2009 Northeast Kingdom Earth Week at Lyndon State College
 

• Earth Week is Monday, April 20, 2009 - Friday, April 24, 2009

Current Schedule of Events (check for updates)

Monday, April 20, 2009

Alternative Transportation
 

• Check out the vehicles displayed around the Library Pond. Vehicles will be on display all day and include: the Physical Plant’s electric cars, a biodiesel pickup truck, hybrid and other fuel efficient vehicles. Learn how these vehicles operate and how they might impact the future of the automobile industry. Be sure to check out the display showing the science behind biodiesel.
   
• Visit the ATT Lobby from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and sign up for Way to go Vermont. This event involves making a pledge to carpool or use alternative transportation during the week of May 4th-May 8th. There will be a drawing with prizes for participants.
   
• Learn about the services that RCT (Rural Community Transportation) provides in the Northeast Kingdom. The Jay-Lyn Shuttle that runs between St. Johnsbury and Lyndonville can pick you up or drop you off at either the entrance to Wheelock, Stevens Dining Hall or Vail... and best of all, this shuttle is now free! Not only can the bus be used to commute to work or class, but it also has stops at grocery stores and local merchants. Practically all of your daily business and shopping needs can be done using the shuttle! Swing by the Student Center to learn more.
   

Campus Beautification Day

• 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.(volunteers are asked to serve in 45-minute shifts throughout the day). Sign-up sheets for shifts and projects are posted outside the First-Year Experience Office (Vail 325). The volunteer meeting location is on the LAC Patio. Volunteer and help beautify the campus!  Here is a list of the Beautification Projects: 
  • Top soil and grass seeding throughout the inner-campus area
  • Clear and enhance the appearance of picnic area near the Alumni House
  • Paint benches throughout campus
  • Clean and repair the Stonehenge Smoking Hut
  • Clear and prepare flower beds for planting
  • Pick-up litter throughout campus
  • Cigarette butt pick-up contest (details to come)
     
• Earth Week Film Series in the Student Center at 7:00 p.m..
  Title: Weather Report.
  Weather Report is a sneak peek into the future. This year-long road trip takes us around the world, to places where global warming is having an immediate effect. We meet people for whom climate change already has life-and-death implications.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Recycling
 

• 4th Annual Lyndon Gets Trashed! Held between HAC and Wheelock from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Come dig through piles of “trash” to see how much recyclable material LSC throws away. This event is exciting and tangible—you can feel, see, hear, smell, and well, hopefully we won’t taste the trash! See your friends, faculty, and staff get ‘down and dirty’ to promote recycling and sustainable living here on Campus. It’s definitely messy, but don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of rubbers for protection!! (Gloves that is…what were you thinking?)
   
• Junk Music Performance in the Student Center from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Come see Don Knaack from the Vermont Association of Recyclers perform music with instruments fashioned from “junk.” The Junkman™ travels to the beat of a different drummer. As a conservatory-trained percussionist and composer, he has been a member of the Louisville Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic, as well as a studio percussionist and drummer in the studios of Hollywood. He now exclusively composes-for and performs-on junk and recycled materials. It’s called Junk Music™ and it’s a unique collection of infectious grooves and musical styles that’s gaining audiences from every spectrum of the music business- from rock to jazz to world music. Impossible to categorize, worldwide audiences are recognizing Junk Music as eye-opening, provocative and entirely new. Brat magazine called it hip, unique and totally cool! At the end of the show, Don will lead a Junk jam session where the audience jams with junk and sticks that Don will provide. BYOJ (Bring Your Own Junk)! Don’t miss this event! Visit www.junkmusic.org for more information about Don’s performances. 
   
• Trash Bandicoot Derrrby—Pushin’ Toward Sustainability. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Get a crew together and compete in Lyndon's first ever pushcart derby with carts made from 100% recyclable materials. The course starts in front of Wheelock Hall and follows the paved path down to the Rita Bole Complex parking lot. Competitors should contact Alex Montour at alexander.montour@lyndonstate.edu for registration details. The registration fee is $10 per crew. Spectator admission is free and is open to the public. Buy 50/50 raffle tickets at this event. Proceeds will be donated to the Lyndonville Skate Park. Raffle winners will be announced during the Junk Jam.
   
• 2nd Annual Junk Jam—Jam the Junk, Shred out Waste. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m..
  Come to the Lyndon skate park in the Stonehenge parking lot and compete for prizes! Bring your skateboard or your snowboard and shred your way to a greener earth. This will be a recycled skate board/rail jam with music, food, and fun.
  Competitors should contact Britany Benedetti at britany.benedetti@lyndonstate.edu for registration details. The registration fee is $3. Spectator admission is free and is open to the public. Buy 50/50 raffle tickets at this event. Proceeds will be donated to the Lyndonville Skate Park.
   
• Earth Week Film Series in the Student Center at 7:00 p.m.
  Title: Addicted to Plastic.
  Addicted to Plastic is a funny and sometimes shocking examination of how our addiction to plastic has been ruining the environment and our health for quite a while... This is an excellent film!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Sustainable Agriculture
 

• Visit the Farmers Market from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the ATC Lobby and then swing by the Student Center and check out the Local Foods, Local Communitiesexhibit and sample some earth friendly foods. The exhibit willfeature the St. J Food Co-op and other community supported agriculture operations. There will also be a Compost Demo. Come learn how to compost and see what it’s all about.
   
• ARAMARK will feature locally grown produce at the snack bar and display a food source poster. Come and learn about the Green Stakes program and order a meal prepared by a guest chef. Don’t miss it! 
   
• Earth Day Art Auction and Reception.
  Held in the Student Center. Bidding takes place between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m..
  Let’s have a 5x5 art exhibit and silent auction, benefiting the Fun-Spirit Committee for expenses for future events. This event is open to all LSC Faculty, Students, Staff, and Friends. Theme is Earth Day. Obtain a mat board which has a pre-cut window for you to place and mount your creative work from Harry Mueller by Mar. 30 or ASAP.
  You may contact Harry at harry.mueller@lyndonstate.edu. Your creative work should be no larger than a 5”x5” space; it can be a painting, drawing, collage, or any other form you wish.
   
• Earth Week Film Series in the Rita Bole Conference Room at 7:00 p.m..
  Title: Deconstructing Supper.
  Renowned chef John Bishop leads viewers on an eye-opening and engaging journey into the billion-dollar battle to control global food production. Starting with a gourmet meal in his five-star restaurant, Bishop travels the world -- from farmer's fields to biotech laboratories to supermarket aisles -- on a personal quest to find out what our food choices are. This is a must see movie!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
 

• There will be displays around the Library Pond on solar energy and wind power, geothermal heating, biomass energy, and energy efficiency: These displays will include solar electric and solar hot water panels, a solar-hydrogen fuel cell exhibit, along with simple explanations on how these technologies work, how much they cost and are likely to cost in the future, how their energy can be stored, and what the ultimate potential these sources of energy have for our society.
   
• Earth Week Film Series in the Student Center at 7:00 p.m.
  Title: Kilowatt Ours.
  Kilowatt Ours is a documentary by Jeff Barrie that has become a national movement to promote energy conservation, efficiency and renewable energy. Don’t miss this informative, eye opening film!

Friday, April 24, 2009

Musical Performance

• Parker House and Theory will be performing outside of the Harvey Academic Center beginning at 5:00 p.m.. In case of rain, this event will be moved to the student center.
  
  “Explicitly diverse, often misclassified, Parker House and Theory mashes rock, funk, pop and soul, oozing with energy and smacking you in the face with charisma. Eccentric in nature, personality is always center stage. Parker House and Theory's sound lives in the alleyways between the restrictive structures of modern genre classification."
  
  Come outside, enjoy the sun, and fall in love with the unique sounds of Parker House and Theory. Get ready to rock, because with a commanding stage presence and limitless energy backed by catchy hooks and a tight dynamic, it's impossible for anyone to stay seated at a Parker House show!

Weeklong Events
 

• Swing by the Student Center and check out the Campus Energy Use Report. See what progress LSC is making toward becoming more energy efficient. (Leader: Tom Archer)
• Recycle Mania Results. Be sure to stop by the Student Center and check out the results from Recycle Mania. 
• Be sure to stop by the Book and Film Display on exhibit each day at the library. The display will feature books related to environmental issues, renewable energy, and green practices.

Questions?

Thom Anderson
thomas.anderson@lyndonstate.edu