April 16, 2009
Earth Week events at UW-Stevens Point
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are again
taking the lead on Earth Week events held on campus. The activities
begin on Monday, April 20, and end Saturday, April 25. This year’s
theme is “Grassroots 2 Global Change.”
All activities listed below are free and open to the public.
Monday, April 20 Theme: Food and Consumption
- Lunch - Organic Pointer lunch plate special
Wooden Spoon, Dreyfus University Center
- 1 - 3 p.m. Campus Garden Tours and Composting talk
Sponsor - Sustainability Agriculture in Communities Society
- 1 - 4 p.m. Invasive species removal at Schmeeckle Reserve
Sponsor - Society for Ecological Restoration
- 7 p.m. King Korn (movie) – Theater, Dreyfus University Center
Tuesday, April 21 Theme: Transportation
- 11 a.m. Bike repair workshop and scavenger hunt – Allen Center
(outdoors)
Sponsor - Stanley Project and Outdoor EdVentures
- 3 p.m. Group campus/community bicycle ride
Starting at the Dreyfus University Center Ticket and Information desk
- 5 p.m. Bike scavenger hunt – outside Allen Residential Center
Sponsor - the Stanley Project
- 7:30 p.m. Julie Butterfly talk –Theatre, Dreyfus University Center
Sponsors - the Environmental Council, Society for Ecological
Restoration, and Environmental Education
and Naturalists
Association
Wednesday, April 22 Theme: Education
- 11 a.m. Associate Professor Paul Doruska’s natural resources class
(open to public)
Room 170, Trainer Natural Resources Building
- Noon – 3 p.m. Campus tree planting - Trees donated by Wisconsin
Public Service
Sponsors - Students for Sustainable Communities and Student Society of
Arboriculture
- 7 p.m. “Advancement of Steady State Economics,” speaker Brian
Czech, ecological economist,
Laird Room, Dreyfus University
Center
Sponsor - Students for Sustainable Communities
- All Day Green Campus Tours upon request
Contact: Katie Stenz at
ksten220@uwsp.edu
Thursday, April 23 Theme: Recreation
- 3 – 7 p.m. Native seed planting – Schmeeckle Reserve
- 3:30 p.m. UWSP Dance Team performance in the Specht Memorial Forum
(Sundial)
- 4 p.m. Schmeeckle Reserve trash pickup, corner Maria and Reserve
Streets
Sponsored by Public Relations Student Society of America
- 5:00 p.m. Shoreline restoration speaker
Ben Niffenegger – Room 120, Trainer Natural Resources Building
Sponsor - Society of Ecological Restoration
- 5 p.m. Biofuels presentation by Eric Singsaas, associate professor
of biology Room 211,
Dreyfus University Center
- 6 p.m. Green Man Group performance in the Specht Memorial Forum
(Sundial)
- 6 – 8 p.m. Learn to Geocash – Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center
Sponsor - the Geocashing Club
Friday, April 24 Theme: Green Living
- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Ecology Fair – Specht Memorial Forum (Sundial)
- display of local business green products
- local business sustainability efforts
- sustainability pledge
- presentation on local recycling regulations
- campus and community Master Plans
- UWSP Recycled Art winners announced
- 1 – 3 p.m. Knutzen Hall Green Room Tours every half hour
Saturday, April 25
- 7 p.m. Candlelight hike and student presentation – Schmeeckle
Reserve Visitor Center
(Coffee is served free all week at local coffee shops – please
provide your own mug)
For more information on UWSP’s ongoing sustainability efforts go to
www.uwsp.edu/sustainability.
