Below is a current list of events scheduled during or around Earth Week at OSU.
Saturday, April 18, 2009 | |
| EarthFaire | |
| EarthFaire will include exhibitors, music, crafts, and playful creations. | |
| Hosted By: | Corvallis Environmental Center |
| Start/End: | 10:00 AM--2:00 PM |
| Cost: | Free! |
| Procession of the Species | |
| Procession of the Species is a parade where participants are invited to represent all kinds of species. There are three basic rules: no motorized vehicles, no pets, and no written words. | |
| Hosted By: | Corvallis Environmental Center |
| Start/End: | 12:00 PM--1:00 PM |
| Cost: | Free! |
| Focus the Nation | |
| A regional "Town Hall" meeting with federal, state, and local officials to discuss legislative action and support for blod climate legislation. | |
| Hosted By: | ASOSU Environmental Affairs |
| Start/End: | 3:00 PM--7:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
Sunday, April 19, 2009 | |
| Naturalist Adventure | |
| Carpool to a local natural area to see plants, birds, animal tracks, wild edibles and more. Adults and kids welcome. Rain or shine. | |
| Hosted By: | Neighborhood Naturalist |
| Start/End: | 9:00 AM--12:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
Monday, April 20, 2009 | |
| Sorting It Out: Trash Audits in the Quad | |
| What does our campus throw away that could have been recycled? We will empty OSU dumpsters to sort it out! Gloves and supplies provided, so feel free to join the fun on your break! And stop by the Community Fair Tuesday to see the results! | |
| Hosted By: | Campus Recycling |
| Start/End: | 11:00 AM--2:00 PM |
| Cost: | FREE! |
| Alternative Transportation Panel | |
| Come hear the latest developments in transportation options in the region, within Corvallis and at OSU. Speakers will discuss specifics of carpool/vanpool, transit, biking, walking and dynamic ridesharing. Plus time to get your questions answered. | |
| Hosted By: | OSU Sustainability Office |
| Start/End: | 12:30 PM--1:30 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
| Living Hat Contest | |
| Participants independently create living hats (plant or animal!) to wear around campus, promoting Earth week. Convening Monday evening to judge the awesomeness of each hat and declare winners of fabulous prizes. | |
| Hosted By: | OSU Permaculture Alliance |
| Start/End: | 6:00 PM--6:30 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | |
| Annual Earth Week Community Fair | |
| An opportunity for ~40 on- and off-campus groups to outreach to students and others as well as network with other groups! | |
| Hosted By: | Campus Recycling |
| Start/End: | 11:00 AM--3:00 PM |
| Cost: | FREE! |
| Call+Response Movie Showing | |
| Call+Response is a rocumentary featuring artists such as Natasha Bedingfield, Switchfoot, Five For Fighting and more. In this movie musicians come together to end Human Trafficking. Entertaining and educational this free showing is not to be missed! | |
| Hosted By: | The Student Abolitionists |
| Start/End: | 7:00 PM--9:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
| Climate Crisis 101 | |
| A basic overview of what the climate crisis is (the science of) and what you can do to reduce your carbon footprint. | |
| Hosted By: | Student Sustainability Education |
| Start/End: | 7:00 PM--8:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | |
| Potting and Seed Balling | |
| Starting seeds in pots for the garden and making seed balls for participants to take home! | |
| Hosted By: | OSU Permaculture Alliance |
| Start/End: | 12:00 PM--3:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
| Earthday Hoo Haa! | |
| An annual community event 7 years running! Free transportation from OSU to the farm every 15 minutes, free hot food, free live music, poetry, giant bubbles, planting 10,000 onions, human tilling machine, kids activities and much, much more. Hoo Haa! | |
| Hosted By: | OSU Organic Growers Club EARTHDAY HOO HAA |
| Start/End: | 3:00 PM--7:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
| GECO Speaker Series | |
| Come learn what OSU climate change researchers are up to! Dr. Karen Shell, an Atmospheric Science professor at COAS, will discuss Climate Feedbacks in Computer Models. | |
| Hosted By: | Global Environmental Change Organization (GECO) |
| Start/End: | 3:30 PM--4:30 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
| Blue Vinyl Movie Showing | |
| Award winning documentary on the life-cycle of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)-- manufacture, use and disposal issues. | |
| Hosted By: | CBEE Student Group |
| Start/End: | 7:00 PM--9:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
| The Call Lecture | |
| Guest speakers William Hillard, a Retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Special Forces, and James Pond, the co-founder of Transitions Global are coming to speak about the very personal and very local issue of Human Trafficking. Come, and leave changed. | |
| Hosted By: | The Student Abolitionists |
| Start/End: | 7:00 PM--9:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | |
| Simple Sustainability | |
| Come learn one of the most important and significant steps in helping reduce your impact on the environment! | |
| Hosted By: | OSU Women's Center |
| Start/End: | 3:00 PM--5:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
| Get to Know your Local Bicycle Co-Op | |
| Be prepared to eat wonderful food, meet other bike nerds, race around town on little and big bikes, win fantastic bicycle prizes, and learn how you can get involved. | |
| Hosted By: | Corvallis/OSU Bicycle Cooperative |
| Start/End: | 5:00 PM--9:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
Friday, April 24, 2009 | |
| Synthetic Sea, Synthetic Me: Plastics in the Ocean | |
| The Algalita Marine Research Foundation shares its JUNKride voyage to Hawaii to visit the plastic island forming in the North Pacific Gyre. Learn how the accumulation of plastic debris is impacting the marine foodweb and what we can do to stop it. | |
| Hosted By: | Campus Recycling |
| Start/End: | 3:00 PM--4:30 PM |
| Cost: | FREE! |
| Flames for Change Vigil | |
| A candle light vigil to rally together, support each other as modern-day slavery abolitionists, and celebrate the advances being made surrounding the issue of Human Trafficking. | |
| Hosted By: | The Student Abolitionists |
| Start/End: | 7:00 PM--8:00 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
| SSI Earth Week Party | |
| Games, Entertainment, Food, Fire? | |
| Hosted By: | Student Sustainability Initiative |
| Start/End: | 7:00 PM--9:30 PM |
| Cost: | 0 |
