Earth Day Extravaganza

During the day, Red Square and the College Activities Building will be filled with student groups, community organizations and delicious specials at campus dining locations, all with a focus on interactive activities around the environment, food and sustainability in general.

The greener bookstore has proposed a poetry slam/reading in their space, climate change ‘culture jammers’, ‘Yes Men’ Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos will do a workshop on creative ways to enact positive social change, the Student Art Gallery is organizing an open mic, the Sheep Club will bring lambs to the grass on Red Square, the Rock Club will lead the creation of giant rock mandala, ARAMARK is bringing their ‘real food’ vendors to campus to hand out free samples, and there will be tours of the Organic Farm, RAD Sustainability projects, the aquaponics facilities and the shellfish garden.

In the evening there will be refreshments by ARAMARK in the Longhouse as President Les Purce signs the Real Food Challenge commitment to 28% real food purchasing by 2020, and sings a song about food inequality with music therapist Dr. Barbara Dunn. Foloowing, ‘Yes Men’ Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos will give a speech on creating positive social change through unique actions.