Friday April 22, 2011

Red Square

Event Schedule
Earth Day 2011 Celebration
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM Exhibitors
11:30 AM Music
12:00 PM Welcome!
  Opening remarks from Senior Vice President V'Ella Warren
  Celebration remarks from Campus Sustainability Fund
  Campus Clean Up Winners
  Keynote Speaker from the Climate Project 
12:30 PM 2011 Husky Green Award Ceremony
1:00 PM More Music
Additional Programs
  • Submit your Act of Green.
  • Campus Clean Up sponsored by Dasani and Honest Tea April 21, 2011. (more info)
  • Check out the UW Bothell Earth Day Event on April 21, 2011.
  • Come watch Tapped with your residence hall friends April 22, 2011.
  • Earth Day Poetry Slam open mic with the Society for Ecological Restoration April 22, 2011.
  • Volunteer at the Washington Park Arboretum with the Student Conservation Association, UW Botanic Gardens, and Seattle Parks & Recreation, April 23, 2011. (more info)
  • Volunteer with EarthCorps at Golden Gardens, Juanita Bay Park, or Yowkwala on Saturday April 23, 2011. Other volunteer opportunities in April also available! (more info)
  • Our entire event will be solar powered! Thank you to Sound Power for providing mobile solar power for our concert.
  • Volunteer with FIUTS restoring the Duwamish Greenbelt April 16, 2011. (more info)
Speakers and Performers
Speakers
  • V'Ella Warren, UW Senior Vice President, and Treasurer Board of Regents.
  • Carol Pease, a representative from the Climate Project will be our keynote speaker.

Musical Performers

Exhibitors
Student Groups
  • Campus Animal Rights Educators
  • Campus Sustainability Fund
  • UW Earth Club
  • UW Farm
  • RAPOI
  • Real Food Challenge
  • Society for Ecological Restoration
  • Students Expressing Environmental Dedication (SEED)
  • UW Student Food Co-op
  • Young Democrats

University Departments

  • Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee
  • UW Carlson Center
  • UW College of the Environment
  • UW Commuter Services / UPASS
  • UW Grounds Operations
  • UW Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability
  • UW Housing & Food Services
  • UW Mailing Services
  • UW Program on the Environment
  • UW Recycling & Solid Waste

External Organizations

  • Brenthaven
  • Coca Cola
  • Cupcake Royale
  • e-Stewards
  • Full Circle Farms
  • Honest Tea
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Shepherd's Grain
  • Sierra Club
  • Sound Power
  • Theo Chocolate, Inc.
  • Washington Wilderness Coalition
  • Zipcar

If you are interested in exhibiting at our Earth Day Event, please contact us at oess@uw.edu.

Planning Committee
This year's planning committee consists or members from the following groups:
  • UW Earth Club
  • Students Expressing Environmental Dedication (SEED)
  • The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF)
  • The Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability office
  • UW Recycling & Soild Waste
  • Housing & Food Services
  • The Student Activities Office
  • The Carlson Center
Volunteer
We are currently seeking volunteers for Earth Day 2011. Sign up to help out with the event set up, take down, and other tasks.
Contact
At this time, any questions or ideas reqarding Earth Day 2011 should be directed to oess@uw.edu.