Campus and community organizations raise awareness of resource stewardshi

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University of Mississippi eGrove University of Mississippi News 4-11-2018 University's 10th Annual Green Week Begins April 17 Haley Renschler Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews Recommended Citation Renschler, Haley, "University's 10th Annual Green Week Begins April 17" (2018). University of Mississippi News. 6586. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews/6586 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Mississippi News by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu. Search this website … SearchUM Landscape Services and students celebrate ArborDay with a hands-on tree planting ceremony in theGrove during Green Week 2017. Photo by RobertJordan/Ole Miss CommunicationsUniversity’s 10th Annual Green Week Begins April 17Campus and community organizations raise awareness of resourcestewardshipAPRIL 11, 2018 BY HALEY RENSCHLEROXFORD, Miss. – The University ofMississippi will host its 10th Annual GreenWeek April 17-22 with a series of eventsdesigned for students, faculty and staff andcommunity members.The week is filled with programming to raiseawareness about the importance of resourcestewardship and includes events ranging fromthe annual Sustainability Fair to atransportation-related lunch-and-learn.“Green Week is an opportunity for our universityand the Oxford community to come together andcelebrate our relationship with the natural environment,” said Kendall McDonald, project manager for theUM Office of Sustainability. “I think the most fundamental first step to fostering a healthy, sustainableworld is to be curious and learn, and this year’s Green Week is full of opportunities to do so.”The events kick off Tuesday (April 17) with a lunch-and-learn on “UM Master: Planning for a Pedestrian-Friendly Campus,” featuring Ian Banner, university architect and director of sustainability and facilitiesplanning, and Mike Harris, the UM parking and transportation director. They will discuss the updatedcampus master plan as it relates to transportation and mobility.Green Week culminates April 22, which is Earth Day, when award-winning poet and essayist CamilleDungy will deliver the 2018 Earth Day keynote address. The event, at 7 p.m. in the Overby CenterAuditorium, is free and open to the public.Dungy is editor of “Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry” (University ofGeorgia Press, 2009), the first anthology dedicated to nature writing by African-American poets. Otherworks by Dungy include “Guidebook to Relative Strangers” (W.W. Norton, 2017), a collection ofpersonal essays that explores the complicated relationships between history, race and landscape.Interactive events include the annual Sustainability Fair on Wednesday and the 2018 Arbor Daycelebration on Thursday, during which attendees can participate in a hands-on tree planting in theGrove, hosted in collaboration with the Department of Landscape Services and the Strawberry PlainsAudubon Center. Champion catalpa tree seedlings will be available while supplies last.“Part of the mission of Green Week is to educate and empower, and we think that this year’sprogramming accomplishes that goal,” said Lindsey Abernathy, UM associate director of sustainability.“There are events for those interested in learning a little more about sustainability, as well asopportunities to explore topics more in depth, through events like the lunch-and-learn event and thekeynote address.”Community and campus organizations are hosting events in conjunction with Green Week, including theOxford Community Market’s spring launch, a volunteer day at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center inHolly Springs and Earth Day Yoga, hosted by Campus Recreation on the South Campus Rail Trail. “We work collaboratively with campus and community partners to plan Green Week, a nice reminder ofthe collaborative nature of sustainability and environmental work as a whole,” McDonald said. “Wecannot address complex environmental problems without teamwork, and Green Week is a great way tobring everyone to the table.”To encourage the community to experience sustainable activities firsthand, the Office of Sustainability isalso hosting a Green Week social media challenge. Participants are asked to complete four tasks andshare them on social media to be entered to win a $50 Patagonia gift card.Read the story …Read the story …Follow us on socialCampus BriefsStudents Learn ‘Real Politics’ inWashington, D.C., Winter SessionOXFORD, Miss. – Eleven University ofMississippi students spent their winterbreak learning about the people who workbehind the scenes of the Americangovernment in Washington, D.C. Lead byJonathan Klingler, assistant professor ofpolitical science, the students of Pol 391:Applied Politics met not with candidates,but with the people who make candidates’More Posts from this CategoryThank You To OurDonorsYoung Alumna Gives Back to Schoolof AccountancyOXFORD, Miss. – Stephanie JenningsTeague, of Chicago, sees her commitmentof $100,000 to the Patterson School ofAccountancy‘s new building at theUniversity of Mississippi as a means ofsaying “thank you.” “It is a way to show asmall token of my appreciation to OleMiss, the faculty and staff, and theaccountingMore Posts from this CategoryOle Miss In the NewsReuters: Keep an Eye on the MoneySupplyU.S. inflation roller coaster prompts freshlook at long-ignored money supply ByMichael S. Derby NEW YORK – Theamount of money sloshing around the U.S.economy shrank last year for the first timeon record, a development that someeconomists believe bolsters the case forU.S. inflation pressures continuing toabate. The Federal Reserve’sNews Releases UM COVID-19 Video Gallery University Communications Ole Miss Homepage Ole Miss News BlogFacebookTwitterLin edInEmailCopyLinkSMSPrintFriendlySharFacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTubeChannelGreen Week is hosted in collaboration with sponsor Jim Keras Subaru; the university’s environmentalstudies minor; departments of Facilities Planning, Parking and Transportation, Landscape Services andCampus Recreation; the Oxford Community Market; and the Strawberry Plains Audubon Center. Formore information, visit https://greenweek.olemiss.edu/. The Green Week schedule of events features:Tuesday (April 17)“UM Master Plan: Planning for a Pedestrian Friendly Campus” lunch-and-learn: 12:15 p.m., Centerfor Manufacturing Excellence multipurpose room (third floor). Lunch and coffee provided.Oxford Community Market Spring Kickoff: 3-6:30 p.m., Old Armory Pavilion.First Feast Fundraiser Dinner for the Oxford Community Market: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Old ArmoryPavilion (tickets required)Wednesday (April 18)Sustainability Fair: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Galtney Lott PlazaThursday (April 19)Arbor Day Celebration and Tree Planting: 1 p.m., the GroveSaturday (April 21)Give Back to SPAC: Volunteer Work Day: 9 a.m.-noon, Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, HollySpringsSunday (April 22)Earth Day Yoga: 4 p.m., South UM Campus Rail Trail. Admission is $5 for students, $10 forcommunity members.“It’s all Environmental Writing,” 2018 Earth Day keynote address by Camille Dungy: 7 p.m., OverbyCenter AuditoriumFILED UNDER: FEATURED NEWS, NEWS RELEASESRead the story …More Posts from this CategoryRetu rn  to  to p  o f  p a ge Copyright © 2023 · Th e Un iversity  o f  M ississ ip p i

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