Earth Days in the Cumberlands Schedule |
Friday-Saturday, April 4-5
Tree Planting at Meadowbrook Farm
Tuesday, April 8
Reception for "Shaped by Water" artists,
5:30-7:30 p.m., Gallery on Main,
Community Trust Bank, 128 W. Main St.
The exhibit promotes environmental
awareness through paintings, sculpture,
dance and other art forms.
Thursday, April 10
"Community Action in Government
Decisions: Experiences from FLOW and
the Fight for Lexington's Water Utility,"
Joe Graves and others, 7 p.m., Room 201,
Crabbe Library. FLOW represents those
who favor local ownership of Lexington's
water system.
Tuesday, April 15
"Consumerism, Corporations and
Conservatives: Rough C's ahead for Birds
and Other Living Things," Dr. Gary
Ritchison, EKU biology professor, 11
a.m.-12:15 p.m., Room 128, Crabbe
Library.
Thursday, April 17
Discussion of David Orr's book, "Earth in
Mind," a collection of essays about the
environment, co-sponsored by EKU
Teaching and Learning Center, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Faculty Lounge, Keen Johnson
Building.
Tuesday, April 22
Environmental Fair: informational displays,
entertainment, food, poetry, open microphone
and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., outside
Powell Building.
Public reading and book signing by
Kentucky writer and EKU graduate Silas
House, 1 p.m., reading outside Powell
Building, book-signing in University
Bookstore.
"Protecting Kentucky's Natural Resources,"
Tom Fitzgerald, director, Kentucky
Resource Council, 7:30 p.m., Kennamer
Room, Powell Building.
Wednesday, April 23
"Eating Ecologically," presentation by David
Kennedy, Leaf for Life Project, followed by
dining experience featuring locally grown
organic foods, 6:30-8 p.m., Center for
Appalachian Studies, 300 Summit St. (the
old Martin Home). Food will be prepared
for 30 guests, first-come, first-served. "This
talk is a way of getting us to think about
food, not from the perspective of a
commodity, but from an ecological
perspective," said EKU history professor
Rob Wiese.
Thursday, April 24
"Duct Taping Our Communities:
Protecting the Environment from
Military Contamination," presentation by
Ericka Taylor, Military Toxic Project,
and Elizabeth Crowe, Kentucky
Environmental Foundation, 11 a.m.-
12:15 p.m., Grand Reading Room,
Crabbe Library. Discussion will focus on
toxic legacy of U.S. weapons manufacturing
and disposal and how communities
are protecting themselves from toxic
chemical exposure. Special attention will
be paid to "Avoiding Armageddon," a
documentary that airs on KET2 April 14-
19, 9 p.m. nightly. Panel discussion/
lunch follows in Faculty Dining Room,
Powell Building, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Event
free and open to public. Space for
luncheon may be limited; call Center for
Appalachian Studies, 859-622-3065, to
make luncheon reservations.
Free concert featuring Taildragger, 7:30-
10 p.m., Ravine, sponsored by EKU
Greens.
Saturday, April 26
Earth Day hike at Anglin Falls, near
Madison-Rockcastle border, meet at
Alumni Coliseum Lot at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, April 8
Thursday, April 10
Tuesday, April 15
Thursday, April 17
Tuesday, April 22
Wednesday, April 23
Thursday, April 24
Saturday, April 26
