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Campus Sustainability Week 2009
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| Monday, Oct 19 | Sustainability is “Exploring Your Involvement” |
| Tuesday, Oct 20 | Sustainability is “Determining Your Impact” |
| Wednesday, Oct 21 | Sustainability is “Preserving Your Health and Community” |
| Thursday, Oct 22 | Sustainability is “Creating Responsible Economies” |
| Friday, Oct 23 | Sustainability is “Conserving Your Resources” |
| Saturday, Oct 24 | Sustainability is “Serving Your Community” |
| Ongoing Events |
Please check back frequently as more events will be added.
| Monday, October 19th: Exploring Your Involvement | |
| 8am-5pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
T-shirt sales to benefit Mel Trotter. Stop by to buy an organic cotton t-shirt for only $10 to benefit Mel Trotter Ministries, which provides shelter, basic needs, and education for men and women in need throughout our community. |
| 9am-4pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
How to Get to Campus: Visit GVSU Transportation Department’s table in Kirkhof Lobby where they will present sustainable transportation options available to GVSU Community. Featured: Bus System, Biking. Sign up for 10/21 Bike Tour of Allendale Campus green areas. |
| 10am-11am Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: In Sickness and In Wealth. What are the connections between healthy bodies and healthy bank accounts? |
| 10am-2pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
Recycling Information Table. Pick up information on Grand Valley's recycling program and purchase a t-shirt for the upcoming RecycleMania event. |
| 11am-12pm Kirkhof Center 2201 |
Ethics, Equity, and Water.Drs. Paul Lane and John Farris, Co-Directors of Esteli Innovation, will lead this interactive session about a real dilemma they face in working on the water projects in Nicaragua. Participants will be involved in thinking about the alternative methods: philanthropic verses market based. The interactive session would end with participants presenting their recommendations of how they would proceed. |
| 11am-12pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
The Future of Biofuels. Come join the President of a local alternative fuel startup to explore the past and future of biofuels.The timeline from waste vegetable oils for fuel through soybeans and into the future with exotics such as jatropha and the not so exotic camelina will be explored. The move from food-based feedstocks to cellulose or grass feedstocks will change the way we think about fuel for our automobiles, our boats and even our homes. The presentation will include a review of the use of biofuels to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels including a history of growing technologies and use with a look at the potential for continued growth in the future.LIB 100 Event. |
| 1pm-2pm University Club DeVos Center 107C (Pew Campus) |
Going Paperless - Roundtable Discussion.A group of staff and faculty in a panel discussion about their successes and challenges to reduce paper consumption at GVSU. Presenters include Kirsten Bartels of Liberal Studies, Nick Viau & Dave Poortvliet of Institutional Marketing, Kurt Ellenberger of the Music Department, Todd Aschenbach of Biology, and John Klein of Information Technology. |
| 1pm-2pm Kirkhof Center 2201 |
Equity and Health Care in the Developing World. Is there equity in health care? Drs. Paul Lane and John Farris, Co-Directors of Esteli Innovation, will lead this session based on the August 2009 trip to Nicaragua focused on alternative healthcare methods. Students will be engaged in health care issues at the bottom of the economic pyramid. This is an opportunity to hear from faculty and students who have been there, observed, and even participated. |
| 2pm-3pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: In Sickness and In Wealth. What are the connections between healthy bodies and healthy bank accounts? |
| 2pm-6pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
Climate Action Table. Join Student Environmental Coalition to write a letter to your senator about Climate Legislation and take the Sustainability Pledge. |
| 3pm-4pm Kirkhof Center 2215/16 |
Going Paperless - Roundtable Discussion.A group of staff and faculty in a panel discussion about their successes and challenges to reduce paper consumption at GVSU. Presenters include Kirsten Bartels of Liberal Studies, Nick Viau & Dave Poortvliet of Institutional Marketing, Kurt Ellenberger of the Music Department, Todd Aschenbach of Biology, and John Klein of Information Technology. |
| 3pm-6pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
Women Achieve Bipartisan Success: Great Lakes Water Compact Panel Discussion: Women leaders accomplished great success in passing this important piece of legislation. Michigan State Senator Patty Birkholz and Representative Rebekah Warren will join us to discuss their joint efforts in passing the Great Lakes water Compact. LIB 100 event. |
| 6pm-8pm Cook-DeWitt Auditorium |
Wanted: Front Line Climate Ethicists – A Public Presentation by Andrew Light, Ph.D. Dr. Light is associate professor of philosophy and environmental policy, and director of the Center for Global Ethics at George Mason University. He is also a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. A globally recognized environmental ethicist – specializing in the ethical dimensions of environmental policy, restoration ecology, and, more recently, climate change – he has authored, co-authored and edited 17 books on environmental ethics, philosophy of technology, and aesthetics.Students from Introduction to Environmental Studies and Sustainability (ENS 201) will also display and present on their poster projects. |
| 6pm-8pm Loosemore Auditorium DeVos Center 122E (Pew Campus) |
Local Sustainability Business Leaders Panel. Sponsored by SAM International.A panel of speakers will discuss different sustainable practices that they use in the Grand Rapids Community to improve efficiencies consistent with Triple Bottom Line principles. The speakers will all be leaders in their area of sustainable practice and will bring a great amount of real-world experience to the Seidman student body. The panel will speak for roughly an hour or more and then provide networking opportunities for all attendees.Panelists include: Bert Vescolani of The John Ball Zoo, Mark Lindquist of Rapid Line, Eddie T.L. Tadlock of the DeVos Place, and Kyle Denning of Viability.Click here for a flyer with more info on this event. |
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| Tuesday, October 20th: Determining Your Impact | |
| 8am-5pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
T-shirt sales to benefit Mel Trotter. Stop by to buy an organic cotton t-shirt for only $10 to benefit Mel Trotter Ministries, which provides shelter, basic needs, and education for men and women in need throughout our community. |
| 10am-10:30am Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: When the Bough Breaks. The number of infants who die before their first birthday is much higher in the U.S. than in other countries. And for African Americans the rate is nearly twice as high as for white Americans. Even well-educated Black women have birth outcomes worse than white women who haven’t finished high school. Why? |
| 10am-2pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
Recycling Information Table.Pick up information on Grand Valley's recycling program and purchase a t-shirt for the upcoming Recyclemania event. |
| 10am-5pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
Campus Dining Sustainability Highlights. Visit Campus Dining’s table in the Kirkhof Center Lobby to learn more about their efforts towards sustainability and enjoy some giveaways. |
| 10:30am-11am Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Becoming American. Recent Mexican immigrants, although poorer, tend to be healthier than the average American. They have lower rates of death, heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses, despite being less educated, earning less and having the stress of adapting to a new country and a new language. In research circles, this is sometimes called the Latino paradox. But the longer they’re here, the worse their relative health becomes, even as their socioeconomic status improves. After only five years in the U.S., they are 1.5 times more likely to have high blood pressure – and be obese – than when they arrived. Within one generation, their health is as poor as other Americans of similar income status. |
| 11am-12pm Kirkhof Center 2266 |
Creating Responsibly: Sustainability in Marketing and Design - The GVSU Institutional Marketing Design Team presents on making sustainable choices when creating marketing materials for the university. |
| 11am-1pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
American Cancer Society Interactive Table. Learn about cancer and the fight! Attendees will learn a number of resources and opportunities to get involved with the American Cancer Society or simply gather information on cancer resources in the community. |
| 12pm-1pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
What Mommies Do Best: Green Parenting. As a part of the year long series, What Mommies Do Best, this session will offer insights into what it means to be a "green" parent. |
| 1:30pm-3pm Loosemore Auditorium DeVos Center 122E (Pew Campus) |
Green Building: Sustainable Solutions for Business and the Environment. Energy use in buildings is projected to continue to rise in the United States - where buildings account for 40 percent of primary energy use and 72 percent of electricity consumption. In this session, Chris Comperchio, business leader of the Trane commercial business in Chicago and West Michigan, will discuss the implications of this as well as give an overview of green building and green building technologies. Learn about the impact of green building and the technologies that make it possible as Chris shares real case examples. |
| 2pm-2:30pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: When the Bough Breaks. The number of infants who die before their first birthday is much higher in the U.S. than in other countries. And for African Americans the rate is nearly twice as high as for white Americans. Even well-educated Black women have birth outcomes worse than white women who haven’t finished high school. Why? |
| 2:30pm-3pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Becoming American. Recent Mexican immigrants, although poorer, tend to be healthier than the average American. They have lower rates of death, heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses, despite being less educated, earning less and having the stress of adapting to a new country and a new language. In research circles, this is sometimes called the Latino paradox. But the longer they’re here, the worse their relative health becomes, even as their socioeconomic status improves. After only five years in the U.S., they are 1.5 times more likely to have high blood pressure – and be obese – than when they arrived. Within one generation, their health is as poor as other Americans of similar income status. |
| 2:30pm-3:45pm Padnos Hall of Science 262 |
Carbon Sequestration Assessment. Want to learn more about how a carbon footprint is calculated? Join the GPY 410: Landscape Analysis class for a presentation by Kyle Denning of Viability, LLC on carbon sequestration assessment. |
| 7pm-9pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
Film: New Muslim Cool. Presented by the Muslim Students Association. This film takes viewers on a ride with Puerto Rican American rapper, Hamza Pérez, through the streets, projects and jail cells of urban America, following his spiritual journey to some surprising places — where we can all see ourselves reflected in a world that never stops changing. Brief discussion and Q&A to follow the film. |
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| Wednesday, October 21st: Preserving Your Health and Community | |
| 9am-11am DeVos Center 302E (Pew Campus) |
News and Views on the ADA Amendments Act 0f 2008: What Faculty Need to Know: A Presentation by Jeanne Kincaid. The Provost’s Office and Inclusion and Equity Division’s Disability Support Services have joined to bring Jeanne Kincaid, an attorney at law and recognized expert in the field of disability law in higher education to Grand Valley State University. Whether you are a professor new to teaching, or one who has been teaching for years, you will learn from Jeanne Kincaid what rules and requirements for accommodating students with disabilities have changed and some emerging trends. Please RSVP to acadsppt@gvsu.edu by October 14. |
| 10am-10:30pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Bad Sugar. According to Dr. Don Warne, a trained physician and traditional Lakota healer who works with the Pima, health problems like diabetes begin long before people get to the clinic or the hospital. While obesity and diet are risk factors, so is poverty. People in the lowest income brackets are at least twice as likely to become diabetic as those in the highest. For the O’odham and other Native Americans, the stress of living in poverty is compounded by a history of cultural, economic and physical loss, which researchers believe magnifies its impact on health. |
| 10am-1:30pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
Farmer's Market.People worldwide are rediscovering the benefits of buying local food. It is fresher than anything in the supermarket and that means it is tastier and more nutritious. It is also good for your local economy--buying directly from family farmers helps them stay in business.Please visit the GVSU Farmer's Market and enjoy a fall harvest of fruits, vegetables, music and the festive atmosphere of a farmer's market! |
| 10am-5pm Cook Carillon Tower |
T-shirt sales to benefit Mel Trotter. Stop by to buy an organic cotton t-shirt for only $10 to benefit Mel Trotter Ministries, which provides shelter, basic needs, and education for men and women in need throughout our community. |
| 10am-5pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
Campus Dining Sustainability Highlights. Visit Campus Dining’s table in the Kirkhof Center Lobby to learn more about their efforts towards sustainability and enjoy some giveaways. |
| 10:30am-11am Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Place Matters. Why is your street address such a good predictor of your health? Latinos and Southeast Asians like Gwai Boonkeut have been moving into long-neglected urban neighborhoods such as those in Richmond, California, a predominantly Black suburb of the San Francisco Bay Area. Segregation and lack of access to jobs, nutritious foods, and safe, affordable housing have been harmful to the health of long-time African American residents, and now the newcomers’ health is suffering too. |
| 12pm-1pm Meet in Rec Center Lobby |
Get your Work Out. Campus Recreation will host an interactive workshop on how to use your environment to get a great and effective workout. Certified Personal Trainers will teach you how to design a workout that is both great for your body and for the environment.Workout equipment will be provided. Please come dressed to workout outdoors. |
| 12pm-1pm Keller Conference Room (Pew Campus) |
Building Social Equity with Cooperatives in Nicaragua. There are over 800 million people involved in cooperatives in the world. This would be an exposure to one cooperative as it is growing from extremely simple roots. Dr. John Farris and Dr. Paul Lane, Co-Directors of Esteli Innovation, will lead a discussion using one cooperative as an example.Bring your lunch and come learn how this works or contribute from your own experiences. |
| 12pm-1:30pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
Responding to Violence: A Community Obligation. Sustainability is more then being green!It is about building strong and vibrant communities. We aim to give light to the challenging topic of violence in our community as an aspect of creating a sustainable city!Therefore we have brought together people from different backgrounds and expertise to talk about this issue. Presenters include Eric DeLong, Deputy City Manager, Grand Rapids; Ingrid Scott-Weekley, Equal Opportunity Director, Grand Rapids; Martha Cortes, Executive Director, Hispanic Center of West Michigan; Lieutenant Ralph Mason, Grand Rapids Police Department; Connie Bellows, Community Relations Commission, Grand Rapids, panel moderator. |
| 12:30pm-1:30pm DeVos Center 303C (Pew Campus) |
The Triple Bottom Line and Community-Based Food Systems. Cynthia Price of the Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council will explore how local community-based food systems not only deliver on all three areas of sustainability, but also support true democracy and allow us to be more in control of our own futures, steering toward health for individuals and the community. |
| 1pm-2:30pm Kirkhof Center 2201 |
Sustainability Strategies for Vibrant Campus Communities Webcast. Hosted by Andy Revkin, science reporter for The New York Times.Across North America, hundreds of campuses are reducing the environmental impact in their operations, developing curricula and educational experiences that address climate disruption, and incorporating the principles of sustainability into their strategic plans and core missions. Discover how institutions are finding opportunities in the wake of budget cuts and providing the appropriate campus infrastructure and knowledge to finance, plan, operate, and manage low carbon, energy efficient campuses. Learn how these actions are supporting broader community, regional, and national initiatives. Click here for more information. |
| >1pm-2pm University Club DeVos Center 107C (Pew Campus) |
Sustainable Community Service. The School of Engineering at GVSU has been involved in a number of engineering related projects in the West Side neighborhood adjacent to the Pew Campus. Most have been related to energy efficiency in buildings; all have involved building on personal relationships in the community. This presentation will be a brief review of projects and then a discussion of how such projects come to be. How can these efforts be sustainable? How can we best involve students? |
| 2pm-2:30pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Bad Sugar. According to Dr. Don Warne, a trained physician and traditional Lakota healer who works with the Pima, health problems like diabetes begin long before people get to the clinic or the hospital. While obesity and diet are risk factors, so is poverty. People in the lowest income brackets are at least twice as likely to become diabetic as those in the highest. For the O’odham and other Native Americans, the stress of living in poverty is compounded by a history of cultural, economic and physical loss, which researchers believe magnifies its impact on health. |
| 2:30pm-3pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Place Matters. Why is your street address such a good predictor of your health? Latinos and Southeast Asians like Gwai Boonkeut have been moving into long-neglected urban neighborhoods such as those in Richmond, California, a predominantly Black suburb of the San Francisco Bay Area. Segregation and lack of access to jobs, nutritious foods, and safe, affordable housing have been harmful to the health of long-time African American residents, and now the newcomers’ health is suffering too. |
| 2:30pm-5:30pm Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences Lobby |
Free Market. Join the Recycling Advocacy Club for a yard sale where all of the things are free! Bring things you no longer need, and pick up some stuff you can use. |
| 3pm-5pm Kirkhof Center 2263 |
News and Views on the ADA Amendments Act 0f 2008: What Faculty Need to Know: A Presentation by Jeanne Kincaid. The Provost’s Office and Inclusion and Equity Division’s Disability Support Services have joined to bring Jeanne Kincaid, an attorney at law and recognized expert in the field of disability law in higher education to Grand Valley State University.Whether you are a professor new to teaching, or one who has been teaching for years, you will learn from Jeanne Kincaid what rules and requirements for accommodating students with disabilities have changed and some emerging trends.Please RSVP to acadsppt@gvsu.edu by October 14. |
| 3:30pm-5:30pm Kirkhof Center 2250 |
Movie-"All Jacked Up" Angst-driven portrait of four teenagers who discover the truth about their obsessive, addictive, and emotion-fueled eating habits. All this brought on by their parents, schools, and our abusive food system that profits from them with no regard to their well-being. LIB 100 Event. |
| 4pm-7pm Recreation Center Lobby |
Water Bottle Giveaway.Campus Recreation will be distributing free water bottles to support the use of recycling water containers. The first 100 will receive a free water bottle. |
| 5:30pm-7:30pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
West MI Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council Quarterly Meeting. Five minute presentations by the potential new board members and then a tour of two to three campus LEED buildings. RSVP to Alicia Crawford at 248-709-0104. |
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| Thursday, October 22nd: Creating Responsible Economies | |
| 10am-2pm Kirkhof Center Lobby and Lounge |
Green Vendor Trade Fair. Join the showcase of exhibitors at the Campus Sustainability Week Green Vendor Trade Fair!Find out how social responsibility and sustainability strategies of some of our local vendors can benefit you.The exhibitors represent a wide array of green and healthy lifestyle products and services. Vendors interested in participating in the Green Vendor Fair should contact Ester Burns at burnse@gvsu.edu. |
| 10am-5pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
T-shirt sales to benefit Mel Trotter. Stop by to buy an organic cotton t-shirt for only $10 to benefit Mel Trotter Ministries, which provides shelter, basic needs, and education for men and women in need throughout our community. |
| 10am-5pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
Campus Dining Sustainability Highlights. Visit Campus Dining’s table in the Kirkhof Center Lobby to learn more about their efforts towards sustainability and enjoy some giveaways. |
| 10am-10:30am Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Collateral Damage. The lives and health of Marshall Islanders in the equatorial Pacific were disrupted in a unique fashion when the United States used their outer islands for extensive nuclear testing after World War II. Between 1946 and 1958, 67 atomic devices were detonated – the estimated yield equivalent to 1.7 Hiroshima blasts every day for 12 years. |
| 10:30am-11am Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Not Just a Paycheck. In the winter of 2006, the Electrolux Corporation closed the largest refrigerator factory in the U.S. and moved it to Juarez, Mexico, for cheaper labor. The move turned the lives of nearly 3,000 workers in Greenville, Michigan, upside down. |
| 1pm-2:30pm Kirkhof Center 2250 |
Film: Coming Home, E. F. Schumacher & The Reinvention of the Local Economy. In 1973, British economist E. F. Schumacher wrote "Small is Beautiful - Economics as if People Mattered", a book that offered a vision of an economy driven by a desire for harmony, not greed; an economy based on community and ecological values, not global financial derivatives.For the past three decades, the E. F. Schumacher has transformed Schumacher's ideas into reality in Great Barrington, Massachucetts and southern Bershire County. Coming Home documents the remarkable work of the Schumacher Society in Great Barrington and Bershire County. |
| 1pm-4pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
West Michigan Community Gardens:Connecting with GIS, GPS, and Multimedia - Poster Presentation and Display. The presention is an ongoing study on the distribution and structure of community gardens in West Michigan. The investigation focuses on the geographic location of community gardens as well as the operation and social dynamics. Integration of (GIS) Geographic Information Systems, (GPS) Global Positioning Systems, and multimedia will create a platform to network resources for community gardens. |
| 3:45pm-4:30pm University Club DeVos Center 107C (Pew Campus) |
Grantwriting 101 - Using Action Learning to Build Systems of Sustainability. Grantwriting, when connected with the tenets of boundary spanning, action learning, and social entrepreneurship, nurtures civic engagement. It moves students to a higher level of service learning where objectives are co-determined with community partners and are linked to meaningful and needed outcomes for sustaining programs that might otherwise be lost. |
| 7pm-12am Kleiner Commons |
T-shirt sales to benefit Mel Trotter. Stop by to buy an organic cotton t-shirt for only $10 to benefit Mel Trotter Ministries, which provides shelter, basic needs, and education for men and women in need throughout our community. |
| 8pm-10pm Kirkhof Center Lounge |
Fair Trade Coffeehouse Night. Bring your own mug and join Students for Fair Trade for a night of free coffee, baked goods and live music! |
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| Friday, October 23rd: Conserving Your Resources | |
| 7:30am-8:45am Kirkhof Center 2250 |
Sustainability Champions Awards Breakfast. Join us along with Mayor George Heartwell and Vice President Matt McLogan as we recognize and celebrate the sustainability champions on our campus. View the agenda here. Please RSVP to Emily Martin at sustainability@gvsu.edu. |
| 8am-5pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
T-shirt sales to benefit Mel Trotter. Stop by to buy an organic cotton t-shirt for only $10 to benefit Mel Trotter Ministries, which provides shelter, basic needs, and education for men and women in need throughout our community. |
| 10am-1pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
West Michigan Community Gardens: Connecting with GIS, GPS, and Multimedia - Poster Presentation and Display. The presention is an ongoing study on the distribution and structure of community gardens in West Michigan. The investigation focuses on the geographic location of community gardens as well as the operation and social dynamics. Integration of (GIS) Geographic Information Systems, (GPS) Global Positioning Systems, and multimedia will create a platform to network resources for community gardens. |
| 10am-2pm Leven Project Area DeVos Center (Pew Campus) |
Green Vendor Trade Fair. Join the showcase of exhibitors at the Campus Sustainability Week Green Vendor Trade Fair!Find out how social responsibility and sustainability strategies of some of our local vendors can benefit you.The exhibitors represent a wide array of green and healthy lifestyle products and services.Vendors interested in participating in the Green Vendor Fair should contact Ester Burns at burnse@gvsu.edu. |
| 11:30am-5pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
Humane Society of GVSU Table. A table promoting and advocating for students to take the most sustainable step in their power: adopting a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. Long-time vegetarians and vegans will be at the table to answer any questions students may have, as well as pamphlets, leaflets, and vegetarian starter kits for those interested. |
| 12pm-1pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
Readings from Wendell Berry and Conversation. Professor Gordon Alderink will lead a session of readings from Wendell Berry's work. Berry, farmer, poet, essayist, novelist par excellance has been a radical conservationist and advocate for sustainability/eco-justice before these words were invented. Join us in reading and conversation around favorite Berry writings. Anticipate a live encounter with the unexpected with the hope that such "conversations will continue long afterword to provide good company, when, in our complex lives, we need to think through what we should do and who and how we should be;"knowing that this is how we must be "if we would be a democracy." (E. Minnich) |
| 12pm-3pm Kirkhof Center Lobby |
Biodiesel Information Table. Stop by the table in the Kirkhof Center Lobby to learn more about biodiesel: what it is, what it is used for, the pros and the cons. |
| 1pm-2pm Kirkhof Center 2201 |
Green Curriculum, Green Architecture. This lecture will highlight the opportunities for integrating sustainability into the classroom, both in terms of curriculum and the buildings. |
| 2pm-3pm University Club DeVos Center 107C (Pew Campus) |
Sustaining Michigan. Rich Jelier of the School of Public and Nonprofit Administration will present on his recent book, Sustaining Michigan: Metropolitan Policies and Strategies, connecting the important links between sustainability and urban policy. |
| 2pm-2:30pm Kirkhof Center 2201 |
Ottawa County's Pigeon River: A Qualified Success Story. This lecture will highlight the results of more than a decade's work on restoring a local water body, the Pigeon River. |
| 2pm-3pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: In Sickness and In Wealth. What are the connections between healthy bodies and healthy bank accounts? |
| 3pm-3:30pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: When the Bough Breaks. The number of infants who die before their first birthday is much higher in the U.S. than in other countries. And for African Americans the rate is nearly twice as high as for white Americans. Even well-educated Black women have birth outcomes worse than white women who haven’t finished high school. Why? |
| 3pm-5pm Kirkhof Center 2201 |
New Energy Sources from Zynoc. Come listen to local engineer and teacher, Brad Kallio, as he describes the way of the future with uses of energy efficient vehicles, power sources, and gadgets that he has invented. There will be a brief powerpoint presentation regarding the needed change in energy use, followed by an outdoor demonstration of his prototype, the "Zykebike" - a fully functional solar powered automobile. |
| 3:30pm-4pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Becoming American. Recent Mexican immigrants, although poorer, tend to be healthier than the average American. They have lower rates of death, heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses, despite being less educated, earning less and having the stress of adapting to a new country and a new language. In research circles, this is sometimes called the Latino paradox. But the longer they’re here, the worse their relative health becomes, even as their socioeconomic status improves. After only five years in the U.S., they are 1.5 times more likely to have high blood pressure – and be obese – than when they arrived. Within one generation, their health is as poor as other Americans of similar income status. |
| 4pm-4:30pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Bad Sugar. According to Dr. Don Warne, a trained physician and traditional Lakota healer who works with the Pima, health problems like diabetes begin long before people get to the clinic or the hospital. While obesity and diet are risk factors, so is poverty. People in the lowest income brackets are at least twice as likely to become diabetic as those in the highest. For the O’odham and other Native Americans, the stress of living in poverty is compounded by a history of cultural, economic and physical loss, which researchers believe magnifies its impact on health. |
| 4:30pm-5pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Place Matters. Why is your street address such a good predictor of your health? Latinos and Southeast Asians like Gwai Boonkeut have been moving into long-neglected urban neighborhoods such as those in Richmond, California, a predominantly Black suburb of the San Francisco Bay Area. Segregation and lack of access to jobs, nutritious foods, and safe, affordable housing have been harmful to the health of long-time African American residents, and now the newcomers’ health is suffering too. |
| 5pm-5:30pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Collateral Damage. The lives and health of Marshall Islanders in the equatorial Pacific were disrupted in a unique fashion when the United States used their outer islands for extensive nuclear testing after World War II. Between 1946 and 1958, 67 atomic devices were detonated – the estimated yield equivalent to 1.7 Hiroshima blasts every day for 12 years. |
| 5:30pm-6pm Kirkhof Center Area 51 |
Film Series - Unnatural Causes: Not Just a Paycheck. In the winter of 2006, the Electrolux Corporation closed the largest refrigerator factory in the U.S. and moved it to Juarez, Mexico, for cheaper labor. The move turned the lives of nearly 3,000 workers in Greenville, Michigan, upside down. |
| 7pm-9pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
Local Food Cook-Off. Two teams face off to prepare a menu only using food from local farms. |
| 9pm-12am Kirkhof Center 2250 |
SUSTAINAPALOOZA.On the Friday of Sustainability Week, several GVSU student organizations will host a concert to kick back, relax, and celebrate sustainability. All around Kirkhof during the concert, student organizations will have information tables set up so that you can connect to other students who share an interest in bettering their surroundings. These organizations are perfect examples of students with the initiative, however big or small in numbers they may be, who come together in order to affect change in their community. Additionally, come and enjoy some food, drinks, and other sustainability related activities. Featured Entertainment: APOLLO, Midwest Skies, Broccoli & Ben, Euphoria, GrooVe, & After School Special.As well as several speakers informing you how you can help in your community including representatives from: Sigma Pi, ASA, DZ, Alpha Phi Omega, Student Senate, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, Japanese Club, Hillel, Grand Valley Students for a Peaceful Africa, Recycling Advocacy Club, Nursing Club, Sudents for a Free Tibet, Student Environmental Coalition, Desi Student Union, Pals Student Mentoring, Campus Ministry Small Groups, GV Sustainability Initiative, Car Club, & Eyes Wide Open. |
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| Saturday, October 24th: Serving Your Community | |
| 8:30am-3pm DeVos Center (Pew Campus) |
Make a Difference Day is the most encompassing national day of service - it's a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors and everyone can participate! Volunteers are bussed from the GVSU campus to non-profit organizations throughout the Grand Rapids community. The day begins at 8:30am and concludes by roughly 3pm. Register at gvsu.edu/service. Registration ends October 21st. See you there!! LIB 100 event. |
| 10am-12pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
Dominican Republic Service Mission. A promotional event to recruit volunteers for our Dominican Republic Service Mission , March 6th - 13th, 2010: construction and painting for desperately poor families and institutions that serve the poor; medical triage clinics; the visiting of homes to discover needs; and to tutor and teach basic courses in poor schools. |
| 1pm-4pm Kirkhof Center 2204 |
Best Management Practices Moving Us Toward Sustainable Stormwater Runoff at GVSU. This event will consist of a guided tour of the many new stormwater structures constructed on the GVSU campus over the last 5 years to reduce impacts due to stormwater runoff to the ravines.Dr. Peter Wampler will present data on the large rain garden near the new Turf building, the new stormwater ponds off Pierce Street, and many other examples of permeable concrete, asphalt, and other strategies to reduce the stormwater "footprint" of GVSU. |
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| Ongoing Events | |
| Zumberge and Steelcase Library | Green Library. GVSU's first Green Library is finally up and running! All staff, students, and faculty can utilize this tool for news and research on the topic of sustainability. To help the Green Library reach everyone, the display cases in both Zumberge and Steelcase library will showcase the new resource as well as present ideas for the GV community to be more green. For more information on the display cases as well as the Green Library, contact Toni_Jones@gvsu.edu. |
| gvsu.edu/housing | The Niemeyer Sustainability Brochure will be available through the housing home page gvsu.edu/housing. |
| Allendale Campus | The HUMAN Healthy Vending Machines. Representatives will be at Kirkhof with samples and information during CSW and the machines will be placed in Kistler, North C, Niemeyer East, and Niemeyer West Monday, October 26th. |
| Kirkhof Center 1201 | GVSU Student Food Pantry Food Drive. The GVSU Student Food Pantry, housed in the Women's Center KC1201, is a resource for students in need of short-term food assistance. The goal of the pantry is to be completely sustainable through donations from the GVSU community. We encourage you to consider a donation during CSW. |
| Recreation Center Lobby, Laker Turf Building, Kirkhof Lobby, & Mackinaw Hall | Re-Use a Shoe. Campus Recreation will be beginning our collection for old athletic shoes for the Nike ReUse-a-shoe program that will run through the end of the fall semester. Any brand of athletic shoe is allowed. No cleats, flip-flops, or hiking boots. Please make sure they are dry and free of mud. These shoes will be broken down and used to create sports surfaces such as basketball courts or playground surfaces as well as athletic equipment including shoes and exercise mats. |
| Kirkhof Center Lobby | Cell Phone Drive. The GVSU Women's Center is sponsoring a year long cell phone drive! Be green by responsibly donating your used or broken cell phones & cell phone batteries! The Women's Center will earn money for every donation - proceeds will be donated to the YWCA of West Central Michigan. |
| Holland Campus Study Area |
Sustainability Information Table and SPARKLE Bike Demonstration. S P A R K L E is using human motion on an exercise bicycle to enhance health and fitness while at the same time producing usable electric energy. The goal of S P A R K L E is to create and store useable electric energy while at the same time helping people understand the importance of fitness and health, and renewable energy. |
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