Events--Spring 2013
last update: March 3, 2013
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Monday, February 11, 7pm, Culp Auditorium
"Eating Alabama" Documentary Film (U.S.A. 2012, 62 min)
Sponsored by Mary B. Martin School of the Arts. Following a film screening, Producer/Director/Photographer/Editor/Writer Andrew Beck Grace will talk with the audience. http://www.eatingalabama.com/
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Sunday, February 17, noon-4pm, Washington D.C.
"Forward On Climate" Rally, on the National Mall
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer?pagename=forwardonclimate A group of ETSU students will be attending, leaving ETSU on Saturday, Feb 16 at noon, and returning late Sunday. Contact student Annie Bronez for more info, bronez@goldmail.etsu.edu
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March 10-17, Doddrige County Park, West Union WV
Mountain Justice Spring Break in West Virginia, http://mjsb.org/
A group of ETSU students is going. Trip sponsored by ECO and the Environmental Studies minor. For more info contact David McGuinn, President of ECO, at mcguinn@goldmail.etsu.edu
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Thursday, March 28, 7:30 pm, Culp Center Auditorium
"The Spirit of the Great Auk," a performance by storyteller Jay O'Callahan
Sponsored by the May B. Martin School of the Arts. Jay's stirring drama is inspired by the real-life odyssey of Dick Wheeler's four month 1,500 mile kayak journey from Newfoundland to Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. Here is more information about the performance, Jay, and Dick: "Haunted Cry of a Long Gone Bird" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdr9OOUMFb4 A PBS Nova broadcast from 1994 documenting Dick's kayaking journey
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Weds April 3, 7pm, Brown Hall Auditorium
"A Clean Water Act Citizen Suit: Appalachian Voices Investigates Coal Co. Discharge Monitoring Reports, Kentucky 2008-2012" A presentation by Erin Savage, of Appalachian Voices, Boone NC
Sponsored by ECO, by the Environmental Studies minor, and by TEHA (TN Environmental Health Association). For more info, contact Dr. Kevin O'Donnell, Director of the minor, at odonnell@etsu.edu
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Tuesday, April 9, 7pm, Brown Hall Auditorim (?--location to be confirmed)
Dirty Energy Road Show, Eric Blevins, presenter
The Dirty Energy Road Show is an educational presentation examining the parallels of coal and nuclear issues and connecting them to other form of dirty energy and climate change. It also looks at work being done to transition us away from these dirty industries and towards a more sustainable and healthier future. Sponsored by the Environmental Studies minor and ECO. For more info, contact David McGuinn, President of ECO, at mcguinn@goldmail.etsu.edu
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Weds April 17, starting at Borchuck Plaza (in front of the Sherrod Library), 3pm
ETSU Bike Parade
A bike parade to promote bicycling and bike awareness on campus. Sponsored by ECO. Contact David McGuinn, ECO President, at mcguinn@goldmail.etsu.edu
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Thursday, April 18, 5:30-6:30pm, Culp Center rm 311
"Sow True Seeds" Lecture
Sow True Seed is based in Asheville, NC. The group was founded by a lifelong gardener and is dedicated to providing open-pollinated, non-hybrid, and non-GMO seed. A representative will speak on the importance of planting non-GMO seeds and their gardening philosophy. The talk is sponsored by the ETSU Farmers Market. Contact Rachel Ward, wardrk@goldmail.etsu.edu
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Thurs April 18th, 7pm, Rogers-Stout 102
"Climate of Doubt: Frontline goes inside the groups who shifted the direction of the climate change debate."
Runtime: 53:46. Originally aired October 23, 2012. WGBH Blueridge PBS. www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/climate-of-doubt/ Public screening and discussion. Organized by Heather Covington, Sociology major/ Env Studies minor, for Dr. Longo's SOCI 4957-002 Special Topics: Environmental Sociology. For info contact Heather at covingtonh@goldmail.etsu.edu
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Mon April 22, Borchuck Plaza (in front of the Sherrod Library), 10am-2pm
ETSU Earth Day Festival
Sponsored by ECO and by the Environmental Studies minor. For more information, contact Jacqui Sikora, ECO member and festival coordinator, zjls97@goldmail.etsu.edu
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Thurs April 25, Galaxy Lounge, downtown Johnson City, 8pm-midnite
Mountain Justice Benefit Concert, sponsored by ECO
Mountain Justice is a social justice and environmental education nonprofit based in West Virginia. They have actively campaigned against mountaintop removal, and in May they will be doing an action on the next, scary, post-apocalyptic, environmentally destructive plan that you haven't heard of yet: GMO tree plantations (50 million acres projected in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina--google it!).
Lineup--8pm: Seth Young; 9pm: The Rose Sisters; 10pm: Rickshaw Roadshow; 11pm: Strut'in Mud (Adam Timbs and Rebekah Welch)
Come support a super good cause, and hear some great music. $3 suggested donation. All proceeds go to Mountain Justice. Contact David McGuinn, president of ECO, at mcguinn@goldmail.etsu.edu
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Events--Fall 2012
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Thursday, September 20, 7pm, Forum Room in the D.P. Culp Center
No Impact Man: The Documentary (U.S.A. 2009) 93 minutes
Sponsored by the Dept of Sustainability. For more information contact Kathleen Moore, Director of Sustainability, moore@etsu.edu
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Friday, September 21, 10pm until... Galaxy Lounge, downtown Johnson City
Night of the E.C.O.nox, Featuring D.J. Naanstop
A benefit concert for ECO (Environmental Conservation Organization), ETSU's environmental student group. $3 admission. Must be 18 to get in and 21+ to drink. All proceeds go to ECO
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Thursday, September 27, 7pm. Rogers-Stout 118
Stories from the Field: The Direct Action Campaign to Stop Mountaintop Removal
Presentation by Ricki Draper and other Mountain Justice coalfields activists. Sponsored by the Environmental Studies minor, and by ECO (Environmental Conservation Organization), an ETSU Student Group. For more information, contact Kevin O'Donnell, director of the Env Studies minor, odonnell@etsu.edu
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Thursday, October 18, 7pm, Forum Room in the D.P. Culp Center
Flow: For the Love of Water (U.S.A. 2008) 93 minutes
Sponsored by the Dept of Sustainability. For more information contact Kathleen Moore, Director of Sustainability, moore@etsu.edu
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Saturday, October 20, 9am-3pm, Appalachia VA, in Wise County
ETSU Students Visit a Mountaintop Removal Site
Meet at 9am, at parking lot 18, near the ETSU Vehicle pool, in the Bond Building (bldg #42 on the ETSU campus map: http://www.etsu.edu/etsuhome/documents/ETSU_Main_Campus_Map_Color.pdf). You can leave a car there. Transportation is provided. Bring your own lunch and water. Dress for the weather. We will drive 2 minivans up to the town of Appalachia, VA, in Wise Co. There, we will talk with representatives of SAMS (Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards), a local, anti-MTR volunteer activist group. We will then drive up to the Kentucky State line to view a mountaintop removal site. This is open to any ETSU student, but you must have a reservation. Contact David McGuinn, president of ECO, at eco.etsu@gmail.com, for a reservation.
Sponsored by the Environmental Studies minor, and by ECO (Environmental Conservation Organization), an ETSU Student Group. For more information, contact Kevin O'Donnell, director of the Env Studies minor, odonnell@etsu.edu
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Tuesday, October 23, 7pm, Brown Hall Auditorium (Science Building, Room 112)
Tennessee Wild Presents: "The Future of Wilderness in East TN"
A history of, and update on the progress of, the TN Wilderness Act of 2011, co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker.
Presentation by Jeff Hunter, Director of Tennessee Wild Campaign, Wild South. http://www.tnwild.org/get_involved Sponsored by the Environmental Studies minor, and by ECO (Environmental Conservation Organization), an ETSU Student Group. For more information, contact Kevin O'Donnell, director of the Env Studies minor, odonnell@etsu.edu
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Saturday, November 3, 6:15pm, Multipurpose Room, 2nd Floor of Basler Center for Physical Activity
James Howard Kunstler, book-signing and free public lecture
Kunstler is the author of The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of the Oil Age, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century, the World Made By Hand novels and The Geography of Nowhere, among others.
Support for Kunstler's talk at ETSU is provided by the ETSU Student Government Association, Public Administration Program, Public City Managers Association of Graduate Students, the Environmental Studies minor, Sociology Club, Basler Center for Physical Activity, Beau Saigon and ETSU. For more information, or to request special assistance for persons with disabilities, contact Carl Brown at brownca@goldmail.etsu.edu.
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Monday, November 5, 7pm, Culp Center Auditorium,
"Bag It (The Movie)"
U.S.A. 2010. Running time: 74 minutes.
A Q&A with film maker Jeb Barrier will follow the movie!
http://www.bagitmovie.com/about.html
Part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Filmmakers sponsored by South Arts. This event produced by ETSU's Mary B. Martin School of the Arts. For more information, contact Anita DeAngelis, director of the M.B.M. School of the Arts, deangeli@etsu.edu
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Thurs Nov 8, at 7pm, Ball Hall Auditorium (Art building, rm 127)
"Climate of Doubt: Frontline goes inside the groups who shifted the direction of the climate change debate."
Runtime: 53:46. October 23, 2012. WGBH Blueridge PBS. www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/climate-of-doubt/ Public screening and discussion. Sponsored by the Environmental Studies minor, and by ECO (Environmental Conservation Organization), an ETSU Student Group. For more information, contact Kevin O'Donnell, director of the Env Studies minor, odonnell@etsu.edu
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Wednesday, November, 5:30-6:30pm, At the intersection of Univ. Parkway & State of Franklin Rd., Johnson City, in grassy area with benches on the corner (there is an adjacent parking lot off of State of Franklin).
Ecumenical Candlelight Climate Vigil--with GINI (Green Interfaith Network, Inc.) and TN Interfaith Power and Light
First climate vigil in the TriCities region, to be held at ETSU at dusk on Nov. 14. We'll be there for about an hour as the sun sets. "We'll light candles and be renewed as we gather with others who know we need to act more conscientiously toward the Earth. We will offer a few brief prayers and readings, and then we'll introduce the Earth Choir songbook, being developed by TN Interfaith Power & Light (TN-IPL). Please bring your musical instruments and accompany our voices." So writes Carol Landis, of GINI (Green Interfaith Network, Inc.), an ecumenical religious group devoted to Creation Care. This event is coordinated with ECO (Environmental Conservation Organization), ETSU's environmental student group, and with the Environmental Studies minor. Contact Carol <c.landis83@gmail.com> for more information about the songs, or about the event in general contact <tricitieshealthyenergy@gmail.com>
Past Events--Spring 2012
Click here for other past event listings: Fall 2011; Spring 2011; Fall 2010; Spring 2010; Fall 2009
"Google Earth Mountaintop Removal Talk"
Wednesday, April 4, 7pm, Ball Hall Auditorium
Presenter: Matt Helper, of Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
The creators of Google Earth have worked with Appalachian academics and activists to use satellite photography to create audio-visual imagery of the effects of mountaintop removal coal mining in southern Appalachia. This mining technique permanently alters landforms, as visible from space.
Helper has a graduate degree in mapping from Appalachian State University, and he specializes in mapping watershed disturbance. He will present watershed mapping images, along with the Google Earth satellite imagery.
Sponsored by ECO (Environmental Conservation Organization), an ETSU student group. More more info contact eco.etsu@gmail.com
"Disproportionate Harm: Radiation Exposure, Women, and Children," A presentation by Dr. Helen Caldicott
Thurs, April 12, 12-2pm in Dining Rm 2, on the 3rd floor of the Culp Center
Dr. Caldicott is an Australian Physician, internationally known anti-nuclear activist, and President of the Helen Caldicott Foundation. Salad and light lunch will be served. Sponsored by the Appalachian Peace Education Center.
University Woods Appreciation Week to be held April 9th-13th
In conjunction with Earth Month, The Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO) at ETSU will be hosting a series of events to bring a greater awareness for the University Woods located on the ETSU campus.
The University Woods is a natural area that offers opportunities for hiking, mountain biking, botany, wildlife viewing and other outdoor activities. The woods are a part of the ETSU Arboretum. The woods are also host to a recent planting of a new blight-resistant strain of American Chestnut trees, a species that went virtually extinct due to blight in the early 20th century. The woods also have rare foliage that is native to the Appalachian region. The most convenient access to the University Woods is the trailhead and pavilion at Parking lot 13 on Southwest Avenue, directly behind the train track.
Events include:
Monday the 9th, Awareness Day (all day): ECO will be spreading awareness about the woods and upcoming woods appreciation events on the Culp Center's SORC Patio (right outside the Martha Culp Auditorium). ECO invites the public to come by and learn more about the woods and what they have to offer.
Wednesday the 11th, Biggest Tree Treasure Hunt (beginning at 1:30pm): Come by the University Woods to seek out the largest trees of the forest. Dr. Tim McDowell of the Biology dept. will lead a contest to see which team can seek out the most trees out of the top ten largest in the woods. The treasure hunt is to begin at the new University Woods Pavilion, located at the end of parking lot 13 on Southwest Ave. Food and refreshments will be provided.
Friday the 13th, University Woods Service Day (beginning at 1pm): in conjunction with campus beautification day, ECO and the Dept. of Sustainability will be leading an afternoon of service work including installing ten benches in the woods, adding a coat of varnish to the new university woods pavilion, pulling out invasive species of plants, and general trail maintenance.
The service day starts at the University Woods Pavilion, located at parking lot 13.
For information about accommodating those with disabilities or any other concerns, you may contact ECO at eco.etsu@gmail.com
ETSU Earth Month Environmental Film Series
Mondays, April 2nd, 9th, and 16th, in Brown Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Department of Sustainability and Buc Funds
Films are free and open to the public. Door prizes will be awarded and refreshments will be served!
Film #1: Bag It – Mon, April 2nd, 7 pm
This film follows Jeb Berrier as he undertakes a global tour to investigate the complexities of our plastic world. He begins with a look at plastic bags, but the film then begins to question plastic's effects on our oceans, environment, and bodies.
Film #2: Taken for a Ride – Mon, April 9th, 7 pm
This film reveals why America has the worst public transit in the industrialized world. It details the story of an auto and oil campaign, led by General Motors, which included buying and dismantling streetcar lines. Taken for a Ride provides viewers with a basis for discussion about corporate power, city form, citizen protest, and the social and environmental implications of transportation.
Film #3: Sun Come Up – Mon, April 16, 7 pm
This is an Oscar nominated film that strives to show the human face of climate change. It follows the relocation of the Carteret Islanders, a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean. As climate change threatens their survival, they must leave their ancestral land in search of a new home. Their search takes them to war-torn Bougainville, 50 miles across the open ocean.