Events
RecycleMania Begins Feburary 1st
From February 1st to March 28th, the University of Arkansas will be participating in RecycleMania 2015, its eighth entry into this nationwide competition to raise recycling and waste management awareness across American schools. The Office for Sustainability will be hosting an E-Waste Drive as well as a Better Books Drive during this time, so we encourage everyone to take the extra time in these coming eight weeks to recycle as much as possible. Come by the Sustainability House to drop off any used or broken electronics you’d like to get rid of, as well as old books you want to donate to the Book Drive.
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Food Fight 2015
The Full Circle Pantry is excited to announce a friendly competition with the University of Missouri’s Tiger Pantry. From January 20th – February 20th each pantry will collect food items and monetary donations for points – 1 point per pound of food and 1 point per dollar donated – to see which pantry can accumulate the most points! Student organizations, Greek organizations, staff departments, facility groups and other on-campus and off-campus partners are encouraged to hold food drives or consider financial donations to help us beat Mizzou! All food and donations will help to stock our shelves so that we can continue to serve our campus community. Thank you for your support! Go Arkansas, Beat Mizzou!
Drop off food at the Full Circle Food Pantry during regular hours or at the Union Mall on Friday, February 6th and Friday, February 13th from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
Honors College Waste Audit
Volunteer with the Office for Sustainability to help the University meet its Zero Waste goals! The OFS will conduct a waste audit in the Honors College the first week in February. Weekday evening volunteers will help collect waste from offices and study areas. Weekday morning volunteers will help sort and weigh the waste.
Monday, February 2 – Monday, February 9
Wreaths Across America Veteran Christmas Wreath Recycling
Wreaths Across America placed more than 7200 Christmas Wreaths on the gravesites of our Nations Veterans. Bo’s Blessing is a lead organization involved in this effort, we will be disassembling those Wreaths for recycling in an effort to preserve our environment, and to raise funds to aid the effort for next year’s Wreaths Across America Event. We have been performing this recycling for 3 years now, and are one of the few National Cemetery’s who are able to ensure that every Veterans gravesite is adorned with one of these beautiful wreaths. Your consideration to aid in the recycling would ensure that we are able to maintain that 100% coverage for our nations Veterans. The recycling event will be held at a U of A warehouse located at 750 S. Hill St., Fayetteville, AR
There are no training requirements for this event, simply a willingness to aid in this massive effort. It is recommended that every volunteer have available to them a pair of work gloves to protect their hands.
Friday, February 6th, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Water Catchment System for TriCycle Farms
Arkansas Engineers Abroad is currently in the process of building a water catchment system at TriCycle Farms. This system will capture rainwater for use on the farm. Ten to fifteen volunteers are needed for a workday to dig and place posts for the structure and to mix and pour concrete for the posts.
Contact Claire Stewart (cs002@email.uark.edu) to register.
Saturday, February 7th, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
1691 N. Garland Ave. Fayetteville, AR
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Fayetteville Public Library
They Fayetteville Public Library is inviting UA sustainability students to get involved by volunteering at the library. Volunteers can set their own hours and choose from a variety of programs and departments.
Margaret Burdette, Manager of Volunteer Services
Fayetteville Public Library
401 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville, AR 72701
direct phone – 479.856.7104 | library phone – 479.856.7000
www.faylib.org
TriCycle Farms
Tri Cycle Farms, located at the corner of Sycamore and Garland Avenue, is a centrally located urban farm on the blue and red bus routes (free parking is also available at the Trinity United Methodist Church). The mission of Tri Cycle Farms is to “build community through soil,” and the nonprofit (via fiscal partnership with the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology) is working broadly with other like-minded organizations in the region to strengthen food security. Tri Cycle Farms has ongoing “Farm to Table” programs, gardening classes, volunteer opportunities, chicken husbandry, herb walks, a composting system, and new plans to develop a farmer’s market with the Trinity United Methodist Church, which is directly across the street from Tri Cycle.
Contact Don Bennett at fayettevilletricyclefarms@gmail.com or 479-966-0572, or Joanna Pollock at jbperson@uark.edu or 708-828-5695 for more information about how to get involved or tour Tri Cycle. You can also find Tri Cycle Farms on Facebook.
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