Calvin Celebrates Earth Week

Calvin Celebrates Earth Week

Summary: Calvin College celebrates Earth Week with a variety of events on campus.

Full story: http://www.calvin.edu/news/2008-09/earth-week/

A number of Calvin student organizations have come up with plenty of ways to celebrate Earth Week, April 20-24. The events include: a discussion, a film screening, a wildflower rescue and the Mad Farmer Food Festival - an event featuring the groundbreaking of a new community garden.

Brian Schaap, a co-leader of the Environmental Stewardship Coalition (ESC), is heartened that a number of student organizations have planned events for the week:

"To see (participation) coming from all over campus is encouraging," Schaap said. "Different student groups have different areas of expertise."

ESC, residence life, the Students for Compassionate Living (SCL), Democracy Matters and the Social Justice Committee (SJC), have all planned events.

The week's events kick off with a panel discussion on student activism and political involvement held at 7 p.m., Monday April 20, in the Meeter Center Lecture Hall.

Earth Week events will wrap up on Saturday with the Mad Farmer Food Festival, an event featuring a campus farmer's market, live music, fresh local food from Marie Catrib's and Gaia, and various breakout sessions. The event, held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Knollcrest East apartments, will also include the groundbreaking for a new community garden located near the apartments.

For a complete list of the week's events:
http://www.calvin.edu/admin/provost/ceap/events/2009/students.htm
Received on Mon Apr 20 12:22:47 2009