42nd Earth Day Celebration - April 18-20, 2012
Please join Villanova’s Earth Day Committee in celebrating the 42nd Earth Day. The following events are free and open to VU students, staff, faculty, alumni and the general public.
Wednesday, April 18
5:00 p.m. A Roundtable on the 50th Anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, Connelly Cinema
Please join Nova students and faculty from Biology (John Olson), Chemistry (Amanda Grannas), History (Paul Rosier) and Philosophy (Chaone Mallory) in a celebration of and reflection on Rachel Carson’s influential book Silent Spring (1962), which exposed the dangers of agricultural pesticides and helped inspire the modern environmental movement. Villanova students will read excerpts of Silent Spring in between short faculty presentations. An organic reception will follow in the Cinema foyer.
Thursday, April 19
9:00 a.m. Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research and the BP Oil Spill Falvey Library Speaker’s Corner
Sarah Tegtmeier, Oil Programs Manager of Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Inc., Delaware, will discuss Tri-State’s role as a wildlife responder to oil spills and the animal rehabilitation process, with a focus on the BP/Deepwater Horizon crisis in the Gulf of Mexico in April, 2010. Tri-State is one of only two US organizations that can professionally manage a response to a major oil spill and has a trained staff on call 24/7 to respond to wildlife contaminated by oil spills anywhere in the world. For more information about the organization, please see http://www.tristatebird.org. Continental breakfast included.
11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Sustainability Fair, Lower Level Connelly Center (indoors)
Eco-vendors, student environmental organizations, information about campus environmental initiatives and Green Jobs, alternative energy companies, raffles of Villanova basketball and football tickets, Dining Service samples, and other displays will take place in the bottom floor of Connelly Center. In addition, students in Introduction to Environmental Science (GEV 1051) will display the results of their semester-long research on Villanova’s campus environment.
11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Sustainability Fair Farmer’s Market, Lower Level Connelly Center (outdoors)
Dining Services has arranged for local vendors, including area farmers, to offer locally grown produce, breads, meats, beverages and other products. Cash only. There will also be a chef on site preparing free samples!
Friday, April 20
12:00-4 p.m. Student Earth Day Festival, Sheehan Beach
For more information, email Villanova Environmental Group (VEG) villanovaenvironmentalgroup@gmail.com.
Many thanks to the following co-sponsors: Falvey Library, Dining Services, the Institute for Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Honors Program, Center for Peace and Justice, Villanova Center for Liberal Education, Maintenance and Grounds staff, and the departments of Biology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geography and the Environment, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology.
