Sustainability Month 2014
Stockton Campus Recap:
Stockton Campus Events, April 2014:
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Art and Design for People and Planet, March 19th - April 3rd 9:00 am - 4:30 pmThe Reynolds Gallery Sustaining Pacific teamed up with the Art and Graphic Design Department and ASuop to create a sustainable art show where students, faculty, staff and community submitted pieces of art that illustrated sustainability as a whole and how humans interact with nature. |
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Earth Day Festival, April 6th 10:00 am - 4:00 p.m.Victory Park Theme: "Living Water Wise" Enjoy delicious, healthy food with friends and family at the 25th Annual Stockton Earth Day festival! Featuring a family fun bike ride, live music and entertainment, and free admission! Learn More>> |
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April 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.Bechtel Center Free and open to the public, we will have guest speakers every Friday speak about different issues underlying the current global food system. Fair Trade is a certification program that works to ensure a standard of living for small farm owners and workers in international countries. Friday April 4th, we will discuss the intricacies of purchasing through the lenses of Bon Appetit (international food provider) and our purchasing department on campus. April 11th, we will have Bing Kirk of Jesus Mountain Roastery, a local roastery, and Aaron Lange of LangeTwins Winery of Lodi, CA. Both are small producers working in their fields to ensure the highest standards are met in regards to their product and environmental impacts. LangeTwins Winery is Green Certified through Lodi's Sustainability Certification program. April 18th, we will have Dr. Camilla Saviz and Dr. Ron Hoverstad of Pacific discussing what it means to become a Fair Trade University. We will also have Selina Schweitzer from UC Davis Fair Trade Coalition come and speak about the challenges UC Davis has faced to become a Fair Trade University. Our last Forum will have Eric Firpos of Boggs Tract Farm discussing their CSA and direct purchasing of produce by consumers. As well as a representative from the Farmers' Market Alliance. |
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Spring Seed Swap, April 22nd 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmthe Ted and Chris Robb Garden and Alumni House, near the Reynolds Gallery, Geosciences and Psychology Building The Spring Seed Swap invites students, faculty, staff and community to partake in a one day seeds, seedlings, transplants and garden goods exchange! We will have a Sunset Salutation by Multi-faith Chaplain Joel Lohr, a 15 minute in-your-jeans-yoga by Stesha Khan, Flautist, a Strawberry Jam workshop by Master Preserver and alumna Linda Driver, and a Food and Hunger Conversation led by Dr. Allison Alkon of Sociology and Kimberly Dandy of St Mary's Dining Hall. All of these events will be taking place simultaneously to the Seed Swap, so attendees are invited to enjoy each of them or stay at the Seed Swap! There will be light refreshments. |
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Beehive Collective Story Telling, April 24th 5:30 pm - 7:30 pmWPC Courtyard and WPC 140 Join us in WPC Courtyard for a light reception prior to the Beehive Collective storytelling of "The True Cost of Coal." The Beehive Collective is "a wildly motivated, all-volunteer, activist arts collective dedicated to "cross-pollinating the grassroots" by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools." Check them out here: Beehive Collective Website. |
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Green Fashion Show, April 25th
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SEA Earth Day Celebration, April 27th12:00 pm - 6:00 pmDUC LawnPacific Students for Environmental Action invites students to come celebrate Earth Day with them by painting a free canvas bag (limited to the first 100), participate in a free raffle and enter into eco-friendly food giveaways! They will be on the DeRosa University Center Lawn from 12 to 6pm so students can come out anytime! See you there! |
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