Greetings to the EnviroNews community from UW Tacoma Sustainability.

We have a number of activities planned for Earth Week and the surrounding weeks, and we wanted to share the who/what/where/when with you.

 

April-May 2016

— Plastic Surgery: Changing the Face of the Planet One Bottle at a Time —

Where: various locations across campus

Hosted by UW Tacoma Sustainability

This single-use plastic bottle reduction campaign, with events throughout the spring academic quarter, features a contest to design a UW Tacoma-themed reusable water bottle, a group scavenger hunt, a “hug a mug” discount at two of our campus coffee vendors, a trivia contest with prizes, a reusable bottle giveaway, and an art installation on the theme of one-time use plastics.

Read more: http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/article/campaign-underway-reduce-consumption-single-use-plastics-campus

 

April 12-28

—Net Impact Penny War—

Where: Dougan Lobby

The UW Tacoma chapter of Net Impact is hosting this creative fund-raiser that supports a variety of environmental non-profits with your donation of pennies (or other coins and currency) via the Penny War Cart in the building’s lobby.

 

April 18-22, Noon – 2 p.m. each day

— Earth Week Activity Booth —

Where: Prairie Line Trail Plaza

Hosted by UW Tacoma Sustainability

  • learn more about the “UW Tacoma Green for Green Campaign,” a proposed campus sustainability fund;
  • do the “Refill, Not Landfill” scavenger hunt, part of “Plastic Surgery,” the quarter-long single-use plastic bottle reduction campaign;
  • pledge to reduce your use of single-use plastics and reserve your free limited-edition UW Tacoma water bottle, part of “Plastic Surgery;”
  • try your luck with the “Race to Recycle” contest to sort trash from recyclables;
  • screen-print t-shirts and coffee mugs with sustainability-themed art;
  • get information on smart commuting to and from campus.

 

April 22, 12:30 p.m.

— Pot-a-Plant —-

Where: Commerce Plaza

Hosted by Student Activities Board

Learn basics of potting and transplanting and come away with your very own plant for company, conversation and oxygen therapy!

 

April 23, 10 a.m.-2p.m.

— Giving Garden Spring Planting —

Where: UW Tacoma Giving Garden, corner Fawcett & 21st Sts.

Contribute your labor to sow the seeds of another sustainable harvest that will benefit area food banks.

 

April 23, 10 a.m.-2p.m.

— SHED Hemp Wall Construction —

Where: UW Tacoma Giving Garden, corner Fawcett & 21st Sts.

Get your hands dirty with internationally recognized hemp advocates Joy Beckerman and Matt Ecklund. They will teach a free all-day clinic about the history and advantages of industrial hemp, and will provide a hands-on opportunity to build with hemp, completing the final wall of the SHED, the Garden’s new Sustainable Hub for Education & Demonstration.

For more information on the SHED, read Clover Park Technical College’s “Sustainability in the Community”