”  7:00-8:30 pm. Reeve 227AB.

• Sarah Otterstrom is Executive Director, Paso Pacifico .(www.pasopacifico.org)

. 8:45 pm. Reeve 307 (Theatre).

Wednesday April 22: Sustainable Food

Annual Earth Day tree planting.

• 10:30 am: near the Arts/Communication building
  

Sustainable food and the community garden at UW Oshkosh. Daytime: Reeve concourse.

Earth Dinner. All events Reeve 227BC.

• 6:00 pm: Reception.
• 6:30 pm: Organic Valley farmer (www.organicvalley.coop).
• 6:45 pm: Earth Dinner.
• 7:30 pm: Sr Sally Ann Brickner. "Addressing Global Food Insecurity."
• Sr Sally Ann Brickner is Director, Peace and Justice Center, St. Norbert College (www.snc.edu/peaceandjustice/profiles/sally.brickner.html)

>> For this event there are a limited number of tickets. Tickets are free, but the suggested donation at the door is $5 for students, $15 for others. Tickets will be available at Titan Central (424-1234) as the event approaches.

Thursday April 23: Campus Sustainability

Celebration of Scholarship, with posters from the Environmental Studies Senior Seminar. 8:00 am-4:00 pm. Reeve 201-202.

Open Forum on Campus Sustainability. 2:00-3:30 pm. Reeve 227A

• Organizer: Almut Beringer (beringera@uwosh.edu)

Rocking the Earth: Groovitational Pull, 6:00-8:00 pm. Outside or Reeve Underground.

Friday April 24

Steve Arndt (Director of Facilities). “Clean Water Act, Storm Water, and UW Oshkosh.” 1:00-2:00 pm: Reeve 214.

Fox River Clean-up. 2:00-4:00 pm: Meet in Reeve 214 at 2:00.

• Steve Arndt will lead students on a clean-up of your Fox River by campus. (arndt@uwosh.edu)