As a worldwide celebration on April 22, Earth Day is intended to bring awareness to consumer's lives in this limited resource environment. UW-La Crosse's Environmental Council, Coulee Partners for Sustainability, the Bike to Work Committee along with many other fabulous organizations have made the decision that a mere 24 hours wasn't enough. Therefore, a fun-filled celebration of Earth Week will be happening in the community starting April 20 – 27 with Bike to Work week starting May 3rd.

The schedule is as follows:

Earth Week Schedule

April 20-27, 2008
Sunday 20

Film Festival - Suzuki Speaks: It's Not Empty 3 p.m. – La Crosse Public Library Auditorium

In a time when people are thirsty for honesty, inspiration, meaning and global change, comes renowned scientist and visionary Dr. David Suzuki, delivering the most important message of his career: what it means to be fully human in our interconnected universe. The film's stunning motion graphics weave a tapestry that transforms Dr. Suzuki's wisdom into a complete sensory experience, literally creating new worlds and new ways of seeing. Suzuki Speaks will leave you feeling renewed, challenged and alive .

Monday 21

Info @ Clock tower on consumption reduction

Dumpster Dive – Clock tower, UWL campus 10-3pm

Check out the mystery in the deep, dark dumpsters on campus! We will discover how much of the trash could really be recycled!

Sami Rasuli – Main Hall Auditorium, UWL campus 7pm

Sami Rasuli is a member of the Muslim Peacemaker Team which was founded in Iraq in conjunction with the Christian Peacemaker Teams. He will be speaking on the environmental and humanitarian results of the war in Iraq.

Tuesday 22

Info @ Clock tower on “What is sustainability?”

Talloires Declaration Signing Ceremony – Clock tower, UWL campus 12:30-2

Chancellor Joe Gow will be signing the Talloires Declaration so that UW-L will become a more environmentally literate and sustainable university.

Ceramics Sale – Port O' Call, Cartwright Center 9am-7pm

Student ceramic artwork will be for sale and for show all day!

Hixon Trails and Marsh Clean Up – Meet at Clock tower at 3:30 or Myrick Gun Shelter at 4

If you would like to go in the marsh rubber boots are encouraged.

Sustainability Panel Discussion – Ward Room in Cartwright Center 6:30

Speakers include:

Roald Gunderson- on whole tree architecture and sustainable building.

Kelly Cain- is the UW River Falls environmental director

Mike Pieper- from WTC is an expert on wind energy

Wednesday 23

Info @ Clock tower on bike stuff

Bike Maintenance – Clock tower, UWL campus 10-3pm

Ceramics Sale – Port O' Call 9am-7pm

Student ceramic artwork will be for sale and for show all day!

Film Festival –The Story of Stuff and The True Cost of Food- Noon – La Crosse Public Library Auditorium

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of it is hidden from view . The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute; fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. Stuff exposes the connections between environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

The True Cost of Food entertains and educates about the production and delivery of our food and how we, the consumers, can stop the practices that harm our health, our planet and our quality of life.

Terry Gips – Ward Room, Cartwright Center UWL campus 7-9pm

A widely published ecologist and Natural Step Framework instructor will share some of his knowledge with us.  

Thursday 24

Info @ clock tower on what plants/earth does for you!

Terra Cotta Pot painting/selling – Clock tower, UWL campus 10-2pm

Movie showing/Drum circle – Center for the Arts field, UWL campus 7-10pm/ rain site: Cowley Room 140

Watch a night showing of Planet Earth among your fellow Earth lovers.

Neighborhood Clean Up – Meet at Clock tower at 3:30

With the snow melting comes an enormous amount of trash in our neighborhoods. Don't be a punk and come clean up the junk.

Film Festival – Affluenza – 7pm (55min) – La Crosse Public Library Auditorium

Explore the high social and environmental costs of materialism and over consumption .

Friday 25

Film Festival – Design E ² Noon (55min) – La Crosse Public Library Auditorium

Learn about efforts to design and build eco-friendly structures through sustainable architecture

Franciscan Sisters ‘Cosmic Walk' presentation – Port O'Call, Cartwright Center UWL Campus 1-5pm

Sister Lucy will lead us through a timeline of the unfolding universe. She will help to provide a perspective of where humans fit into the bigger picture and how our personal choices can impact all things. If you cannot attend to whole event, come at 4 to walk through the timeline on your own!

Open Mic @ Bluffland Bloom and Brew – Hosted by Cait Shannahan 7-10pm

Saturday 26

5K Run/Walk – Start at Myrick Park end at Cameron Park

(any questions contact Jen Phelps @(920) 257 9340)

8:30 – Number pick up at Myrick Park
9:30 – Race begins
10:30 – Awards at Cameron Park
11 – Earth Day Celebration Begins!

Celebration to follow at Cameron Park

11 – Welcoming Ceremony
11:15-12 – The Browsers
12:10-12:55 – Derek Pritzel
1:05-2:30 – Figureheads
2:40-3:40 – Moonshine Conspiracy
3:50-5:30 – Down Lo

Also at the park: The Local Foods Fair, Jugglers, Slack Lines, Captain Planet, Drumming, Pet Therapy Dogs, Activities for kids – Face Painting

Remember to bring a ride back to your vehicle!

Rain Site at Three Rivers Waldorf School – 901 Caledonia St.

Sunday 27

Film Festival : This Ancient Love and Renewal – 3pm – La Crosse Public Library Auditorium

This Ancient Love brings together glorious visuals from Cape Cod with two songs by women
whose voices join the images in breathtaking conversations between land and music.
Renewal traces the rise in environmental activism among religious communities throughout America.

All are striving to preserve what they see as God's creation, and all are increasingly working together as conscious stewards of the earth.

All Earth Day Film Festival activities sponsored by Coulee Partners for Sustainability in cooperation with the La Crosse Public Library.

Saturday, May 3

Bike Rodeo and more – 9 to Noon – Bike Rodeo and more

•  Biking skills activities (Free bike helmets)

•  Bike fit and safety check

•  Biking rules and safety tips

•  Safe Routes and other biking information

•  Bike Paramedics and police

•  City Bus with bike rack and demonstration/instructions

Every Day

Bike to Worship

Weekday

Neighborhood rides

Starting locations and times to be announced

Friday, May 9

Celebrate Bike to Work Week – Cameron Park

•  Music by Grand Picnic
•  Root beer Floats
•  Door Prizes