Earth Week 2001

Calendar



Earth Week Nature Writing Festival
April 14, Gamut Room and Gifford Amphitheater, 12-4PM
 Contact: Luke Farrell, Thoreau Up in the Woods Club, x3824
Kick of Earth Week with live music and readings of nature writing.

New World Order and Internet Activism
April 17, Sunderland 110, 4:30 PM
 Contact: Professor Marc Garcelon, Sociology, x2552
Hear Professor Marc Garcelon of Sociology talk about how the internet and other modern communication technologies are being used for activism in the 21st Century.

Panel on Global Climate Change
 April 18, McCullough Social Space, 12:15 - 1:30 PM
 Contact: Tim McCahill, Environmental Council, x4102
 Learn about the health effects, science and solutions to Global Warming at this panel presentation. Panelists include Professor Rich Wolfson of Physics, Paul Bortz of Spirit and Nature, and others. Free lunch.

 Russ's Rockin Earth Day BBQ
 April 19th, FIC parking lot, 4:30 - 8 PM
 Contact: Russ Hulst, Dining, x5145
 Celebrate Earth Day and Middlebury College's 50 years of service with Monument Farms, a local dairy operation. Enjoy live music and a barbecue of local foods and organic produce.

Scott Margolin Environmental Affairs Lecture
 April 19, Robert A. Jones '59 House Conference Room, 7:30 PM
 Contact: Janet Wiseman, Environmental Studies, x5710
 Hear Lawrence Buell, Professor of English at Harvard University, during this distinguished annual lecture present "Warning - This Book May Change Your LIfe! Saving Oneself and the World Through the Work of Imagination."

Paper Mass Art Event
 April 19, Proctor Dining Hall
 April 20, McCullough Student Center
 April 21, Voter Hall
 April 22, Bicentennial Hall
 Contact: Brian Guercio, x3693
Examine consumption, waste, resource use and recycling at Middlebury College through "Paper Mass," an art event designed to raise awareness, funded by an Environmental Grant. Look for the display outside campus buildings.

We Live Here, We Work Here
April 20, 21, Center for Fine Arts Dance Theatre, 8PM
 Contact: CFA Box Office, x6433
Explore how inhabiting a physical setting influences perceptions of the world in the dance production by Jareb Keltz '01. Also, on April 20, from 12:30 - 1:30 PM student dancers will be doing a showing of dances in community sites, facilitated by Professor Andrea Olsen. Visit the Middlebury Marbleworks and look toward the waterfall.

Third Annual Trail Around Middlebury Volunteer Day
April 21st, Meet at Marble Works Park, 1 - 5 PM
Contact: Tim McCahill, Environmental Council, x4102
Volunteer with other members of the Middlebury community to help restore part of the Trail around Middlebury, including the Class of '97 trail and neighboring land. Afterwards, enjoy a BBQ dinner provided by Midd Dining.

"Hanalei" Earth Day Tribute
April 28, Location TBA, 11am - sunset
Contact: Sommerville Johnston, Cook Commons, x6575
 Celebrate the first Earth Day during Cook Common's and The Mill's celebration of the Woodstock era. This day-long music festival will include booths for environmental activists.