In celebrating Western's leadership in sustainability, Sustainability Week highlights WWU's sustainable practices from student activism to local food in the dining halls to sustainability curriculum through this series of events. Sustainability Week will energize the Western community as we begin another year of working together to advance sustainability on campus and in the community.



SUSTAINABILITY INFO FAIR: "Park(ing) Day"

parkingdayOrganizations from across campus will temporarily "repurpose" a portion of WWU parking lots to hold an info. fair. Come learn about the many organizations that contribute to Western Sustainability and find out how you can get involved. Information on Energy conservation, sustainability classes, and more awaits!

Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room, 12pm - 4pm

FILM SHOWING: Fixing the Future - Building Local Jobs, Income & Sustainability

fixingfutureIn Fixing the Future, host David Brancaccio, of public radio's Marketplace and NOW on PBS, visits people and organizations across America that are attempting a revolution: the reinvention of the American economy. By featuring communities using sustainable and innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity, Fixing the Future inspires hope and renewal in a people overwhelmed by economic collapse. The film highlights effective, local practices such as: local business alliances, community banking, time banking/hour exchange, worker cooperatives and local currencies. Bellingham, WA is featured as a green leader!

Viking Union 525, 4:00pm

KEYNOTE BROADCAST: Preparing Students for a Changing Climate

keynoteJoin us in celebrating the 10th anniversary of Campus Sustainability Day with a live panel discussing the role colleges and universities must play in creating sustainability education for all students which prepares the next generation of leaders to lead a just, healthy, and sustainable society. How can colleges and universities prepare students for a changing climate, society, and economy through sustainability education?

Featuring Dr. Geoffrey Chase, leader of the Ponderosa Project, Julie Elzanati, Director of the Illinois Green Economy Network, Neil Weissman, Provost of Dickinson College, and Debera Johnson, founder of the Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation, this panel invites questions from the audience to discuss best practices for creating ecological curriculum, advancing experiential and living laboratory learning, and engaging faculty and the surrounding community in meaningful and critical education. (More Info)

Fraser Hall 4, 11am - 12:30pm

LOCAL FOODS FARM TO TABLE LUNCH

localfoodsViking Commons Dining Hall will feature a local and sustainably sourced menu for lunch.

Local & organic + you = delicious!

Viking Commons Dining Hall, 11am - 1:30pm, $7-8

WESTERN'S 2nd ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS w/Keynote Speaker Alison Gannett

alisongannettAlison Gannett is an award-winning global cooling consultant, World Champion Extreme FreeSkier, and founder of multiple non-profits, including the Save Our Snow Foundation. In addition to her busy careers as an athlete and her keynote speaking work, she runs KEEN Rippin Chix – women's steep skiing, biking and surf camps around the globe.

Always an advocate of walking the talk and becoming more sustainable, she has cut her carbon footprint in half, including growing and raising almost all her own food on Holy Terror Farm in Paonia.

awardsThis World Champion Extreme Skier has spent the majority of her life working on solutions to climate change. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors from the University of Vermont in 1987, BS Environmental Science and Botany, and went onto study alternative energy and energy efficient building design at Solar Energy International. She opened her first business dedicated to climate change in 1991, and has founded and runs four non-profits dedicated to global cooling.

Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room, 4:00pm