EARTH WEEK 2010 at Lafayette College!!!!

Hello all!

If you’re visiting this website, I’m sure you’d be interested in coming out to some of our programs and events for EARTH WEEK 2010!!Β  A lot of them are specifically about the garden and local food! πŸ™‚

Here’s the schedule:

You are welcome to attend any and all of these events!

For more information, see our website: Earth Day.Org

We’ll be visiting the garden at 4PM on Wednesday as part of the tour and I’ll be presenting about it on Friday at noon for the Brown Bag on Campus sustainability.

Hope to see you there!!!!!Β  And Happy Earth Week!!!!!!!!!!!! πŸ™‚

Earth Week Events!

LEAP Photo Contest
Description: LEAP invites all students, faculty, and staff to participate in its first Earth Week photo contest! The contest seeks photograph submissions that spotlight the natural environment, such as wildlife or the landscape. The contest will be open until midnight on Saturday, April 18th. The top 12 photos will be featured in a 2010 calendar. http://moodle.lafayette.edu/course/view.php?id=3122

KEYNOTE: U.S. Environmental Policy, Kate Sheppard from Grist Magazine
Date: Friday April 17th
Location: Hugel 103
Time: 12 PM (Free Food!)
Description: Kate Sheppard from Grist Magazine (Ithaca ’06) will be here to discuss United Sates environmental policy being shaped by our legislators in Washington D.C.

Environment & Religion, Rev. John Colatch, Rabbi Daniel Swartz, Professor Herman Tull
Date: Monday April 20th
Location: Kirby 104
Time: 6 PM (Free Food!)
Description: College Reverend John Colatch, Rabbi Daniel Swartz of Temple Hesed Scranton, PA, and Visiting Professor of Religious Studies Herman Tull will be here to discuss how the environmental movement has been shaped by religion.

Environmental Poster Display
Date: Wednesday April 22nd
Location: Farinon
Time: 12 PM
Description: Come join your fellow students as they display their environmentally-themed research posters in Farinon.

Earth Day Celebration
Date: Wednesday April 22nd (Rain Date: April 23rd)
Location: The Quad
Time: 4 PM
Description: Come join LEAP as we celebrate Earth Day on the Quad! We will have a solar panel display, compost display, crafts, Frisbee, volleyball, WRJH, and homemade snacks!

Movie Night in Farinon: Planet Earth
Date: Thursday April 23rd
Location: Farinon Atrium
Time: 9 PM
Description: LEAP will conclude the celebration by having a movie screening of Planet Earth in the Farinon atrium. All are welcome to watch this exciting movie.