Student organizations, the College of Natural Resources and Department of Biology in the College of Letters & Science at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have a whole host of activities planned on or around Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22.

All of the following Earth Day events are open to the public:

11 a.m. Great Green Macaw presentation
Noon TBA
1 p.m. TBA
2 p.m. Environmental education roundtable discussion
3 p.m. TBA
4 p.m. Leave No Trace Mini-course (at Outdoor EdVentures)
5 p.m. DNR talk on aquatic invasive species
6 p.m. Prairie nursery � "how to"
7 p.m. Biodiversity and native plants of Wisconsin, talk by Emmet Judziewicz, assistant professor of biology

9 a.m. Introduction to the symposium and welcome
9:30 a.m. Speaker, Michael Nelson, Departments of Philosophy and Natural Resources
10 a.m. Speaker, George Kraft, UWSP professor of water resources
10:30 a.m. Speaker, Ed Garvey, attorney, Garvey & Stoddard, Madison
11 a.m. Speaker, Sue Nichols, member Bad River Band of Ojibwa
11:30 a.m. Lunch in Alumni Room, welcome by CNR Dean Victor Phillips
             Speaker, State Representative Spencer Black ("Protection of the true treasures"), Cost: $10 (public welcome to attend)
1 p.m. Afternoon opening remarks by COFAC Dean Gerard McKenna
1:15 p.m. Speaker, Arlene Kanno, Concerned Citizens of Newport
1:45 p.m. Speaker, Melissa Scanlon, founder Midwest Environmental Advocates
2:15 p.m. Speakers, Jack Utter and Milton Bluehouse, Jr., Navajo Nation
2:45 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Brief remarks from CPS Dean Joan North
3:30 p.m. Speaker, Jon Gilbert, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
4 p.m. Speaker, Ken Fish, Menominee Nation
4:30 p.m. Speaker, Jennifer Hill-Kelly, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
5 p.m. Panel Discussion � all speakers
5:45 p.m. Closing remarks

11 a.m. How to be a healthy vegetarian
12 noon Factory farming
1 p.m. TBA
2 p.m. Organic food in school lunches?
3 p.m. TBA
4:30 p.m. Paddle Lake Joanis with Outdoor EdVentures

10 a.m. TBA
11 a.m. Got worms?
12 a.m. Area architect, Tom Brown, leads discussion on global warming
1 p.m. Nature photography
2 p.m. How to lessen "e waste"
3 p.m. What is the Eagle Walk?

"Turn Down the Heat" conference, sponsored by the University�s Sustainability Committee, a group of students, staff, faculty and administrators, will be held from 6 - 10 p.m. All events will take place at the UWSP Sundial at no cost and open to the public.

Chancellor Thomas George will formally make UWSP a signatory of the international Tallories Declaration of the Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF). Last year UWSP�s Student Government Association worked with faculty and administrators to pass both the Tallories Declaration (TD) and establish the University Sustainability Committee (USC).

The keynote speaker for the evening is Native American and 2002 Green Party vice presidential candidate, Winona LaDuke. A.K. Black will follow LaDuke�s address with a rap music performance focusing on the environment. Progressive Magazine Publisher, Matthew Rothschild, will also speak to conference participants. Lastly, Jamaican traditional drummer, Devon Evans, will perform.

For more information on the Eco-Fair and the Turn Down the Heat Conference go to UWSP�s Web site at www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/sga/sustainability/tdth/page2.html.

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