UND Earth Week 2011
Click here for the Earth Week Poster!
The University of North Dakota (UND) embraces multi-dimensional wellness and environmental wellness is one of the dimensions. The Environmental Wellness Task Group, a subgroup of Healthy UND was formed. The task group’s initial goal is to provide programming for Earth Week for UND.
ALL WEEK
Make a commitment to be green. Sign the UND Sustainability Pledge.
Tuesday, April 26th
EERC Tour: 3-4pm
The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) is world-renowned for developing and deploying new, cutting-edge technologies to help improve the environment. On the tour, you will hear about the EERC’s efforts in a wide variety of topics including advanced power systems, coal utilization, climate change, hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, emission control, renewable fuels, biopower, water management, and much more.
To sign up for the tour, contact Debbie Merrill at debbie.merrill@email.und.edu or 777-4878. The tour is limited to 25 people. Please meet at the EERC main lobby between 2:45pm-3pm.
Grand Forks Water Treatment Plant Tours: 10:30-11:30am and 4:30-5:30pm
The Grand Forks Water Utility strives to provide quality drinking water in sufficient quantity to meet the needs of the public. Visit the water treatment plant to learn about where Grand Forks gets its water, how the best-tasting city tap water in North Dakota is processed and how it gets to you and the rest of the community.
To sign up for the tour, contact Debra at dpflughoeft@grandforksgov.com or 792-2878. Open-toed shoes are not allowed on the tour. Tours are limited to 12 people.
UND Transportation will be provided:
10:10am pick-up at Odegard,10:15am pick-up at the Memorial Union (15 passenger UND van) 4:10pm pick-up at Odegard and 4:15pm pick-up at the Memorial Union (15 passenger UND van)
Wednesday, April 27th
Earth Week Expo: 2-6pm at the Wellness Center
Learn about and try samples of local, organize and environmental products available for the public to sample. Vendors will be there from Grand Forks City, Hugos, The Big Event, UND Sustainability Council, UND Facilities, Nutrition and Dietetics, Engineering…. and many more.
Composting Informational Session: 4:30-5pm and 5:15-5:45pm in Classroom 121 of the Wellness Center.
If you’re not composting, you’re throwing it all away. Learn the do’s and don’ts of home composting. Turn your kitchen and yard waste into valuable soil nutrients for your garden.
Thursday, April 28th
Campus Green Out
Participate in the Earth Week Green Out Competition by forming “Green Teams” comprised of UND departments, groups, and friends. Each Green Team should wear green and take a photo of themselves doing an “earth friendly” activity together. Photos may be submitted to UND.workwell@email.und.edu or Mail Stop 8365 by May 4th. The winning team will get a team photo and a campus trophy.
President Kelley Campus Clean-Up: 2-6pm, outside of Wilkerson.
Join President Kelley outside of Wilkerson Hall on Thursday, April 28th at 2:00 PM to help him clean-up the campus. Gloves, tongs, and plastic bags will be provided. Participants will walk together along the Coulee path and pick up litter along the way.
Please complete the volunteer form for your group or department BY APRIL 15th at: www.und.edu/org/thebigevent, click volunteers tab and download the 2011 Volunteer form or contact Kristi Okerlund at: 701-777-6468 at The Big Event. She will assign your group a time to be at the site.
This program provided through a collaboration with The Big Event at UND and the facilities department.
Friday, April 29th
Container Gardening: Loading Dock in the Memorial Union from 9pm-12am.
Night Life will be hosting "Container Gardening" as part of Earth Week. Come to the Memorial Union from 9pm-12am to support going green by making your own take-home plant. (The soil, container and plant will be provided). Please bring your UND ID.
Saturday, April 30th
Electronics Collection Event
10:00am - 1:00pm at the Public Works Building (724 North 47th St., Grand Forks). Sponsored by the recycling contractor for Grand Forks: Waste Management Incorporated. In 2010, 12 tons of electronics were collected in 3 hours.
The Big Event
Take the time to help the greater Grand Forks community through community service initiatives such as raking, painting, picking up garbage, washing windows, and readying local parks for summer. Complete the volunteer form at: http://www.und.edu/org/thebigevent by April 15th to get involved!
Safe Kids Grand Forks Car Seat Donations
Stop by the Altru Clinic parking lot (1000 S. Columbia Road) from 9:30-12:30 pm to drop off your unsafe car seats. They will be properly disposed of and recycled. Click here for the poster.
Post Earth Week
Grand Forks Energy Audit
Sign up for an Energy Audit of your home. Learn how your home uses energy and how you can save energy and money by making some energy efficiency upgrades. See information at http://www.grandforksgov.com/gfgov/home.nsf/GreenPages/GFEA. Residents of Grand Forks City and County are also eligible for low interest loans for residential energy efficiency upgrades. Call 701-792-2878 or visit the Web site for more information.
Click here for the poster.
Pre Earth Week Events
(Click here for more Pre Earth Week Event details!)
April 1st-April 30th Nike ReUSE A SHOE Program
Get your Volunteer forms completed to be a part of The Big Event. Register by April 15th!
Super Science Saturday and Earth Day Contest on April 16, 2011, 10am-1pm, Gambucci Arena. Hosted by the Dakota Science Center.
Visit the Earth Week tables at the Union to learn about Global Energy AND Carbon and UND Earth Week activities.
Earth Day Task Group includes: Deb Merrill, Kim Ruliffson, Mike Little, Haley Proctor, Karina Wittmann, Mandy Dockendorf, Debra Pflughoeft-Hassett,Sarah Winger, Danielle Schermerhorn, and Andrew Miller.
Organizations involved: The Wellness Center, Healthy UND, Facilities Department, the UND Sustainability Council, the City of Grand Forks and The Big Event. Special thanks to NDSU extension and the EERC.
Special thanks for Nicky McCrory, Kally Jorgensen, Erica Dvewel and Becca Erickson for research and assistance.