Earth Week at UW Tacoma
Background
Earth Week at UW Tacoma is a result of the 2009 South Sound Sustainability Summit in which students, faculty, and staff agreed that more outreach was needed on campus to inform people of small, everyday changes to make for improving campus sustainability.
The first annual Earth Week celebration proved to be a huge success with over 300 people participating in these events. Click on links below for more information:
First Annual Earth Week (2009):
Saturday, April 18th Giving Garden Event
Over 50 student and community volunteers participated in this event, in which we doubled the size of the UW Tacoma Giving Garden to 8 raised beds. Learn more about the garden...
Monday, April 20th: Greening UWT
The greenhouse, Giving Garden, and future Rain Gardens were just a few stops along the way.
Tuesday, April 21st Toxic Tragedies
There was an excellent turnout for Guest Speaker, Arlene Blum, who presented Toxic Tragedies: Balancing Fire Prevention, Human Health and Environmental Protection. Blum is executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute and a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Department of Chemistry. Blum is a biophysical chemist who has taught at Stanford University, Wellesley College, and U. C. Berkeley, where her research was instrumental in banning two cancer-causing chemicals from children's sleepwear as well as the pesticide DBCP. Additionally, she has played a groundbreaking role in women’s mountaineering. More about Arlene Blum...
Wednesday, April 22nd: Compost Kick-Offand Screening of Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home
Free bins were available for the first 30 UWT students that registered. Faculty and Staff paid $30 to build a worm bin. Attendance (without building a bin) was free.
Wednesday Evening was the screening of Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home, a feature documentary about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time. The film was introduced by its producer, Andrew Nisker, and followed up with discussion and Q&A. More about Garbage!
Thursday April 23rd Garbology 101: Public Art Demonstration and Composting at the Office Workshop
Dumpster diving to see how well UW Tacoma is doing when it comes to recycling. Sadly, we failed the test. Learn the proper way to recycle at the City of Tacoma's website. (Please note the UW Tacoma can not recycle glass currently).
Composting at the Office, a workshop sponsored by the UWT Staff Association. Beth Luce, Public Relations and Marketing Manager, presented on how to compost at the office. If you are interested in participating in the UWT Composting program, visit the website here...
Friday April 24th: No Waste Picnic
Nearly 100 peopled joined us for a celebration with delicious, local food, compostable products, and absolutely no waste! Wraps were provided by the SWISS!
Contact Us
Do you want to get involved with some or all of these topics? Contact us:
Kayomi Wada |
Bridget Mason |
Pictures from Earth Week 2009!