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Sustainable Environments and Ecological DesignEarthfest CelebrationFriday April 18th. Officers Circle, U of U.Nearly 90 4th and 5th graders from Columbia Elementary School in West Jordan will head to the U of U campus to explore Red Butte Gardens and learn about the environment, sustainability issues and their chance to make a positive impact! Come help volunteer any time from 8:45am - 1:30pm and teach fun hands-on lessons about gardening, the wonders of compost, recylcing, dance, soccer and much more! We will need help setting up, guiding the kids, and tearing down so if interested in mentoring youth, please contact Kacie Pecor at for more information or Alex Parvaz. |
Earth Week Film Series
Thursday April 17th, 3-5 pm. Union Theater.
S.E.E.D. and the ASUU Board of Sustainability are teaming up to show the whimsical documentary The Story of Stuff, an inspiring, eye opening! 20-minute gem that explores the unsustainable and unjust systems behind our global materials/Throw-Away economy, from extraction to production, distribution, consumption and disposal. Stirs deep questions about our lifestyles, the complexity and all encompassing connections between social injustices, environmental health crises, global warming, war, and…high-heel shoes?! This is a must-see, which can be viewed here...
SEED invites you to join the discussion and help create an action plan for change!
Monday April 21st, 6-8 pm. Union Theater.
The Power of Community; How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Come join us as we take a look at the amazing grassroots steps Cuba took following the collapse of Soviet Union to transition from a fossil-fuel intensive economy to a more renewable one based on bikes! green energy! and switching to more local, traditional, organic ways of growing food. Can Utah take on the lead ? We'll explore food security and the sustainability of the Salt Lake Valley and Utah food systems.
Moonlight Tree Planting
Friday April 18, 2008- 4:00-10:00 pm
Come help rebuild migratory song-bird riparian habitat with TreeUtah and a hundred other U students under the illumination of the glorious moon! contact http://www.treeutah.org/directions.htm for directions.
The WAKE UP AMERICA Campaign
Week of April 21st-25th
For Earth Day, student groups SEED, Orange Band and SPaCE are hosting an educational poster campaign about the all-encompassing theme of Sustainability, and how all of our service through the Union Bennion Center works towards the same goal in achieving social and environmental justice, celebrating diversity, eliminating hunger and poverty, and ecological restoration to create a healthier and better educated community.
During the last week of school, we will blanket the lawn outside the Union Building, sporting re-used campaign posters with the prompt "WAKE UP, AMERICA!...MAKE THE CONNECTION!".
If you'd like to contribute, come down to the Bennion Center and pick up one of the prepared posters. Share a creative message or image that conveys trends or issues important to you and help emphasize that to foster a more sustainable future, we need to holistically address the complex interconnections between all these issues.
This may only take 30 minutes, but will bring lasting awarenss at the U. Make one or more!!!!Deadline for submission: Friday April 18 by 5:00 p.m
Contact SEED Program Director Alex Parvaz if you have any questions.