Earth Week 2016
Monday
April 18
Tuesday
April 19
Wednesday
April 20
Documentary Viewing
“This Changes Everything”
7:30PM I Dougherty Hall West Lounge
Tree Tour
1:00PM I Meet at Corr Hall Arch
Tree Tour
10:00AM I Meet at Corr Hall Arch
Thursday
Sustainability Fair & Farmers Market
11:00AM-2:00PM I The Oreo
April 21
Earth Day Keynote Panel Discussion
Growing Greener Communities
Non-profits Combating Climate Change and Promoting
Resilient Communities
6:00PM I Driscoll Hall Auditorium (Room 132)
Opening remarks:
Shawn Garvin, Regional Administrator for the EPA Region III
Panelists:
Lori Pearson, Catholic Relief Services
Mark Szybist, Natural Resources Defense Council
Earth Week 2016
Joanne Kilgour, Sierra Club
David Masur, PennEnvironment
Owen Owens, Trout Unlimited
Earth Week 2016
Day of Service
Saturday, April 23
9:00AM-1:00PM
Enjoy Spring Out after service work
Four service sites
On Campus: Tree planting and garden maintenance
Center for Environmental Transformation: working in their community
garden and greenhouse
Philadelphia Orchard: working at Overbrook School for the Blind on
building a berry garden trellis, mulching and orchard maintenance
Horticultural Society: gardening or planting trees
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Thanks to our sponsors
The Office of the President, The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, The
President’s Environmental Sustainability Committee, Villanova
Environmental Group, Office of Student Life, Dining Services, the Ethics
Program, Villanova Center for Liberal Education, the Villanova Center for
Energy and Environmental Education, The Villanova Center for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Engineering, The Center for Peace and
Justice Education, Grounds staff, and the departments of Geography
and the Environment, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and History.