Earth Week has finally arrived and the Sustainability Office has tons of awesome activities planned for the coming week!
See below for a full schedule and buy yourself a Camelbak for 50% less than retail price at Collis!
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Please join the Dartmouth Sustainability Office for this year's....
** SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE DINNER **
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Collis Commonground
RSVP required: http://tinyurl.com/c3juq8o
6:30pm Dinner Catered by Maple Street
7pm Panel Begins
Why does Sustainability matter? How do you feel Sustainability and Social Justice connected?
Come share a community dinner and hear fellow Dartmouth community members talk about sustainability from a variety of perspectives. Four members of the Dartmouth community will answer these questions, as passionately as they can, based on their life experience and work. Discussion will follow at each dinner table about how sustainability and social justice are, or should be, connected here at Dartmouth.
Featuring panelists:
Professor Ross Virginia, Environmental Studies Department
Kurt Nelson, Tucker Foundation’s Assistant Chaplain
Gurveen Chadha, Dartmouth Class of 2013
Jasmine Kumalah, Dartmouth Class of 2012
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2012 Earth Week Schedule
Monday April 16th
~~**I’d Tap That Campaign Kickoff: Pledge to not drink bottled water for spring term**~~
Collis Atrium:
Monday April 16th 10am-12pm
Tuesday April 17th 12-4pm
Wednesday April 18th 12-4pm.
During Earth Week, Collis Café will not be selling bottled water and instead selling reusable Camelbak bottles for 50% less than their retail price! You can use DBA!
~~**Screening of “Tapped”**~~
7pm, Collis Commonground
Free pizza, organic farm salad, desserts, and popcorn will be served!
~~**Green Greeks Ecolympics!!**~~
Support your greek houses by attending Earth Week events! Winner will be announced at the Dartmouth Lorax Awards!
Tuesday, April 17th
When Women Were Birds
Public Reading by Terry Tempest Williams
7pm, Filene Auditorium
Wednesday April 18th
~~**Sustainability and Social Justice Dinner**~~
6:30pm, Collis Commonground, Catered by Maple Street Catering
Why does Sustainability matter? How do you feel sustainability and social justice are connected?
Please RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/c3juq8o
SPEAKERS:
Professor Ross Virginia, Environmental Studies Department
Kurt Nelson, Tucker Foundation’s Assistant Chaplain
Gurveen Chadha, Dartmouth Class of 2013
Jasmine Kumalah, Dartmouth Class of 2012
Co-sponsored by the Inter-Community Council
Thursday April 19th
~~**Sustainability Solutions Cafe**~~
12-1:30pm, Fairchild Lobby: “Integrating Renewables: Challenges and Opportunities”
Featuring: Hugo Chandler, New Resource Partners & J. Charles Smith, Wind Utility Integration Group
More info: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~envs/about/sustcafe.html
~~**Real Foods Dinner at ’53 Commons**~~
5:30pm -- 7:30pm
Come to ’53 commons for dinner and see what kind of real food is being served at Dartmouth
The Sustainability Office’s Food Interns will be at ’53 Commons during dinnertime to talk to you about Real Food at Dartmouth. For more information visit realfoodchallenge.org<http://realfoodchallenge.org/>
Saturday April 21st
~~**Dartmouth Lorax Awards**~~
5pm, Reception in Top of the Hop
6pm, Awards ceremony in Alumni Hall
Food, Cash Bar, Photobooth, the Big Green Bus, performances by Sing Dynasty and Subtleties, door prizes and more! Formal/Flair attire encouraged.
Co-Sponsored by: AD, AZD, Chi Gam, Herot, EKT, KD, KDE, Psi U, SAE, Sigma Delt, and TDX
Sunday, April 22nd
~~**Earth Day Concert: Tumbling Bones**~~
6--8pm, One Wheelock
Bluegrass music for the soul sponsored by Programming Board, Green Groups Directorate and the Sustainability Office!
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