SPOKANE, Wash. – A bicycle store, fair trade coffee house, campus recycling and more will host information tables at an Earth Day celebration 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, April 22, in the Academic Center lobby at Washington State University Spokane.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Civic Engagement Week is April 19-25 at Washington State University, and the public is invited to participate in a charity fun run and food drive and to attend the annual leadership and engagement awards ceremony.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Service by more than 8,000 students will be celebrated during Civic Engagement Week April 20-26 at Washington State University. Students will participate in service projects. Events are free; those open to the public include:
Noël Sturgeon
PULLMAN — WSU Professor of women’s studies Noël Sturgeon will sign copies of her new book “Environmentalism in Popular Culture: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and the Politics of Nature” (University of Arizona Press, 2009), from 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. on Earth Day, April 22, at the Bookie in the CUB.
In her book, Sturgeon illustrates the ways in which American popular culture depicts social inequalities as “natural” and how perceived images of “nature” interfere with creating solutions to environmental problems that are just and fair to all.
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PULLMAN – When it comes to an environmental footprint, bigger is not better. WSU students, faculty and staff will be able to take an on-line survey April 23 that will help measure their ecological footprint, which is defined as the numbers of acres of land it would take to support their lifestyle. The survey is part of the Tread Lightly 2007 event, which is being held in conjunction with the Earth Day Network, the worldwide coordinating body for Earth Day events on April 22. John Glass, coordinator of the WSU Sustainability Initiative, said the confidential survey will be available on-line at http://www.earthday.net/treadlightly2007.html on April … » More …
Hundreds of pairs of old athletic shoes, donated to the ongoing WSU Tri-Cities “Reuse-A-Shoe” recycling program, will be on display April 25 on the north Richland campus.The display is being set up as part of a ceremony announcing both the winning school in the 2006 shoe donation competition and the establishment of the Lelon Mclouth Scholarship at the university. The event will be held at 11 a.m. in the Atrium of the campus’ West Building.The Reuse-A-Shoe program, sponsored by Nike Corporation, turns old, worn-out athletic shoes into new surfaces for running tracks, soccer fields and basketball courts.”Reuse-A-Shoe is a perfect example of how recycling can … » More …