Sustainability Announcements
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Weekly Sustainability Announcements |
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April 4, 2016 |
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‘Watch the Earth Breathe’ With NASA Scientist and Maurer Distinguished Lecturer Label Understanding Affects Perception of Poultry Quality, Researchers Find |
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Bike Maintenance 101 |
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Got a bike that needs a little TLC? Come by the bike shop and learn how to repair it yourself! Bike mechanics will be teaching participants the essential basics of bike maintenance. In this class, you will learn brake adjustments, how to change a tube, and plenty more! |
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6:00 – 9:00 Pm Wednesday, April 6th HPER 102 |
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‘Watch the Earth Breathe’ With NASA Scientist and Maurer Distinguished Lecturer |
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Atmospheric physicist David Crisp will present “Watching the Earth Breathe – Measuring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide with NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7. Crisp is the science team leader for NASA’s OCO-2 mission, and is the University of Arkansas’s 2016 Robert D. Maurer Distinguished Lecturer. His talk will center on the way atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements are expected to revolutionize our understanding of CO2 buildup – which correlates to escalating climate and water changes. This talk will also describe the OCO-2 mission, summarize its measurement approach, and present results from its first 15 months in operation. |
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7:30 – 9:00 Pm Thursday, April 7th Giffels Auditorium |
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GEOS/ENDY Colloquium |
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GEOS/ENDY Colloquium will host Ron Gird, National Weather Service Outreach Program Manager. His lecture is titled Education and Career Opportunities at the NOAA National Weather Service. |
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3:05 – 4:05 Pm Friday, April 8th GEAR 026 |
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Introduction to Permaculture with Thomas McKnight |
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Interested in the basics of permaculture or looking to freshen up on your knowledge of the ecological and social culture? Come take this class for a brief history of people, principles and practices that make up today’s permaculture systems. This will be a two day class and the second day we will build an herb spiral from scratch together. Herb spirals are a great way to see how various plants inhabit different environments based off sun, shade, and moisture levels. Spruce up the look of any yard by adding these helix style creations and you’ll also spice up your kitchen. |
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1:30 – 3:00 Pm Saturday, April 9th Tri Cycle Farms (1705 N Garland Ave) |
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Volunteer Opportunities |
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Project Clean Plate |
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Project Clean Plate is a campaign initiative sponsored by Chartwells Dining Services and Razorback Food Recovery whose purpose is to raise awareness to food waste and mindful eating habits in college students. The immediate objective of Project Clean Plate is to reduce food waste for the duration of the two-week campaign and throughout the school year. The long-term objective is to facilitate change in student’s eating habits through food waste awareness and the encouragement of mindful eating of meals. Volunteers are needed to table in the dining halls during dinner hours. They will engage students and raise awareness about the initiative. Volunteers will serve a shift of 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes. Food will be provided during each shift served. |
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Multiple Shifts Monday, April 4th – Thursday, April 14th Brough, Fulbright, and Pomfret Dining Halls |
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Special Needs Ministires Central United Methodist Church |
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This is our respite night for families in the community affected by disability. rEcess is a program to give the families a rest and the children and their siblings an amazing night. We will train you before you ever work with the kids and a meal will be provided for our volunteers before each event. Please contact Sarah Smith for more information for training ssmith@centraltolife.com. |
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5:30 – 10:00 Pm Friday, April 8th Student Ministries Building, 19 West Lafeyette Street, PO Box 1106, Fayetteville, AR 72702 |
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Lake Fayetteville Spring Cleanup |
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Join the Lake Fayetteville Watershed Partnership and many other local community organizations and sponsors for the 2016 Spring Lake Fayetteville Cleanup on Saturday, April 9th. This Great American Cleanup Event is organized to help remove litter in the park, along the Razorback Greenway trails, around the lake, and along Hwy 265. These efforts will help beautify Lake Fayetteville and protect the water quality of the Lake. Three check-in locations will be available around the park, and a free lunch will be served at noon along with some cool doorprizes. Groups of 20+ should contact Colin Massey at 479.444.1755 or cmassey@uaex.edu through GivePulse. |
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9:00 Am – 12:00 Pm Saturday, April 9th Corner of Lakeview Dr and Powell St. on the North Shore, 511 E Lakeview Dr, Lake Fayetteville Environmental Study Center, Springdale, AR 72764 |
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Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities |
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Tri Cycle Farms Garden Workday |
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Join us at Tri Cycle Farms every Tuesday from 3-6pm for a volunteer workday in the garden! As fall arrives we will be working in the fall garden, winterizing the summer garden and doing various other farm and garden related chores and activities. See you at the farm! |
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3:00 – 6:00 Pm Every Tuesday 1705 N Garland Ave |
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Tri Cycle Farms’ Food Recovery/ Compost Crew |
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Every Thursday, we gather at Tri Cycle to sort through boxes of expired produce from Ozark Natural Foods, a local health food coop. We sort and weigh the food, feed some to our sweet chickens, and then add the rest to the compost. There is also usually plenty of still-good-looking, organic produce to share amongst ourselves! If you like veggies, chickens, or compost, come join us for a chill, fun volunteer opportunity while helping to prevent food waste in our community. Just meet outside the community house at the farm (1705 N Garland Ave) at 3:30pm on Thursdays! |
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3:30 Pm Every Thursday 1705 N Garland Ave |
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Habitat for Humanity ReStore Assistant |
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Customer service is the primary focus for our ReStore Volunteers. Our ReStore staff will assign jobs as needed. Below are examples of the types of jobs you will be asked to do. Greet and assist customers as needed. Assist in cleaning, pricing, and organizing merchandise. Arrange items on display shelves and sales floor. Hang pictures and create decorative displays when needed. Rearrange furniture and other merchandise in all departments to ensure displays remain visually stimulating. Arrange special promotion displays as needed. Help keep aisles clean and safe. Assist with donation pickups if necessary. Light cleaning. Please dress appropriately for the weather. This is a warehouse environment with limited climate control. All volunteers must wear closed toed shoes. The Habitat ReStore is family friendly so please no short, shorts or inappropriate t-shirts. |
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Multiple Shifts Available 1421 E. 15th St., Fayetteville, AR 72701 |
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Feed the Hungry and Homeless — House of Hope Rescue Mission |
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The House of Hope Rescue Mission is a “Day Center” for the homeless and needy. Our goal is to provide a place where people can come for shelter from the cold or heat, receive snacks, water and a hot meal while at our facility, get help with life skills and job searches. We provide showers, a place for clients to do their laundry free of charge, and a place they can receive mail. Clients can receive clothing and food from our pantry monthly. There are multiple ways to volunteer at the House of Hope:
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9:00 Am – 1:00 Pm Every Wednesday 505 E. Emma Ave., Springdale, AR 72764 |
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