EARTH WEEK at MARQUETTE

2007

EARTH WEEK April 14-21
April 14, 8-11 p.m., Spring Concert, sponsored by Students for an Environmentally Active Campus

   AMU 1st Floor
April 19-20, 11 a.m -3 p.m., Spring Festival

   Under Raynor Bridge

April 21, 9 a.m.-12 Noon, Milwaukee River Clean-up

   Urban Ecology Center

2006
Monday, April 24, 7-8 p.m. Planting/Composting/Vermiculture Workshop.
  Learn how to recycle your food in order to revamp your soil!  Composting is an awesome tool to use for off-campus students and community members who have a garden.  Vermiculture: Improving Soil with worms! Come learn and go home with a free plant if you bring an item to compost!  (no dairy products).  Otherwise, donations of $1 will be accepted to pot a plant.  AMU 227.

Tuesday, April 25, 6-7/8ish p.m.
   Stories of Protest.  Ten professors will present their stories of protest and show that you shouldn't be afraid to take action! W153.

Wednesday, April 26, 12-1 p.m. Interfaith Earth Month Panel for Soup for Substance
   Two Wisconsin interfaith groups will present "sustaining our planet is a religious, ethical and civic obligation" from Catholic and Islamic perspectives.  AMU 252.

Thursday, April 27, 12-5 p.m.  EARTH DAY FAIR!
   We'll have our own "farmers market," baked goods, smoothies, canvas bags, tshirts, lightbulbs, bubbles, soap, a bikeathon, and lots more for sale! Central Mall.

ALL WEEK LONG:  Central Mall Bike Display
   Reduce reuse recycle theme.  Tshirts: sweatshop free tshirts on sale all week!

2005

Monday, April 18, 3-4 p.m.  
   Interfaith Panel, "Caring for the Environment is a Moral Issue:  People of Faith Working Toward a Sustainable Future," including representatives of the Christian and Muslim faiths.  AUM Ballroom A.

Tuesday, April 19, 7-10 p.m.  
   Poetry and Music Night in the Eagle's Cafe.

Wednesday, April 20, 7-8 p.m.  
   Talk by Ralph Bronner from Dr. Bronner's Soap.  AMU 254.

Friday, April 22, Noon-5 p.m.  
   Earth Day Faire with bands, Fair Trade craft sale.  Westown Square (between AMU and McCormick Hall).  

Saturday, April 23, 8:30 a.m. to Noon.   
   Milwaukee River Clean-up.  Meet at AMU 2nd floor couches to travel to Hart Park.

Saturday, April 24, Noon.  
   Race for the Earth.  Meet outside Raynor at Noon.  Sign up for race at information table in AMU all week or at Earth Day Faire.

Saturday, April 2, 5-6:15 p.m.
   Lecture on “Nature in Islamic Traditions and Poetry” by Dr. S. Nomanul Haq, University of Pennsylvania.  
   Center Hall, Islamic Center of Milwaukee, 4707 South 13th St. 

2004
Monday, April 19, 7 p.m.  RACE TO THE BOTTOM
     5k run/walk benefiting CoffeeKids Charity, $10 w/ t-shirt
     Meet outside Lalumiere

Tuesday, April 20, 6 p.m.  VENEZUELANS VS GLOBALIZATION
     Venezuelan leader and author Jesus Garcia speaks about corporate globalization, militarism in Latin America, and history and culture of people of African descent in Venezuela.  
       Esperanza Unida, 611 W National Ave

Wednesday, April 21 and Thursday, April 22, 7:30 p.m.  PERFORMANCE
      The Ballad of Love Canal is based on the hazardous chemical dumping that has caused numerous birth defects and cancer to residents surrounding Love Canal.
      Straz Theater

Thursday, April 22, Noon   INTERFAITH CELEBRATION OF THE EARTH
     AMU Westtown Square

Thursday, April 22, 1-4 p.m.  EARTH DAY FAIRE
     Bands! Fun! Faire Trade Craft Sale! 
     Westtown Square

Saturday, April 24, 8:15 a.m.  MILWAUKEE RIVER CLEANUP
     Meet at AMU 2nd floor couches with UPASS for a fun service morning of cleaning-up Milwaukee's rivers.

2003 "Love Your MUther" EARTH WEEK CELEBRATION April 21-28
Sponsored by MU Students for an Environmentally Active Campus (SEAC).  

Tuesday, April 22, 6 and 10 p.m.
     Performance of "The Lorax" in Straz Jr. Tower Theatre, directed by Theatre Arts major Lexi Klupchak and performed by MU students.

Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m.
     Ralph Bronner on "Magic Soap: Peace, Love, & Clean Business" in AMU 252.  Free soap distributed!

Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m.-Noon -- River Cleanup at Lincoln Park.

Monday, April 28, Noon-1:30 p.m. 
     Native American Spirituality and the Earth (music, tales, Loyola Academy students, and a "smudging" ceremony), AMU West Town Square.

2002 EARTH WEEK April 22-26
Monday-Friday
     Lunch hours:  SEAC information table outside at West Towne Mall (or AMU second floor if weather-prompted).  Obtain Care for America kits, an air quality newsletter, pamphlets on practical conservation tips, and other materials.
     "Get Your Butt off the Ground" SEAC campaign to promote putting cigarette butts in their place.

Wednesday
     7:30 p.m. WW 153:  Brett Hulsey of Sierra Club speaking on Milwaukee's public health issues; sponsored by SEAC.

Thursday
     Noon in AMU 227:  Soup with Substance featuring Irene Senn speaking on ecological justice; sponsored by University Ministry.
      5-6 p.m. in AMU 139:  Gathering of students seeking the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Ethics; interested students welcome.
      7:30 p.m. in WW 153:  Prof. Michael O'Hear of MU Law School speaking on environmental justice issues and Burke Scholar Drew Stuyvenberg's presentation on Milwaukee environmental issues; sponsored by SEAC.
      10 p.m. in St. Joan of Arc Chapel:  Eucharistic Mass with an environmentally focused liturgy, Rev. Joseph Mueller, S.J. presiding.

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