[Uvic-sustainability] CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY WEEK IS ALMOST HERE!
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Hi all –
A reminder that UVic’s first Campus Sustainability Week is next week (Oct 6 to 10) with lots and lots of ways to learn more about campus and community sustainability, get involved, win prizes and have some fun! See below for all the details:
EVENTS - ALL WEEK
RANDOM ACTS OF COFFEE
Watch for volunteers giving out free coffee/tea coupons to those using their own resusable mugs. All food outlets on campus offer a discount on coffee or tea when you use your own mug. Bring your own mug, save a tree and save some cash!
DON’T SMASH YOUR PUMPKIN
Did you know that riding with helmets and lights is the law in BC? Ride safe this fall and pick up a helmet and lights at 25% all week at SUBtext.... See poster for more info.
EVENTS – BY DAY
Monday, OCT 6th:
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM WITH DAVID SUZUKI
An online Virtual Classroom presentation with David Suzuki, along with 100-Mile Diet co-author J.B. MacKinnon and food justice expert Utcha Sawyers beginning at 12 pm EST (9 am local time). It will be live streamed to post-secondary institutions and senior high school students across Canada. The UVic event will be hosted by the UVic Students' Society in Cinecenta in SUB from 9 am to 10 am. Admission is by donation to raise funds for Canadian Political Science Students Association conference on Energy and Environment (Calgary 2015).
“COULD BC BECOME A 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY REGION?”
Public talk featuring Guy Dauncey from the BC Sustainable Energy Association and UVic researchers Dr. Andrew Rowe and Sahand Behboodi from UVic Mechanical Engineering on technical, social and political ways BC could end it’s addiction to fossil fuels and become 100% renewable. Moderated by Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver. 7 to 9 PM, HHB 105. See the poster for more info.
Tuesday, OCT 7th:
LOVE-A-MUG
Free pizza and a photo with coffee cup mascot “Muggo” for anyone sporting their own reusable mug, at The Fountain, Noon to 2 PM. Photos will be posted to Facebook and Instagram.
CAMPUS COMMUNITY GARDEN TOUR AND FALL HARVEST
Get a tour of the Campus Community Garden, find out how to get more involved and help harvest all those fall veggies, 1 PM, Campus Community Garden. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it."> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Wednesday, OCT 8th:
BIKE TO CAMPUS DAY
Events include a morning celebration station with free coffee, breakfast treats and quick repairs, at the Fountain, 7:30 to 9:30 AM, noon hour Cycling Skills Seminar in SUB with free pizza and a chance to win a new bike, a bike gear sale in front of the library, bike repairs by donation in the Quad. Also, a guided Campus Community Cruise with SPOKES from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, leaving from the Campus Bike Centre. See poster for more info.
CUNNINGHAM WOODS RESTORATION
Join other volunteers to help keep our campus beautiful and learn the basics of restoration with an ivy pull in Cunningham Woods. Workpartys at 10 AM and 2 PM. RSVP to the event at the following links. 10 AM workparty---2 PM workparty. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">Amanda Evans for more info.
UVIC NATURE DAY
3RD annual UVic Nature Day. Events from 3:30 to 9 PM include outdoor yoga, workshops, potluck dinner and documentary film. See Facebook for more info.
DO IT IN THE DARK: OPEN MIC NIGHT
Do you like live music? Do you like performing onstage? If so, UVic Residence Life and Education will be hosting the second annual "Do It in The Dark" Open Mic Night in Vertigo in SUB from 7:00-9:00pm! Group and individual sets are welcome. Online registration is now open at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SZY2LPP
Thursday, OCT 9th:
EARTHFEST
Hosted by the student led UVic Sustainability Project, a day of speakers, workshops, food music and other special events including the ECOSPEAK contest and Sustainability Photo Contest winners announcement, and a Skype discussion with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May from Ottawa, in SUB, Noon to 8:30 PM. See Facebook for more info.
DODGE IN THE DARK: HERE WE GLOW AGAIN
Try your skills on the court in the dark complete with a DJ, glow tape, glow in the dark balls and lasers. Chance to win prizes too. Hosted by Vikes Nation, Ian Stewart Complex Gym, 5 to 8 PM. See Facebook for more info.
URBAN FARMS
Public talk by local urban farmers who design and manage their farms to benefit the local environment as well as grow food. Hosted by Continuing Studies Restoration of Natural Systems Program, 7 to 8:30 PM. See website for more info.
Friday, OCT 10th:
FALL HARVEST LUNCH
A fall feast of local and organic delicious edibles and a chance to learn more about UVic’s food purchasing practices that support local farmers and food producers, plus door prizes. $10 staff/faculty, $5 students (cash at the door) – please reserve a spot by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Noon to 1:30 PM, Campus View Room, Cadboro Commons.
All events also on our website: https://www.uvic.ca/sustainability/involved/week/index.php
Rita Fromholt
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Campus Planning & Sustainability
University of Victoria
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