Earth Week 2017!
March 24th, 2017
Sustainability at SOU is proud to present SOU’s Earth Week 2017!
This year’s theme is “A Call to Action.”
Join Sustainability at SOU for an educational, engaging, and inspiring week full of a variety of events, workshops, and film screenings.The week takes place between the dates of Saturday, April 15th to Sunday, April 23rd.
Visit SOU’s Earth Week 2017 Facebook page for updates!
Earth Week Event Line-up
Ashland Bike Swap
Saturday, April 15th at 12:00-2:00pm
The Grove on Earth Main Street
1195 E Main St, Ashland
Purchase reduced priced bikes and bike parts at this community event. For more information visit https://www.rvtd.org/Page.asp?NavID=94
Transportation Options Kickoff
Monday, April 17th at 11:00am-2:00pm
Stevenson Union Courtyard
Make your very own T.O.Trail Mix while hearing about your alternative transportation options at SOU.
Event hosted by ECOS and RVTD.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1663949306955794/
Ruin and Rose – Film Screening and Discussion
Monday, April 17th at 6:00-8:00pm
Stevenson Union Rogue River Room
This film explores the future of our planet’s water resources while incorporating incredible ski and snowboard footage into a uniquely unforgettable movie experience. Film is free for students and $5 for community members.
Hosted by the SOU Outdoor Program and ECOS.
https://www.facebook.com/events/610456925823984/
Earth Day Extravaganza
Tuesday, April 18th at 11:00am-2:00pm
Stevenson Union Courtyard
Join SOU in a celebration of Earth Week at the Earth Day Extravaganza. There will be 30+ environmental organizations in attendance during this informational and engaging tabling extravaganza. Free food will be provided from SOU Dining. The first 125 student participants to arrive will receive a free “Sustainability at SOU” stainless steel cup.
Hosted by ECOS.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1893634014184555/
Generation Restoration – Help create a Sustainable and Socially Just World
Tuesday, April 18th at 3:00-6:00pm
Stevenson Union, Room 319
Join The Farm at SOU students as we engage in a transformative educational multimedia experience about challenges facing humanity at this critical moment in time and the opportunities we as a human family have to create a new future. Interactive with snacks! Come for some or for all of it.
Hosted by The Farm at SOU.
Siskiyou Film Festival Roadshow
Tuesday, April 18th at 6:00-8:00pm
Stevenson Union Rogue River Room
KS Wild’s Siskiyou Film Festival comes to SOU, featuring four of the most popular films from the film festival. Two filmmakers will be present for a discussion following the films.
Hosted by KS Wild and ECOS.
https://www.facebook.com/events/240001989805942/
No Pipelines Rally
Wednesday, April 19th at 12:00-2:00pm
Stevenson Union Courtyard
Water is life! Take action against the proposed “Jordan Cove Pipeline,” that wants to cut through 400 of our Oregonian waterways at our Rally. Sign a petition, call your legislator, make your voice heard!
Hosted by OSPIRG.
https://www.facebook.com/events/397925160588748/
Inner Sustainability – Mindfulness and Modern Stress Management Workshop
Wednesday, April 19th at 3:30-4:30pm
Stevenson Union, Commuter Resource Center
The Inner Sustainability workshop will help you reconnect with yourself through practical tools, reflection and exercises that will have you ready and willing to tackle your latest environmental projects. Mindfulness and emotional health is key to a balanced and positive life.
Hosted by the Commuter Resource Center.
Myths, Mystery, and Legends & the Future of Oregon’s Wolves
Wednesday, April 19th at 5:30-7:30pm
Stevenson Union, Rogue River Room
Learn about wolves inhabiting our region, their ecology, and different perspectives on their return. In this presentation we will dispel myths and teach you about our neighbors, the Rogue Pack.
Hosted by the Environmental Education Graduate Program.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1891390481137859/?notif_t=plan_user_invited¬if_id=1491364959903904
Oregon Indian Education Association Conference
Thursday, April 20th – Friday, April 21st
Stevenson Union, Rogue River Room
Southern Oregon University welcomes the 40th Annual Oregon Indian Education Association Conference. This year’s theme is Radical Hope and Indigenous Futures: Native Knowledge Transforming Oregon Indian Education.
Hosted by SOU Native American Studies Program.
https://www.facebook.com/oiea2017/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf
Painting Pots with RHA
Thursday, April 20th at 11:00am-2:00pm
Raider Village, outside The Hawk
Join RHA to design your own plant pot, then pick out a succulent to take it home with you! Paint and plant your own pot. Various succulents will all be provided.
Hosted by SOU’s Resident Hall Association.
Pipelines and Resistance: an Evening with Tara Houska
Thursday, April 20th at 5:00-7:00pm
Stevenson Union Arena
Tara Houska is a citizen of Couchiching First Nation and a tribal attorney based in Washington, D.C. She was born and raised in International Falls, Minnesota, and was a triple major at the University of Minnesota, where she also earned her law degree. Since completing her studies, she has exclusively advocated on behalf of tribal nations at the local and federal levels. Her work has incorporated traditional knowledge and values, as Tara is a long-time student of Midewiwin. Her environmental justice efforts have ranged from grassroots organizing and media work to clerking for the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
Hosted by SOU Native American Studies Program and the SOU Sustainability Council.
Farm and Field Volunteer Day
Friday, April 21st at 12:30-3:30
The Farm at SOU, 155 Walker Avenue, Ashland
Come Join The Farm and Raider Rec at the SOU Farm for a day of service! Free food for all, first 75 students will receive a free “Sustainability at SOU” cup. The group will meet at The Farm for free food and then begin our service day at the Farm. We will also send a group to help Raider Recreation improve and beautify their rec field.
Hosted by The Farm and Raider Recreation.
Emigrant Lake Bike and BBQ
Friday, April 21st at 4:00-6:00pm
Outdoor Program House, 1555 Webster St, Ashland
In honor of Earth Week the Bike Program is putting on a bike ride out to Emigrant Lake! If you like the Earth, sunset bike rides, good company, and FREE BBQ roasted veggies, then you should come out with us!
Hosted by the Bike Program.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1847513085523442/
March For Science
Saturday, April 22nd from 11:00-12:30
Starts at Ashland High School and ends at Science works
Join us in a ‘Love Parade’ for Science! We envision this as a joyful, family friendly, non-partisan event!
The March will follow a route just under one mile, from the Ashland High School to the Earth Day Event at ScienceWorks, on East Main St. in Ashland. The March for Science is a celebration of our passion for science and a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. Recent policy changes have caused heightened worry among scientists, and the incredible and immediate outpouring of support has made clear that these concerns are also shared by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Mischaracterization of science as a partisan issue, which has given policymakers permission to reject overwhelming evidence, is a critical and urgent matter. It is time for people who support scientific research and evidence-based policies to take a public stand and be counted.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1416452475041024/
Rogue Valley Earth Day
Saturday, April 22nd at 11:00am-4:00pm
Science Works, 1500 East Main Street, Ashland
In 2017, it’s time to celebrate Rogue Valley Earth Day “Now More Than Ever!” Rogue Valley Earth Day is a joyful, annual celebration for all ages to learn about environmental stewardship and build community in a fun and inspirational setting. It’s a forum for non-profits, businesses and governments to raise awareness, a venue for local musicians, artists and performers to share their talents, and an outlet for students to display their knowledge and creativity.
Siskiyou Singer Presents: For the Beauty of the Earth
Saturday, April 22nd at 7:30-9:30pm
Sunday, April 23rd at 3:00-5:00pm
SOU Music Recital Hall
Nature has always inspired music. Siskiyou Singers concert For The Beauty Of The Earth has been created out of love for planet Earth and zeal to defend it. It will present, among other works: Now I Walk In Beauty … a Navaho Prayer, and Morton Lauridsen’s Sure on this Shining Night; Brahms’ Four Quartets, and Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World; Famine … a Sudanese basket weavers lament, and the tender Israeli folk song about the beauty of the night … Erev Shel Shoshanim. Photographs of nature accompany the music. We invite you to join us for this glorious high point of Earth Week 2017. Community members $20, Students and Oregon Trail Members $5
All Week Events
Gender Non-Conforming Clothing Swap
Monday, April 17th – Wednesday, April 19th at 10:00am-3:00pm
Stevenson Union Arena
An event for students and community members to acquire clothing items donated from other students. Hosted in the Arena, everyone is welcome to browse our collection regardless of gender expression.
Hosted by the Queer Student Union.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1441775459206888/
RVTD 5,000 Mile Challenge
Monday, April 17th – Friday, April 28th
Win prizes by logging your trip at drivelessconnect.com. SOU will be working as a collective to reach a goal of 5,000 miles traveled through alternative transportation over a two week period, while competing to earn great prizes! By logging 10 or more trips you are automatically entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card to Shop N Kart! If you log 20 or more trips you are entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card to REI!
Pre-Earth Week Fun
Nature’s Trust: An Evening with Mary Christina Wood
Thursday, April 13th at 6:00-8:00pm
Stevenson Union Rogue River Room
https://www.facebook.com/events/711138082398590/
SOU Arbor Day
Friday, April 14th – 9am-5pm
Events will be taking place throughout the day, but the Volunteer Planting and Campus Clean Up will be from 1:00-3:00 pm on Raider Way. Email Mike Oxendine at oxendinem@sou.edu to sign up to volunteer, the first 200 volunteers will receive free t-shirts! See all events listed on this poster.
