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Earth Week 2007 - March 19 to March 25!

  Lunch Evening
Monday
March 19
No lunch event FREE Showing Documentary:
Who Killed the Electric Car?

Discussion by Kate Alvord, author of Divorce Your Car.

7:00pm
Fisher Hall 135

Tuesday
March 20
Tie-Dye & Clothing Reuse Session

FREE bandanas will be provided to all participants to dye (we are only using non-toxic dyes).

12:00 - 1:00pm
MUB Ballroom B

No evening event
Wednesday
March 21
Brown bag lunch:
Faculty/grad student panel on sustainability research

12:00 - 1:00pm
MUB Ballroom B

Book Presentation: Gaviotas:
A Village to Reinvent the World

Testimonials from Peace Corps Volunteer along with information from Engineers Without Borders students and a current PhD student whose dissertation work is related to green building design. A full group discussion, and FREE copies of "Gaviotas" will be given away to participants (as long as they are available).

7:00 - 8:15pm
MUB Ballroom B

Thursday
March 22
Brown bag lunch:
Annie Bond's Household Cleaner Workshop

FREE supplies for all participants to make an individual "serving" of their own non-toxic "homemade" cleanser to take home with them

12:00 - 1:00pm
MUB Ballroom B

Annie Bond:
Presentation & Wildest Household Cleaner Solutions, followed by Q & A. If you would like to submit a question in  advance, you can e-mail us.

7:00 - 8:00pm
MUB Ballroom B

Friday
March 23
Recycling Info-session:
Where/what/how to recycle in the Keweenaw & on campus

12:00 - 1:00pm
MUB Ballroom B

No evening event
Sunday
March 25
No lunch event FREE Showing Documentary:
Who Killed the Electric Car?

Discussion will be led by the Students for Environmental Sustainability president,
Jeff Dambrun.

3:00 pm
M&M U115