MENDOCINO COLLEGE TO HOST EARTH WEEK: CLIMATE CHANGE, APRIL 8-12
Mendocino College will be hosting Earth Week April 8-12 to initiate community awareness about climate change and other environmental issues through a multidisciplinary approach. The week will be devoted to talks, demonstrations, displays, and activities geared around the topic. All Earth Week events will be held in the Student Center at the Mendocino College Ukiah campus and are free and open to the public!
There will also be a wide variety of Mendocino College faculty that will be focusing on climate change in their classes that week.
Public Lectures/Presentations
Monday 4/8/19:
12:30-1:20, The Phoenix Project: Artists, Educators, and the Community Confront Climate Change (Jody Gehrman, Doug Browe, Reid Edelman, Lisa Rosenstreich, Jessica R. Thompson, Stephan Decker, Rodney Grisanti)
Solar oven building and cooking demonstration—MESA
10-2, Cool plant displays by the Agriculture department
Seed balls for pollinator gardens—MESA
Green cars from Thurston
Tuesday 4/9/19:
12:30-1:20, The Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions (Chris Ineich)
Earth Friendly Food by Culinary Arts
Music provided by Recordings Arts Students (Grisanti)
Seed balls for pollinator gardens—MESA
Green cars from Thurston
12:30-3:30 PM, Gallery Display: Fostering our Future -- Collaborating to Cultivate an Environmentally Aware Community
Wednesday 4/10/19:
12:30-1:20 The Usal Redwood Forest - Acting Locally to Confront Global Environmental Challenges
Solar oven building and cooking demonstration—MESA
10-2, Cool plant displays by the Agriculture department
Seed balls for pollinator gardens
Green cars from Thurston
12:30-3:30 PM, Gallery Display: Fostering our Future -- Collaborating to Cultivate an Environmentally Aware Community
Thursday 4/11/19:
12:30-1:20, The Climate Change Apathy (Jason Davis)
Earth Friendly Food by Culinary Arts
Music provided by Recordings Arts Students (Grisanti)
Seed balls for pollinator gardens—MESA
Green cars from Thurston
12:30-3:30 PM, Gallery Display: Fostering our Future -- Collaborating to Cultivate an Environmentally Aware Community
4:00-5:30 MESA Colloquium in 5310
Friday 4/12/19:
12:30-1:20, The Metabolic Rifts and Shifts: Environmental Sociology and the Impact of Capitalism on Climate and Soil Health (Taylor Cannon)
Green cars from Thurston