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Wednesday 4/16:
Simple Things You Can Do For The Environment
Lunch with Barnard/Columbia Eco-Reps
Lerner Ramp Lounge West, 12-1:30 PM
Free V & T Pizza!
Keynote Lecture, Barnard Environmental Science Professor Stephanie Pfirman: Melting Arctic Ice
Carleton Lounge, 6PM
Free Ice Cream and Popsicles!
Thursday 4/17:
Environmental Fair
Low Plaza, 12-3.
Free food, Root Beer Floats, and FREE WATER (take the water "pepsi challenge" with bottled, tap, and Britta filtered water)
Protecting the Redwoods: Forest Activism
Lerner West Ramp Lounge, 7:30 PM
Yoni Stadlin, a JTS student, will be speaking about his time spent tree-sitting to protect the Redwoods (he's done it 3 times!).
Friday 4/18:
Green Bulding Tour of 4 Times Square
Led by Megan McNally, BC '10 EcoRep
Meet at Columbia Gates at Noon
Go behind the scenes to see the inner workings of a green building!
Groundbreaking for Community Garden
Pupin Plaza, 3-6PM
Sponsored by CU Food Sustainability Project and EarthCo. Free Food!
Saturday 4/19:
EcoTour of New York City
Come explore what makes New York City one of the most environmentally sustainable urban centers in the world with a FREE Eco-Tour of NYC. All transportation, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are FREE
When: Saturday, April 19th, all day (starting 9am)
Register: Email NYCecotour@gmail.com with your name, UNI, CU Affiliation. First come, first served, space is limited.
- Environmental Justice Tour of Harlem with WE ACT
- Tour of the world's first green residential tower, the Solaire
- A presentation from the Mayor's Office on PlaNYC, the comprehensive greening plan for New York City
- Enjoy FREE organic breakfast, lunch, and dinner from eateries in NYC
- Attend a carbon-neutral concert on the East River hosted by Solar1
Sunday 4/20:
Screening of Planet Earth
Low Steps, 8-10:30 PM
Sponsored by CUEBS, Bacchanal
Monday 4/21:
Going Green After Graduation
409 Barnard Hall, 7PM
If you're graduating or not living on campus, this is an event where you can learn great ways to be ecofriendly "without breakin the bank" once you're off campus. Refreshments (veggies/hummus/pita/fruit/ organic chocolate/ and more!) will be served.
Monday, 4/21:
Energy Economics and Climate Change in China: Recent Trends, Carbon, and Future Projections
International Affairs Building 1512, 6:00-7:30 PM
APAC Green Dragon presents a lecture by Trevor Houser, reception to follow. Trevor Houser, visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, is also a partner at China Strategic Advisory, a specialized practice helping decision makers in the public and private sectors analyze and understand economic and policy trends in Greater China, and an adjunct professor at the City College of New York. His areas of research include energy markets, climate change, and the role emerging Asian countries play in both. His current work explores the impact of climate policy on industrial competitiveness, investment patterns, and trade flows.
Sponsored by Green Dragon
Monday 4/21:
Hawaii in the Balance: Culture, Environment, and Sustainability
Carleton Lounge, 6:15 PM
Join Malama Hawaii, EarthCo., and Barnard Eco-Reps for a presentation and discussion of native Hawaiian mythology, values, and practices relating to the environment. Hawaii's environment faces many challenges from habitat degradation, development, and invasive species, and connections between culture and landscape that helped mediate the link between people and environment are increasingly eroded. What--both ecologically and culturally--has been lost? What remains? And what can we do for the future?
FREE DINNER
Tuesday 4/22:
Lightbulb Exchange-Swap you Incandescent bulb for a CFL!College Walk 10am-5pm
Sponsored by the Office of Environmental Stewardship
Tuesday 4/22:
Closing address: Water Quality in Bangladesh
With Barnard Professor Martin Stute
Carleton Lounge, 6PM
Sponsored by EarthCo
Free Bhakti Club dinner!
Harvest Dinner at Hewitt Dining Hall
Organic and local food
Tuesday 4/22:
Clean Car Policy Development: Creating Legitimacy for Low-Carbon
Technology in a Carbon-Intensive Sector Shannon Arvizu, Ph.D. Candidate
in Sociology. A short film, "The Electric Vehicle Revival," will also
be screened.
Mudd Rm 924, 6 p.m.-7:30
Tuesday 4/22:
Screening of "Planet Earth": (8:30, Hess Commons) - Join SEA in watching Planet Earth, the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning documentary about life on our beautiful planet! 2,000 days in the field, 5 years of production, over 40 cameramen, and 200 locations, all shot in high definition using a revolutionary new aerial photography system. Enjoy this ultimate tribute to Mother Earth in celebration of Earth Week! Food and beverages provided.
Sponsored by Students for Environmental Action (SEA)
Wednesday 4/23:
Cool Columbia Household Orientation-Cool Columbia, a programmatic partnership between Columbia University and the Sierra Club to create a culture of energy conservation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the University if you live in a University apartment. Orientation 6-7pm on April 23 at the Jerome Greene Annex (410 West 117th Street). Learn more at http://cool.columbia.edu
Thursday 4/24:
Environmental Science Senior Thesis Poster Session
Sulzberger Parlor (3rd Floor of Barnard Hall), 4-7PM
Check out the official online invitation here:http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/%7Emartins/sen_sem/inv_poster_08.html
Friday 4/25:
Change for Climate 2008
Schermerhorn Extension 5th Floor, 3-8pm
The students of the MA Program in Climate and Society (CS) at Columbia University are on a mission to spread awareness about the impacts of climate change on poverty, while at the same time raising funds for the Millennium Village in Dertu, Kenya.
Friday 4/25
The 11th Hour Campus Movie Screening 7pm
Davis Auditorium (Located in the Schapiro Building between Mudd and Pupin)
RSVP at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sebs/
Join us after the film for a Panel Discussion and Q&A with 11th Hour Action, local environmental experts and experts from the film including:
• Peter deMenocal (Columbia Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
• Matt Palmer (Columbia Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology)
• Kenny Ausubel (President of Bioneers)
• Andy Revkin (Author and Science Reporter at the New York Times)
• Omar Freilla (Director of Green Worker Cooperatives)
• Stephan McGuire (Associate Producer of The 11th Hour).
Sponsored by Scientists and Engineers for a Better Society (SEBS)
Sunday 4/27:
Cane Toads Movie Screening
Lerner Cinema, Lerner Hall 7:30-9:30 PM
Post movie discussion with EEEB professors
Sponsored by Columbia University Environmental Biology Society (CUEBS)
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