Volunteers needed for Earth Week! Join the celebration!

[Norris, Andrea]

Announcements

• The 10^th Annual Earth Week starts this Saturday! See the bottom of this email for a full event lineup.
• Check out THIS ARTICLE about Campus Recycling’s new partnership with PlantMyPhone to recycle cell phones and plant trees!

 

Volunteer Opportunities

Corvallis EarthFaire – Tabling & Flyering

• Sat, 4/17, 10am-2 pm (sign up for any shift 1 hour or longer, help especially needed 12-2 pm)
• Downtown Corvallis at 1^st & Monroe
• Volunteers needed at our booth, educating attendees about recycling and our upcoming Earth Week celebration, as well as volunteers to pass out Earth Week flyers.
• Contact: Andrea Norris, 541-737-5398

 

Earth Week Community Fair – Set Up & Tear Down

• Mon, 4/19, 9-11 am and 3-4 pm
• Memorial Union Quad    
• Volunteers needed to arrange and label tables before the fair and pack up materials and equipment at the end of the fair.
• Contact: Andrea Norris, 541-737-5398

 

Earth Week Community Fair – Tabling & Flyering

• Mon, 4/19, 11 am – 3 pm (sign up for any shift 1 hour or longer)
• Memorial Union Quad    
• Volunteers needed at our booth, educating attendees about recycling and our upcoming Earth Week celebration, as well as volunteers to pass out Earth Week flyers.
• Contact: Andrea Norris, 541-737-5398

 

Waste Audit – Audit Volunteers

• Wed, 4/21, 1-4 pm (sign up for any time, for any length of time)
• On Campus Way between 26^th & 30^th, near the ALS-Cordley sky bridge
• What does OSU throw away that could have been recycled? Let's find out! We will empty OSU dumpsters & sort by material; gloves & supplies provided. You dig?
• Contact: Andrea Norris, 541-737-5398

 

PlantMyPhone – Hanging Posters

• On your own time, starting Mon, 4/26
• Posters available from Campus Recycling, 644 SW 13^th St
• Campus Recycling has paired up with PlantMyPhone to collect broken/unwanted cell phones, which will be refurbished or recycled, and the money collected will go toward planting trees! Help us spread awareness of the program by hanging posters on campus and around town. We will create a rough list of places, you can pick out where to hang them and cross them off the list. Please contact Andrea ahead of time to sign up.
• Contact: Andrea Norris, 541-737-5398

 

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The 10th Annual EARTH WEEK is Here!

http://recycle.oregonstate.edu/earthday

 

Saturday, April 17, 2010

 

Dunawi Creek Stream Enhancement Project

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Starker Arts Park (45th & Country Club Dr)

Remove invasive ivy from this community stream. Tools provided. Event by the City of Corvallis Stormwater Program.

 

EarthFaire

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Downtown at 1st & Monroe

Music and activities for all ages and info from community organizations. Event by the Corvallis Environmental Center.

 

Monday, April 19, 2010

 

10th Annual Earth Week Community Fair

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Memorial Union Quad

Annual fair of 40+ environmental groups and activities. Event by Campus Recycling.

 

Living Hats

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Student Sustainability Center, 738 SW 15th St

Create a living hat to wear your support for Earth Week. You bring the hat, we provide materials. Event by the Permaculture Alliance.

 

It IS Easy Being Green

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Kearney 112

A practical conversation about sustainability in everyday living. Event by ASOSU Environmental Affairs.

 

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

 

Sustainability, Recycling, and Greenness Awareness

7:45 - 9:45 am

Memorial Union Quad, by the MU steps

Come find out if you’re living sustainably! Event by the GEO 300 Recycling Education group.

 

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

 

Trash Survey: Let's Sort Things Out!

1:00-4:00 pm

Campus Way between 26th & 30th

Sort through campus waste to see what we’re throwing away and rescue recyclables. Materials provided. Event by Campus Recycling.

 

Addicted to Plastics

4:00-6:00 pm

Strand Agriculture 233

Film showing and discussion about our addiction to plastics and what can be done. Event by the CBEE Student Group.

 

Thursday, April 22, 2010

 

Earthday Hoo Haa

3:00-7:00 pm

OSU Organic Growers Club Student Farm

Food, music, and onion planting! Free shuttle leaves the MU Bookstore every 15 minutes. Farm is located 1 mile East of the Willamette River off Highway 34 to the south - look for the balloons! Event by the OSU Organic Growers Club.

 

Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture Tour

3:00-5:00 pm

OSU Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture

Tour the new grow tunnels, green roofs, and pollinator projects. Catch the Hoo Haa shuttle to this event, which leaves the MU Bookstore every 15 min on its way out to the farm.  Located off 35th St between Western and Washington. Event by the Department of Horticulture.

 

Student Sustainability Center Open House

4:00-5:30 pm

Student Sustainability Center, 738 SW 15th St

Check out the center and enjoy food and conversation. At the end of the event, a shuttle will be leaving to the Hoo Haa! Event by the Student Sustainability Initiative.

 

Changing Planet: Where Energy and Climate Collide

7:00-8:30 pm

LaSells Stewart Center Austin Auditorium

Dennis Dimick, Executive Editor of National Geographic Magazine, discusses climate change science and solutions. Event by the Gov. Tom McCall Memorial Lecture Series.

 

Water Challenge Kickoff & Screening of “Flow”

7:00-9:00 pm

Milam Auditorium

Film screening and the kick-off of our Water Challenge. Event by Engineers Without Borders-OSU.

 

Sunday, April 25, 2010

 

Luther House Earth Week Challenge

Various times and locations - please view full listings HERE

Ten separate events organized by the Luther House, including a 5K run, 10-mile bike ride, disc golf competition, worm bin workshop, and more! View full list of events here.

 

 

Earth Week is sponsored by Campus Recycling, the Student Sustainability Initiative, and ASOSU Environmental Affairs.

 

More info at http://recycle.oregonstate.edu/earthday

 

Cheers!

Andrea Norris

Recycling Program Assistant

OSU Business Services - Campus Recycling

644 SW 13th St Corvallis, OR 97333

Office: (541) 737-5398

Cell: (541) 908-0936

Fax: (541) 737-2170

Andrea...@oregonstate.edu

http://recycle.oregonstate.edu

 

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