Earth Week 2006
Preliminary Schedule of Events
All events are FREE.
Event details are subject to change as we receive updated information.
Click here to download the Earth Week flyer.
Monday, April 17th:
Campus Climate Neutral Project
A lecture by Dan Worth, Executive Director of the National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS)
Problem: Reducing campus, city, and county greenhouse gases (GHGs) a full 90% by 2050 will be a difficult, long-term process that will take many generations, many hours of hard work, and significant financial capital.
Solution: NAELS' GHG Reduction Projects will engage hundreds of graduate students to catalyze high-level, low-cost, climate solutions for universities, businesses, and local communities.
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Atrium at the School of Public & Environmental Affairs
Urban Parking Policy: The Economic, Social, and Environmental Effects
Presentation by Dr. Donald Shoup
- Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA
- Internationally renowned parking expert
- Yale-educated economist
- Author of The High Cost of Free Parking
With a background in economics, engineering, and planning, Donald Shoup has focused his research on public finance, transportation, and the land market. He has extensively studied the issue of parking as a key link between transportation and land use, with important consequences for cities, the economy, and the environment. His research on employer-paid parking led to the passage of California's parking cash-out law, and to changes in the Internal Revenue Code to encourage parking cash out.
Time: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Showers Plaza, 401 N. Morton, City Council Chamber
To attend this event, please email your name, title, organization, address, email, and phone number to BTOP@bloomington.in.us
Sponsored by: Bloomington Transportation Options for People.
Public Forum: The Cost of Parking
Featuring special guest Dr. Donald Shoup, UCLA
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Showers Plaza , 401 N. Morton, City Council Chamber
Sponsored by: Bloomington Transportation Options for People.
Tuesday, April 18th
What We Can Have
A lecture by Dave Wann, a well-respected advocate of sustainable economics and production as well as a critic of "affluenza," a term he coined to describe the consumption-oriented lifestyle that many Americans lead.
Dave has authored
hundreds of articles and several books including Biologic,
Deep Design, Reinventing Community, and the critically-acclaimed Affluenza.
We are living in historic times, harvesting the benefits of a two hundred-year focus on technology, human rights, and expansion of cities and towns. The “reins” of this historic era have been capital. We make decisions of all descriptions based on money. But we find that our reliance on money as THE measure of success leaves out other critical values, such as health, a sense of community, environmental quality, leisure time, traditions, and in general, quality. We routinely ask “How much?” rather than “How well?”
Dave Wann's lecture will propose a different way of looking at value in the American lifestyle, especially in three areas: what we eat; where we choose to live; and what we buy. Join him for a provocative exploration of the social and environmental cost of materialism and over-consumption and what we can do about it. Rethink your own lifestyle in terms of expended time, money, resources, and human energy. Is your lifestyle giving, or taking, your energy? Do you know what resources it takes to sustain the so-called American way of life? What are the alternatives?
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Whittenberger Auditorium, Indiana Memorial Union
Sponsored by: Union Board, Council for Environmental Stewardship, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Department of Biology, and Bloomington Environmental Commission
Union Board presents Affluenza: The Epidemic of Overconsumption
Affluenza is a one-hour documentary that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption through revealing personal stories, expert commentary, hilarious old film clips, dramatized vignettes, and "anti-commercial" breaks.
Time: follwing David Wann's lecture, TBA
Location: Whittenberger Auditorium
Sponsored by: Union Board
Wednesday, April 19th
Environmental Protection in the Face of Population and Economic Growth
Keynote speech by William Ruckelshaus, First and Fifth Administrator of the EPA.
William Ruckelshaus served as the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, starting in 1970. He served in that position for three years before becoming Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1973 and then Deputy Attorney General that same year. He eventually resigned as part of the so-called “Saturday Night Massacre” of the Nixon administration.
Ruckelshaus returned to Washington in 1983 to head the EPA again, this time under President Ronald Reagan, before retiring in 1985. Ruckelshaus was appointed to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy by President George W. Bush. The commission was created as part of the Oceans Act of 2000.
Ruckelshaus is a native of Indianapolis, Ind. He was the Deputy State Attorney General for Indiana, served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, and unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1968 against former Sen. Birch Bayh, father of Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN). Ruckelhaus presently serves on the board for Cummins Inc., a company based in Columbus, Ind. He also is a board member Weyershaeuser Co. and Nordstrom.
Time : 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location : IU Wells-Metz Theatre, 275 N. Jordan Ave.
Sponsored by: The School of Public & Environmental Affairs and Cummins Inc. Visit www.spea.indiana.edu for more info.
Critical Issues in Environmental Policy
Join us for this panel discussion! Panelits include Bernard Goldstein , Professor and former Dean University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health; Marcus Peacock , Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Paul Portney , Dean of Eller College of Management and Former President Resources for the Future.
Moderated by A. James Barnes, former Dean of The School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Former Deputy Administrator Environmental Protection Agency
Time: 2:15 pm
Location: IU Wells-Metz Theatre, 275 N. Jordan
Celebration of Local "Green" Businesses
A recognition of local businesses nominated by students for their environmentally friendly practices. Mark Kruzan, Mayor of Bloomington, and Dan Smith, Dean of the Kelley School of Business will be celebrating with us.
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Kelley School of Business , BU 109
The Next Industrial Revolution
The Next Industrial Revolution: William McDonough, Michael Braungart, and the Birth of the Sustainable Economy
is a 55 minute film to communicate the work and vision of architect William McDonough and chemist Dr. Michael Braungart, two leaders in a growing movement to transform the relationship between commerce and nature.
McDonough and Braungart work with corporations with over half a trillion dollars in annual sales, companies like Ford and Nike, to redesign buildings, processes, and products to work according to nature's rules.
"When we follow nature's rules, growth is good," says Bill McDonough. "The question before us is not growth versus no growth, It is: what would good growth look like? And this is a question of intent, of design. What if we grow health instead of sickness, home ownership instead of indigence, education instead of ignorance?"
Using the stories of five projects that represent a revolutionary change in the direction of the human economy, THE NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION inspires people to:
Discussion will follow the documentary screening. See film details at: http://www.thenextindustrialrevolution.org
Time: 7:15-9:00 pm
Location: Wylie Hall 015
Sponsored by: Bloomington Environmental Commission, Bloomington Commission on Sustainability
Saturday, April 22nd
Kids' Earth Day Extravaganza!
Children & Family activities will be offered from 9:30 am - 1:00 pm in Dunn Meadow. Stop by to learn about Indiana bats, water cycling, water monitoring (Hoosier Riverwatch and storm drain marking), composting, biodiversity, energy, watershed protection, natural buildings, and ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle for a healthier community and planet.
You won't want to miss these fun, creative, hands-on activities!
Time: 9:30 am -1:00 pm
Location: IU Dunn Meadow, 7th St. and Indiana Ave.
Sponsored by: Council for Environmental Stewardship
SPROUTS Earth Day Ground Breaking Ceremony
We are having our ground breaking for IU's first student-run organic garden! Activities will include: digging beds, sheet mulching two new plots, workshops on vermiculture and composting, planting seeds, and transplanting already-started seeds. Live acoustic music and face-painting will add to the fun!
Come on out for a great day of gardening work and to learn how to get involved with SPROUTS.
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: SPROUTS garden site at 8th & Fess
Earth & Music Festival
Celebrate Earth Day by surrounding yourself with fun people & great music! All activities are in Dunn Meadow (6th & Indiana). See details below:
MUSIC: (1:30 pm - 11:00 pm)
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. To be announced...
2:45 - 4:00 p.m. Espaso
4:00 - 5:15 p.m. Baraka
5:15 - 6:30 p.m. Shaggy Wonda ( http://www.shaggywonda.com/index.html )
6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Money Bags Jones
7:45 - 9:00 p.m. Percival Pots
9:00 - 11:00 p.m. SPIRITUAL REZ
This 10-piece funk/reggae orchestra from Boston is taking the country by storm. They will be bringing their diverse sound to the stage at the Earth and Music festival this year. http://www.spiritualrez.com
SPEAKERS:
Andy Mahler -- 2:30 pm
Description:
EVERYTHING MUST GO!
The fire sale mentality that is undermining the very notion of public
ownership: the selling of the public forests and the privatization of other
commonly held public assets, including ports, highways, water and air; also
the new wave of citizen activism that is rebuilding the notion of community
and fostering a shared sense of responsibility for what we hold in common.
Paul Schneller -- 3:45 pm
Description: "Toward a Greener IUB." How can IUB become a greener university? Who can make that happen? This session addresses (1) the most important steps needed to make IUB a more sustainable campus, and (2) the role of students in moving the
university ahead. If thinking about global environmental problems has got you down and made you passive, here's an agenda for acting local - right here at IUB. You can do it.
Dr. Ken Richards -- 5:00 pm
Description:
Many of us are concerned about the quality of our environment.
Constructively addressing environmental issues will require different ways of thinking about policy, wealth, each other and ourselves.
Dave Rollo -- 6:30 pm
Description: As explored in "The Limits to Growth" report over 30 years ago, humans
are drawing down finite, non-renewable resources at a rate that is very likely to place limits on human systems in the near future. Chief among these resources is oil and natural gas, that make up the majority sources of world energy use. As we reach a peak in oil extraction and availability, we will experience an ecological limit that will require fundamental changes for society to adapt. The task ahead is to inform, educate and begin our transition to the new energy paradigm.
ADDITIONAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES: (1:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)
Mini farmers market! This will be more informative than for business. Several local farmers will be present to give away free seedlings and starts , promote local organic agriculture, and advertise for the Bloomington Farmer's Market.
The Bloomington High School Solar Racing Team will be displaying their award winning solar racing vehicles !
The Center for Sustainable Living/ Natural Building Group will have materials to make your own sculpture! This will advertise alternative building materials that are safe for the environment, cost effective, and of very high quality!
The Environmental Management Association will be selling Earth Week t-shirts !
The Residence Halls Association will be promoting their Going Green Campaign which has been incredibly successful in reducing waste in the dining halls and around campus! "I give a sh*t" bottles will be for sale, and can be used on campus and around the community.
Food and beverage will be provided by Bloomingfoods Cooperative!
Sponsored by: Student Environmental Action Coalition, Residence Halls Association, Indiana University Student Association
Environmental Film Festival: Movies for Earth Day
The Center for Sustainable Living presents a day of films about Peak Oil and community solutions. Popcorn and beverages supplied. FREE! Movies include “The End of Suburbia”, “Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladahk”, and “The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil.” Visit http://www.simplycsl.org for additional information.
Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Auditorium of the Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, IN
Sycamore Land Trust Earth Day Hike & Cleanup
Place: Lake Lemon Woods (Sycamore Land Trust owned property) North Shore of Lake Lemon, accessible from Anderson Road, driving directions to follow.
Meeting time if carpooling from Unitarian Universalist Church parking lot,
2120 N Fee Lane:10:00 am
Arrival at Lake Lemon Woods: 10:30 am
Agenda: We will introduce you to the property and the mission of the Sycamore
Land Trust and lead a hike, identifying the wildflowers that should be prime
at this time. Photography is encouraged. After the hike, we will have a
lunch. Each attendee is encouraged to bring your own sack lunch.
While we eat, John Lawrence of WildCare will show us a live Eurasian Barn Owl!
Following lunch, we will do a brief litter pickup on the property and/or roadways along
it. The program should end by 2:00 pm
DIRECTIONS (if not carpooling):
* From the Bloomington Square take Walnut Street north 2.8 miles (past the 45/46 bypass, down the long hill) to the stoplight at North Old IN-37.
* Turn right and proceed about 5 miles to Anderson Road (you will pass Bethel Lane and Boultinghouse Rd).
* Turn right on Anderson Road and proceed about 6 miles (you will pass Fish Rd, Shilo Rd, Forest Rd, Jack Weddle Road, Bean Blossom Rd, and Low Gap Rd). Anderson road turns south and climbs a steep hill.
* Bear left at the top of the hill (do not take Spillway Road) which places you on North Shore Drive.
* Take a right on North Bay Drive. If you get to Derrett Rd, you've gone too far. There is no street sign, but there is a large tan sign saying "North Shore Woods", with property owners listed.
* Drive down the short hill to the "T" by the lake and turn left on Wildwood Drive. Go down to the cul-de-sac and turn around to park on the north side of the street next to the SLT signs at the edge of the property.
Questions? Email Erin Hollinden at ehollind@indiana.edu.
Last updated:
19-Apr-2006
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