{"id":19513,"date":"2017-04-15T07:05:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T12:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=19513"},"modified":"2017-04-14T18:43:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T23:43:59","slug":"earth-week-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/19513","title":{"rendered":"Earth Week 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/sustainability\/campus-living-and-engagement\/events\/earth-week-2017\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/earthwk17.jpg\" alt=\"banner for Earth Week 2017 at UW-Whitewater\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>UW-Whitewater will observe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/sustainability\/campus-living-and-engagement\/events\/earth-week-2017\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Week<\/a> (April 17-22) with a variety of events. Please visit the Earth Week web page for more information, or for contact information if events require registration.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mon., Apr. 17<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Campus Garden Preview and Greenhouse Tour (noon-1pm, Upham Greenhouse<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/19489\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hewitt<\/a> talks about &#8220;Growing a local food system: Local food as economic driver and local nourishment&#8221; (7pm, Young Auditorium)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tues., Apr. 18<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Campus Sustainability Walking Tour (noon-1pm, meet in Hyland Hall atrium to start)<\/li>\n<li>Water Action Volunteers &#8211; Whitewater Creek Stream Monitoring (3-5pm, advance registration required)<\/li>\n<li>Film Showing and Panel Discussion: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodwastemovie.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Just Eat It<\/em><\/a> (5-7pm, Hyland Hall 1311)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wed., Apr. 19<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>UW-Whitewater Eco-Fair (11am-3pm, UC Hamilton Room)<\/li>\n<li>Tar Sands Rally (11am-2pm, UC)<\/li>\n<li>Campus Garden Preview and Greenhouse Tour (3-4pm, Upham Greenhouse)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Green Tank&#8221; Elevator Pitch Competition (4-5:30pm, Hyland Timmerman Auditorium, Note: Competition participants have been selected, but attend this event to hear the finalists&#8217; pitches!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesgordon.ca\/bio\/\" target=\"_blank\">James Gordon<\/a>, Musician Performance (4:30-6:30pm, UC Summers Auditorium)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thurs., Apr. 20<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Science Outreach Earth Week Activities (10am-2pm, UC 2nd floor, email ahead to volunteer) and Birds of Prey Presentations (10am,  11am, and 12:30pm in UC266) <\/li>\n<li>Scaling Our Consumption (10am-2pm, South end of UC)<\/li>\n<li>Water Action Volunteers &#8211; Bluff Creek Stream Monitoring (4-6pm, advance registration required)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fri., Apr. 21<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Fruit Tree Planting Event &#8211; weather permitting (10am-noon, Hillside along Lauderdale Drive near Wells Hall, email ahead to volunteer)<\/li>\n<li>Campus Sustainability Walking Tour (noon-1pm, meet in Hyland Hall atrium to start)<\/li>\n<li>Make a Difference Day (various times and projects, register head to participate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sat., Apr. 22<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Whitewater Creek Stream Cleanup (10am-noon, meeting at Whitewater Creek Nature Area)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you want to learn more, Andersen Library can help!<\/strong> Resources on food waste, as an example, include books such as <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=POK9jwEACAAJ&#038;dq=editions:nIdpFF80qckC&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=0ahUKEwjl15uTiqXTAhUr64MKHZA6DvIQ6AEIIjAA\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Freegans: Diving into the wealth of food waste in America<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection, HD9975.U52 B27 2016), Congressional committee hearings such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/CHRG-114hhrg20309\/pdf\/CHRG-114hhrg20309.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Food waste from field to table<\/em><\/a> (online), and articles such as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0301479714004289\" target=\"_blank\">Food waste minimization from a life-cycle perspective<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Journal of Environmental Management<\/em>, 2015, vol.147, pp.219-226). There also are web sites such as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sustainable-management-food\/sustainable-management-food-basics\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainable management of food basics<\/a>&#8221; from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. And, if you can&#8217;t make the screening of Just Eat It, a DVD is available from other UW campus libraries via the free <a href=\"http:\/\/uw-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/WW:UW_VOY:UWI71386261670002121\" target=\"_blank\">UW Request<\/a> service (items arrive in 2-5 weekdays).<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like assistance with finding additional information, please <a href=\"http:\/\/library.uww.edu\/get-help\/ask-a-librarian\" target=\"_blank\">ask a librarian<\/a> (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD\/CD-ROM, online). Check out <em>your<\/em> government at Andersen Library!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW-Whitewater will observe Earth Week (April 17-22) with a variety of events. 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