UNC Earth Week Activities: Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 15-17
The countdown to Earth Day continues at UNC with activities today and all weekend! Click here to download and print the UNC Earth Week 2011 flier. Featured activities are:
Friday
Carbon Heel Print Challenge: Bag distribution and festivities continue Participants in this challenge carry a bag with all of their non-recycled, non-composted garbage throughout their daily activities for one week. The event culminates with a "weigh-off" on the Wednesday before Earth Day to honor the individuals with the lightest "garbage footprints." The top three winners will receive gift certificates. Sponsor/Host: Sustainable Triangle Field Site and the UNC Sustainability Office Times: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Location: The Pit Fee: N/A Event Contact and email: Holly Kuestner, http://www.blogger.com/kuestner@email.unc.edu Event website: http://garbagefootprints.blogspot.com/
Saturday
An Evening Out at Forest Theater Come out and enjoy FREE locally sourced foods to celebrate spring, kick-off Earth week, and learn about sustainable eating sponsored by Epsilon Eta! We'll have plenty of food and live music free to all those who sign up ahead of time. We only ask that you RSVP via the following Google Form by Friday April 15TH @ 10 PM so we know how much food needs to be prepared. We'll have a checklist from the sign-up page at the event so be sure to reserve your spot ahead of time! Sponsor/Host: Epsilon Eta, UNC Sustainability Office, North Carolina Botanical Garden, and Fair, Local, Organic (FLO) Times: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Location: Forest Theater Fee: Free, RSVP Required Event Contact and email: Hannah Gavin, mailto:hgavin@email.unc.edu Event website: http://tiny.cc/EveningAtForestTheater
Sunday
Celebrate Spring! Wildflowers of Nature Trail Hill Explore a Piedmont hardwood forest and find our earliest spring wildflowers including spring beauties, wild ginger, and star chickweed. We will also see if we can spot lesser-known native plants such as pennywort and dwarf paw paw. Sponsor/Host: North Carolina Botanical Garden Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Location: North Carolina Botanical Garden Fee: $5/individual, $10/family (free for NCBG members) Event Contact and email: Lauren Davis, mailto:laurende@unc.edu Event website: http://ncbg.unc.edu/
To find more UNC Earth Week events, visit http://carolinagreen.unc.edu/!
