April 13 , 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY
The Environmental Stewardship Coalition (ESC) at Calvin College is filling the
entire week preceding Earth Day (to be celebrated this year on April 22) with
an array of earth- and people-friendly activities.
"There are so many issues involved in environmentalism that there's no way we
could do it all on one day," says Rachel Unema-Vannette, a Calvin senior
biology major and co-leader of the coalition.
The week's activities range from gardening to water conservation and from
tuning up bikes to mixing up homemade cleaners.
Things will get started on Monday, April 17, from 10 am to 3 pm at Johnny's
(Calvin's on-campus coffee shop) where the coalition will feature local
agriculture and showcase a range of locally grown products.
"It's environmentally friendly," says Unema-Vannette, "and it supports the
local economy. And you get fresher, and usually healthier, food."
On Tuesday, April 18, from 10 am to 3 pm, the group will again be at Johnny's,
demonstrating how to make earth-friendly cleaners from natural ingredients.
The rest of the week will include demonstrations on average water usage, a
panel of Calvin professors talking about their own earth-friendly lifestyle
choices, a service project in the woodlot at Calvin adjoining the Calvin
Fieldhouse, the screening of a 1972 film called "The Lorax," based on the Dr.
Seuss book, a bike tune-up and veggie burger cookout, and a cooperative venture
with the Michigan Student Environmental Coalition (MSEC) to do community
gardening for the Southeast Community Association.
The ESC hopes the variety of events will send a clear message about
earth-friendly living.
"We think that environmental stewardship is a really important issue and it
should be to a Christian institution," Unema-Vannette says. "Students may not
realize that their lifestyle choices also have an impact on the environment. So
we want to show ways that people can minimize that impact."
For the full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2005_06/earth_week.htm
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