How Will UNI Celebrate Earth Week?
Earth Week Celebrations kick-off at UNI this week. Here's a list of everything going on.
From University Relations:
The University of Northern Iowa will celebrate environmental efforts during Earth Week, kicking off Wed., April 11 and culminating Thur., April 19.
Earth Week is a campus-wide event that aims to involve the campus community in environmental action. According to www.earthday.org, more than one billion people in 190 countries celebrate the day each year.
UNI's Earth Week activities are listed below
Wednesday, April 11:
- Ride the Trails: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., a bike ride throughout miles of Cedar Falls' trails, starting at Mulligan's Brick Oven and Pub.
Thursday, April 12:
- "Clean Bin Project" Film Screening: 7 p.m. in the Center for Energy and Environmental Education. Join a young couple as they give up consumerism and produce zero garbage for one year of their lives.
Monday, April 16:
- Fun Run: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., a fun run on area soft trails, beginning at 29th Street and Walnut Street.
Tuesday, April 17:
- Wetland Cleanup: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., northeast corner of the Wellness and Recreation Center parking lot.
Wednesday, April 18:
- UNI Earth Day Celebration: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., outside at Maucker Union, celebration will include educational displays promoting energy conservation, waste reduction, recycling, pollution prevention, renewable energy sources and other environmental initiatives.
- UNI Sustainability Update: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Maucker Union Ballroom.
Thursday, April 19:
- "Wall-E" Film Screening: 7 p.m. in the Maucker Union Ballroom.
Full details of all the events are available on the UNI sustainability website at www.uni.edu/sustainability.
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Jim Corcoran
9:29 am on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
"As environmental science has advanced, it has become apparent that the human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future: deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the destabilization of communities, and the spread of disease." Worldwatch Institute, "Is Meat Sustainable?"
"The livestock sector emerges as one of the top contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. The findings of this report suggest that it should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. Livestock’s contribution to environmental problems is on a massive scale and its potential contribution to their solution is equally large. The impact is so significant that it needs to be addressed with urgency." UN Food and Agricultural Organization's report "Livestock's Long Shadow"
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Stacy Glascock
5:09 pm on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
I think UNI will celebrate by cutting another earth science program.......
Stacy Glascock
5:11 pm on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
or destroying a beautiful block of giant old trees on the corner of Hudson and University to put in a parking lot.