Earth Week will happen April 17-23 and is a chance for members of the Elon group to look at their very own habits in relation to sustainability.
College students, college and employees are inspired to attend as many occasions as attainable for an opportunity to win Phoenix Money, hammocks and extra! Particulars of the Earth Week occasion and competitors will be discovered on the Earth Week web site.
Earth Day occasion schedule
Monday seventeenth April
5:30 pm | Acutely aware consuming | Loy Farm (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
Collect your meals at Loy Farm to arrange a seasonal, natural and native salad! Find out about conscious consuming, meals insecurity in Alamance County, and meals justice by movie.
19:30 | Yoga Membership x Sustainability: intentionality and mediation stream | Numen Lumen Sacred House
Be a part of the Yoga Membership and the Workplace of Sustainability for a meditative apply that facilities your thoughts and physique that will help you perceive and affect the world round you!
Tuesday 18th April
9:40 10:20 | Earth Week Faculty Espresso | Phi Beta Kappa Commons
Have a good time the earth at this week’s Faculty Espresso. We could have vegan treats (together with some non-vegan specials) and a wide range of interactive tables that will help you reside your finest sustainable life. Do not forget your reusable cup!
17:00-19:30 | Campus Kitchen Cooking Spherical | Lakeside Eating Room (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
Assist Campus Kitchen (CK) put together meals to ship to Allied Church buildings, a company that assists with housing and starvation in Alamance County. Campus Kitchen is an on-campus service alternative by the Kernodle Middle for Civic Life. CK collects unused and unserved meals from group companions, together with Elon Eating Providers, whereas partaking college students, college and employees as volunteers to arrange and ship meals to these in want within the Burlington group.
19:30 20:30 | Earth Week Keynote: There may be in all probability nothing extra significant than local weather motion Peter Kalmus | McKinnon Corridor
With the planet warming and ecosystems dying, it is laborious to think about something extra important than serving to humanity’s transition in the direction of biosphere stability. Peter Kalmus is a local weather scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (talking for him) and writer of Being the Change: Dwelling Nicely and Sparking a Local weather Revolution. Throughout this discuss, Peter will speak about how we will extra successfully have interaction with the best problem humanity has ever confronted primarily based on his expertise as a local weather scientist and activist. Convey your questions!
Sponsored by the Workplace of Sustainability, Environmental Research Division and the Kernodle Middle for Civic Life.
Wednesday nineteenth April
11:30am 1:00pm | Planting Seeds for Psychological Well being | Medallion Sq.
As the tip of the semester approaches, it is extremely necessary to deal with your psychological well being. Be a part of Counseling Providers and the Workplace of Sustainability for recommendations on how one can deal with your self throughout this aggravating time. Adorn a vase and plant a flower seed to brighten up the remainder of the semester.
17:00-18:00 | Queering Sustainability | GLC (Moseley 209)
Be a part of the Workplace of Sustainability and the Gender & LGBTQIA Middle (GLC) to talk about the intersections of queerness and the atmosphere.
21-22 | S’extra with Open air | Beck pool terrace
Be a part of Elon Open air and the Eco-Reps for a particular Earth Week Smores with Open air!
Thursday 20 April
17:00-19:00 | Get together for the Planet | Medallion Sq.
Have a good time sustainability with free meals, enjoyable actions and reside leisure! This occasion can even embody a thrift retailer the place college students can swap their gently used garments for brand new (gently used) garments.
Friday twenty first April
10:30-11:30 | Earth Week Danieley Espresso | Sidewalk of Danieley Commons
Danieley Espresso could have a particular Earth Week, which can embody regionally sourced produce and an opportunity to win some sustainable prizes.
13-16 | Working Hours Backyard Membership | Elon group backyard
Be a part of the Neighborhood Backyard Membership to assist with backyard upkeep. The backyard is situated behind Elons Hillel Home and Powell Home, close to the East Neighborhood. Please put on garments you do not thoughts getting soiled and closed sneakers.
2.30pm-4.30pm | Potluck for the Planet | Elon group backyard
Potluck! Picnic! Plant primarily based! That is an occasion for sustainability-minded folks to come back collectively and share a meal. Convey your favourite plant-based meal to share. Positioned in Neighborhood Backyard, behind Elons Hillel Home and Powell Home/close to East Neighborhood.
3:30 pm | Bike in Burlington | Koury Athletic Middle (REQUIRE MEMBERSHIP)
Meet in entrance of the Koury Athletic Middle and be a part of Elon Open air and the Workplace of Sustainability for a Burlington bike tour, the place you will take pleasure in ice cream whereas studying about native companies and why they’re an necessary a part of sustainability. Bikes will likely be offered or you possibly can carry your personal.
4pm | Discovering Consciousness in Nature | Patio Middle for the Arts
Be a part of the Pupil Artwork Guild and Eco Reps for a day of paint, meals and enjoyable! We are going to talk about mindfulness and intentionality in nature by some attention-grabbing insights and actions. We are going to meet on the again patio of the Middle for the Arts (close to Lake Mary Nell).
16-18 | Loy Farm Volunteer Spherical | Loy Farm (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
Volunteer at Loy Farm! Every spherical is exclusive primarily based on the seasons. All meals grown and harvested on the farm is both served within the soup kitchens or offered to group companions to feed these in want.
Saturday twenty second April
Sustainable Service Day (MANDATORY REGISTRATION)
Sustainable Service Day alternatives embody:
- 8:30-11 | Lake Waterproof coat Kayak Cleansing (meet in entrance of the humanities heart)
Care for the native Waterproof coat Lake whereas having fun with the great thing about nature. Kayaks, gloves and trash luggage offered. Put on garments you do not thoughts getting soiled and convey a reusable water bottle and sunscreen. - 8:30-11 | Peacehaven Neighborhood Backyard Workday
Be a part of us at Peacehaven Neighborhood Farm to scrub up the backyard! - 11:15-18:00 | Carolina Tiger Rescue
Be a part of us as we journey to Carolina Tiger Rescue in Pittsboro, NC and assist us with a workgroup challenge! Tasks embody clearing vines and shrubs from fences, erecting or dismantling fences, digging trenches for drainage or different gentle building duties.
12-14 | Hammock and Grasp Out | Lake Mary Nell
Be a part of the Sierra Membership at Lake Mary Nell in celebrating Earth Day by making hammocks, hanging out, and constructing pine cone birdhouses!
Sunday twenty third April
11am | Carolina Farm Stewardship Affiliation Farm Tour | Assembly in entrance of the Middle for the Arts (MANDATORY REGISTRATION)
Go to three native farms to study meals manufacturing in Alamance County and check out some native meals alongside the best way!
11am 1pm | Campus Kitchen Farm Shift | Loy Farm (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
Assist us acquire Loy Farm produce to be used in our Tuesday evening cooking shifts. Campus Kitchen (CK) is an on-campus service alternative by the Kernodle Middle for Civic Life. CK collects unused and unserved meals from group companions, together with Elon Eating Providers, whereas partaking college students, college and employees as volunteers to arrange and ship meals to these in want within the Burlington group.
