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Happy Earth Day!

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Please join UW for this year’s Earth Day kick-off event this Friday April 19th in Red Square, as we partner with UW’s Annual HuskyFest celebration! 

The Earth Day speaker program will open with Julia Parrish, Associate Dean of College of the Environment at 12:00 PM, followed by Anne Mosness from the Go Wild Campaign and then James Rasmussen from the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition. Student Regent Chris Jordan will present this year’s Husky Green Awards honoring and recognizing members of the UW community who have demonstrated leadership, initiative and dedication to environmental stewardship and sustainability. Additionally, winners of the Green Office Competition and the Campus Clean Up will be recognized. UW Campus Sustainability Fund Outreach Coordinator Kyle Murphy will tie this all together as the Master of Ceremonies. 

The 2nd Annual Trashion Show will begin at 2:15 PM in Red Square. Here is a preview video highlighting UW students and staff who were featured yesterday on King 5 New Day NW:http://www.king5.com/new-day-northwest/203222161.html.

The exhibition groups will take place on Red Square beginning at 10AM. 

UW Earth Club has collaborated with a variety of groups on campus to arranged a full line up for not only Earth Day, but for Earth Week, April 18th through April 27th. A summary of additional events throughout the week following the UW Earth Day Kick-off event is below, details on these events can be found on the UW Earth Day Webpage.

We look forward to seeing you there! Feel free to share this information. Website:   http://green.washington.edu/earth-day-2013 
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/events/615753595117500/

2013 EARTH WEEK EVENTS 

April 18th – Campus Clean Up

April 19th – Earth Day kick-off and Awards Ceremony, Trashion Show, Volunteer Restoration, Scholars’ Studio: Pacific Northwest Research, Free Admission to Plastics Unwrapped, & HuskyFest

April 20th – Earth Day at the Arboretum, & UW Women’s Tennis “Green Match”

April 22nd – Official Earth Day, Volunteer Ecological Restoration Event, Earth Day at the UW Medical Center, & Public Lecture: European Union Roadmap for Moving to a Competitive Low-Carbon Economy

April 23rd – Recycled Clothing Fair

April 24th – UW Trash In, UW Campus Market, Collaborating with Strangers on Sustainability Projects at UW, & Public Lecture: Plastics in the Ocean

April 25th – UWMC Farmer’s Market, & Meet the Scientists: A Discussion on Climate Change

April 26th –  Picnic & Campus Nature Walk, Pizza Bake, Film Showing, & A Humble Feast

April 27th – Earth Week Story Program

NOTE: If your group is hosting an event for Earth Week, and it was not included in this email, please send us an email at oess@uw.edu with information about the event. 

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The Campus Sustainability Fund and Society for Ecological Restoration are asking you to “Get Dirty for the Earth” this Monday the 22nd, Earth Day, from 10-2. We will be planting native species and removing invasive species. Come whenever you can for however long you can between 10-2, and head over to McCarty Hall and look for the big CSF sign.
There will be live music, free food, and free tree seedlings and reusable shopping bags for each volunteer as a thank you. Earth Day is a time to celebrate but also recognize the commitment and responsibility we have to the place we live. We hope you will consider joining us! RSVP on facebook and email uwcsf@uw.edu with questions. 

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[event]]: Earth Day Trashion show

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My name is Josh Cowgill and I am helping organize a trash themed fashion show for Earth Day on Friday, April 20th from 2:00 – 2:30pm (preparations begin at 1pm). It will be held in a temporary pavilion in Red Square as a part of Husky Fest.  We are looking for anyone interested in designing an outfit.  The design does not have to be original to this show, but should follow the theme of reuse of materials that are considered waste.  Mostly, we would like people to join in and to have fun!

So if you, your club or someone you know is interested in partaking, contact me (Joshua Cowgill) by email: cowgijos@gmail.com, or phone (206) 941-6042.   This will be great for promotion as thousands of students, faculty, staff, and community members celebrate UW’s 150th anniversary in conjunction with Earth Day.  Also, designers’ information will be posted on the special event website:  http://www.washington.edu/huskyfest/. 

The only restriction is that materials should be reused from what is typically looked at as waste.  Materials such as: cardboard, paper, plastic, glass, metal and maybe even food waste!  Seeing as time is short, the requirements for a piece are also flexible.  We can talk through an idea and see how it can fit in.

 

This event is open to anyone!  The idea is to promote students and clubs, and most importantly to change people’s perspectives of “waste.” Come to a design workshop on 4/8 and 4/15 in Gould 114 from 12pm to 4pm.  Ideas, help, and some materials will be provided!

 

So start looking at your trash differently.  Try to envision an outfit with every piece of trash. Then take it, and make it brash!  Show everyone that waste is only a paradigm, and much of what we consider waste is still useful.

Thanks,

Josh

[event] – ‘Tapped’ film screening on the bottled water industry

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What better way to celebrate Earth Day AND the weekend by taking in a movie with your friends? Join SEED for this showing of Tapped, a documentary on the bottled water industry’s effects on climate change, health, pollution, and oil dependence. That water fountain in the hallway never looked so good!

https://streamingmoviesright.com/us/movie/tapped

Open to residence hall students and their invited guests.

Time: Friday, April 22, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Location: Terry Hall main lounge

Sponsored by UW SEED

Questions? Contact SEED at uwseed@uw.edu.

This event was made possible by the Campus Sustainability Fund. Learn more about the fund at http://csf.washington.edu/

[event] – Earth Day Celebration at Gas Works Park

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Earth Day Celebration at Gas Works Park

Environmental Community hosts free event to support a Coal-Free Future for Washington


SEATTLE — Sierra Club, CoolMom, Earth Ministry, Washington Environmental Council and Climate Solutions will host a free community Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 23, from 11am—3pm at Gas Works Park.This event will be a great opportunity for the community and local organizations to come together and celebrate the tremendous environmental work that has been accomplished in Washington State and look ahead to future projects. It will also be a lot of fun with free food and great music.

The event will celebrate Washington’s anticipated transition from coal-power while highlighting the need to support the E.P.A. in its efforts to protect people across America from the dangerous pollution associated with coal burning and to make sure we do not export coal to other countries where no E.P.A. exists. 

What: There will be bands, food, great speakers and a fun make your own kite activity for all ages!

Who:  Speakers:  TBA

            Music: Moon Girl

Where: Gas Works Park located on the north shore of Lake Union at the south end of the Wallingford neighborhood

When: Saturday, April 23rd.from 11am—3pm


For more information on the Coal Free Washington Campaign please visit www.coalfreewashington.org

[volunteer] – Volunteer at the Aboretum with Student Conservation Association

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Join Student Conservation Association (SCA), the University of Washington Botanic Gardens (UWBG), and Seattle Parks and Recreation for a day of fun projects at the Washington Park Arboretum on Saturday, April 23.

Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. and then there will be a kick-off rally at 9:30 a.m. After the rally, the volunteers will head off to work projects until 3 p.m. Register to join us.

Get your hands dirty helping to improve the Arboretum. Meet SCA members and alumni, SCA supporters, Rotarians from Seattle Rotary #4, community members, SCA staff, UWBG staff, and Seattle Parks and Recreation staff.