Lighten Up!
Earth Day 2011
University of New Haven
Sunday, April 17th:
Freshmen Connections, the Honors Living Learning Community and Phi
Sigma Sigma to Host: Beach Cleanup
Hosts: Javi Stevens and Cori Barboza (RAs), Phi Sigma Sigma and Dean Ric
Baker/Becca Kitchell (Advisors)
Time: 9am-12pm
Description: Give a hoot! Don’t Pollute! Head to the West Haven beaches and cleanup!
Monday, April 18th:
Event: Get Your Bags Here!
Hosts: The Office of Residential Life and the UNH Green Team
Time: 12pm
Location: Outside the C-Store
Description: First-come first-served to receive your re-usable shopping bags & giveaways
Event: Sustainability as a Moral Issue
Presenter: Jeanie Graustein
Time: 3:30-5pm
Location: Buckman Hall 225
Creating a sustainable relationship between people and our planet will require more than new
technology and scientific knowledge. Public policy, individual behavior and the way we
understand our relation with the whole community of life also need to change. How
do we incorporate our personal, secular and religious values in the transformative
work of creating a sustainable society?
Jeanie Graustein, M.Ed., M.Div., is Environmental Justice Ministry Coordinator for
the Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry, Archdiocese of Hartford. She engages
congregations in reflecting on the moral nature of issues such as clean air and water, children’s
environmental health, sprawling development in CT, and global climate change. She is a member
of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS), for which she co-chaired the 2004
conference, “Earth’s Waters in Crisis: a Scientific, Spiritual and Moral Challenge.”
Monday, April 18th continued:
Event: “Back to Basics: Mud Pies and Dirt” Available at the Hazell Nut Café
Business, Interior Design, Engineering and the Criminal Justice Living Learning
Communities to Host: Pie Your RA
Hosts: Kelli Derleth, Adam Carpentier, Maggie Schmuhl, Patrick Kelland, Liaqat Sarabi, Joe
Barbadoro, Erik Swingle and Nick Shirley (RAs)
Date: 4/18/11 - 4/22/11
Description: Turn in your recyclables at Shop Rite, retrieve the money receipt and then
place it in one of the RA's bags (the RA you would like to see pied in the face). At the end of
the week, the RA with the most "money" in their bag will be pied by the residents in the
Quad! Giveaways for those who turn in the most money receipts! Proceeds from the
receipts will be donated to The Water Project
Fire Science Living Learning Community to Host: From Rags to Riches!
Hosts: Dwayne Bridge (RA)
Date: 4/18/11-4/22/11
Description: Residents can recycle their old shirts and turn the fabric into art! The goal—
to sew an American flag with the collected fabric!
Tuesday, April 19th:
Event: Solar Lab Tours
Time: 1:30-3:00
Location: Buckman Hall 116
Tour the Solar Testing and Training Lab to see TCoE student projects. The STTL received
support from the US Department of Energy and the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund.
Event: Sodexo Earth Week Celebration
Time: Throughout the Day
Location: Bartels Hall
Description: Visit the Local & Regional Vendor's Market set up in Bartels
Dining Hall with farmers and vendors from New England. Enjoy free samples at lunch and
products for sale. During lunch, participate in a discussion over lunch with Linda
Piotrowicz from the CT Department of Agriculture.
Event: Arts At Night Present: Sustain
Date: 4/19/11
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Location: Alumni Lounge
Description: Joshua Tong (First-Year, Music Recording
and Sound Recording), Crystal Robinson (Sophomore,
Tuesday, April 19th continued:
Psychology and Criminal Justice), Emily Mendoza (Sophomore, English), Kayla Carnes
(Sophomore, Civil Engineering), Rachel Rochon (Junior, Marine Biology), Christopher
Griebert (Junior, Journalism) come together to perform Sustain. Sustain is part poetic
performance, part poetic dialogue about our earth and how the ways in which we treat it
are critical. We invite the entire UNH community to come out and witness this powerful
poetic performance.
Event: Acoustic Concert and Crafts
Hosts: UNH Green Team, the Office of Residential Life and the Office of
Student Activities
Time: Concert at Crafts start @ 7:00pm
Location: Bixler/Botwinik Quad
Description: Great music under the stars! “Dirty” dessert cups (crushed oreos, pudding,
gummy worms)! Organic and sustainable snacks! Make your own tote bag and lots of
earth-friendly giveaways! Also, we are collecting old semi-formal and prom dresses to
donate to local high schools for prom season. In addition, we are collecting old reading
glasses, electronics, cell phones and printer cartridges!
Wednesday, April 20th:
Event: Info Table
Time: 11am-3pm
Location: Bartels Hall
Description: Visit the table to learn more about sustainable green career options, earning
a degree in Sustainability or UNH sustainability strategies
Event: “Au Naturale: A Four-Course Exploration of Whole and All-Natural Foods at
Jeffery’s Fusion
Time: During Lunch Service
Location: Harugari Hall
Reservation Only! Please call 203.479.4998
Event: Strikeout Cancer Day
Hosts: Men’s Baseball and Women’s Softball Teams
Time: (M) 3:30pm (W) 3pm
Location: (M) Vieira Field (W) UNH Softball Field
Description: Get outside and enjoy the planet! Support our teams and play ball!
Wednesday, April 20th continued:
Event: Sodexo Earth Week Celebration
Time: During Dinner Hours
Location: Bartels Hall
Description: Chef's Fare featuring local and regional ingredients & tasting plates as chefs
battle it out from local colleges and universities. Vote for your favorite chef during dinner
hours!
Event: The Yale Project on Climate Change Presentation: Climate Change in the
American Mind
Presenter: Nicholas Smith, Yale
Date: Wednesday, 4/20
Time: 5:15-6pm/6:00-6:30 Q&A
Location: Moulton Lounge
Description: This presentation will provide an outline of American
public engagement with climate change. Results from a range of studies,
using survey methodologies to gather public opinion, will identify how
Americans feel about climate change, what their beliefs and attitudes are,
what knowledge they have about how the climate system works and how
likely they are to support or oppose policies designed to mitigate against
the threat
Nicholas Smith Bio: Since January 2010, I have been a postdoctoral
research associate for the Yale Project on Climate Change
Communication. I am involved with a variety of projects exploring
American public awareness and understanding of climate change. Recent projects have
included investigating the types of imagery and emotions Americans associate with climate
change and how these relate to risk perceptions and policy preferences. I am also more
broadly interested in how risk issues are communicated by the mass media, and in
particular, the role visual information plays in fostering public engagement
Thursday, April 21st:
Marine Biology Living Learning Community Hosts: Eat This, Not That! Info
Table
Hosts: Colin Bassett (RA), Residents and Dr. John Kelly (Advisor)
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: Bartels Information Table
Description: Stop by the table and learn from the current residents of the Marine Biology
LLC the importance of eating sustainable fish in an "Eat This, Not That!" format. Learn the
importance of eating sustainably and protecting our environment
Thursday, April 21st continued:
Event: Sodexo Earth Week Celebration: A Sustainable Guide to
College Cooking
Time: 3-4pm
Location: Bartels Hall Glass Walled Dining Room
Description: Chefs Nick and Mike will offer a cooking demo on how to incorporate CT
produce and ingredients into your daily college life and residence hall room cooking
Event: Zumba in the Quad
Time: 5:15 pm
Host: Beckerman Recreation Center Staff
Description: Come out and enjoy the nice weather and burn off that stress!
Pre-Education Living and Learning Community Hosts: Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please Shine Down On Me!
Hosts: Justine Alvarez (RA) Dr. Amanda Bozak (Advisor)
Date: Thursday, 4/21
Time: 9pm
Location: Bixler 5th Floor Common Area
Description: Join us to plant sunflowers and grow butterflies while we learn about global
warming and the effects on plants and animals.
Friday, April 22nd:
Event: Sustainable Bracelets, Bamboo and Green Heads
Hosts: SCOPE
Date: 4/22/11
Time: 6pm
Location: Bartels Programming Space
Description: Come out and celebrate Earth Week with a fun and interactive program
where you can walk away with a free “Green Head” or bamboo!!!
Event: Sodexo Earth Week Celebration
Date: 4/22/11
Time: Throughout the Day
Location: Bartels Hall
Description: Free CT grown apples at breakfast! Join us for a sustainable New England
Clam Bake @ Chef’s Choice and also partake of the sustainable salad bar options during
lunch hours. First 20 customers to the Clam Bake receive a FREE t-shirt!
Also, Dinner & A Movie: Farm to Fork Series from 5-7:30pm featuring
"The Inconvenient Truth" and a four-course meal for students served in
Friday, April 22nd continued:
Faculty Dining Room featuring local and regionally grown & produced ingredients.
Reservations strongly suggested due to limited seating
Event: A showing of “Food, Inc.”
Time: 9:30pm
Host: Late Night Programming
Location: Bartels Dining Hall
Check Out The 11thHour and Food Inc. Showing All this Month On the UNH
Movie Channel 15 Brought to You By the Office of Residential Life
The UNH Sustainable Communities Series was created to celebrate the launch of the new
interdisciplinary program in sustainability at the University of New Haven. Topics highlight the
relevance of sustainability across academic disciplines and the importance of sustainability issues to
scholars, researchers, students, and the general public. The UNH Sustainable Communities events are
free and open to all. For the most current information please visit our web site at
http://www.newhaven.edu/sustainabilityevents