Green Week 2012

For more information about this Campus Sustainability Day event, please contact the institution's event contact person as listed below.

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PRE-GREEN WEEK EVENTS

GREEN TOUR – SATURDAY, OCT. 20, 2012
Pre-register to be guaranteed a spot: http://www.wabashriver.net/green-tour. Take a tour of all things green! Join a free guided walking tour, guided bus tour or take a self-guided tour! Participants are encouraged to bring family and friends, enjoy the outdoors, and learn about green activities in the Lafayette-West Lafayette area.

  • Guided Bus Tour: 9 a.m.
  • Guided Walking Tours: 11 a.m.

GREEN WEEK AGENDA

MONDAY, OCT. 22 – ENERGY
The Energy is Right Game (hosted by Purdue Energy Forum)
Class of 1950, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Hot Box Pizza provided!

Keynote Lecture – Dr. David Orr (Oberlin College) – Designing Resilience in a Black Swan World
Fowler Hall, 3:30-5 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCT. 23 – WATER
France A. Cordova Recreational Sports Center Tour 9-10 a.m.
Registration

Movie Night – "Last Call at the Oasis"
Fowler Hall, 6:30 p.m. w/ Panel Discussion

Tours of the West Lafayette Anaerobic Digester with Dave Henderson
Registration
Van Transportation for Tours – Meet at Front Entrance of the Union, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Ford College Community Challenge
For more information please visit: The 2012 Ford C3 Competition
Harrison / Hillenbrand Rain Garden, 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 – ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION
France A. Cordova Recreational Sports Center Tour 9-10 a.m.
Registration

Alternative Transportation Expo
Centennial and Memorial malls
11 a.m.-3 p.m.

AASHE Campus Sustainability Day
STEW 318, 2-3:30 p.m.
Preparing Students for a Changing Climate – Interactive Screening of Keynote Lecture

THURSDAY, OCT 25 – SUSTAINABLE FOOD
France A. Cordova Recreational Sports Center Tour 9-10 a.m.
Registration

Last Day of Campus Farmers Market
Please join us and watch a performance by the Purduettes at Noon.
Take a ride on the Boilermaker Special from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Come learn about Sustainable Food in the following areas:
-- WWOOFING
-- Tippecanoe Urban Farmers
-- Slow Food
-- Full Circle Agriculture at Purdue

Prof. Ejeta Lecture – Global Challenges on Food Security
PFEN Auditorium, 4:30-6 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT 26 – REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
Campus Conversations on Climate Change
For more information
HICKS G980D, 1-3 p.m.

End of Week Celebration
Memorial Mall
Tree Planting, 3:30 p.m.
Food Served, 4-6 p.m.
Scavenger Hunt Winners Announced, 4-6 p.m.
NRHH Residence Hall Winner Announced, 4-6 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT 27 – SERVICE DAY / COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Boiler Volunteer Network – Make a Difference Day
MSEE, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Meet with Harry Brown

Wabash River Clean-up
Registration


http://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/greenweek/index.htm
http://www.facebook.com/PurdueSustainability
http://www.twitter.com/SustainPurdue

Institution: 
Purdue University
Date & Time: 
October 22, 2012 - 9:00am - October 27, 2012 - 2:00pm
Event Location: 
Various locations on campus - see details below
West Lafayette, IN 47907
United States
Contact Person: 
Rahul Mitra
Contact Email Address: 
sustainability@purdue.edu