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7th Annual Campus Earth Summit at UC Santa Cruz

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Date:
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Time:
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Event Type:
Conference
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
College 9/10 Multipurpose Room

On Thursday January 31st the Student Environmental Center and the Sustainability Office will be hosting the 7th Annual Campus Earth Summit at the College 9/10 Multipurpose Room. This all day event starting at 9:30 AM and ending at 4:30PM will feature inspiring local speakers, a 'low carbon' lunch sourced locally from our neighboring organic farms, educational workshops on reducing your carbon footprint and world café' conversations about implementing sustainability on campus. This event will be happening in conjunction with Focus the Nation, a nationwide climate change teach-in happening simultaneously at over 1,000 colleges and universities nation-wide.

For more information about the event and how you can help make it an absolute success, e-mail Tommaso Boggia at tboggia [at] ucsc.edu

The Sustainability Office wishes to make this event accessible to people with disabilities. If you have disability-related needs, please contact Tommaso Boggia at (831) 212-0097 as soon as possible.

Brought to you by:

Student Environmental Center
Food Systems Working Group
Center for Agroecology and Sustainability Food Systems
STEPS Institute for Innovation and Environmental Research
Sustainability Office
SHR Training and Development
Environmental Health and Safety
Global Chillers
Education for Sustainable Living Program
Business and Administrative Services
Physical Plant
College Eight
College Nine & Ten
Added to the calendar on Wed, Jan 30, 2008 7:55PM
§Campus Earth Summit
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On behalf of the Student Environmental Center and the UCSC Sustainability Office, you are cordially invited to attend the 7th Annual Campus Earth Summit.

The Annual Campus Earth Summit will be held on Thursday January 31st, 2008 at the College 9/10 Multipurpose room.

This year, the Campus Earth Summit will feature an analysis and discussion of Climate Change issues and local action opportunities. The event will be in collaboration with Focus the Nation, a national climate change teach-in that will happen simultaneously in over 800 Colleges and Universities throughout 49 states. Climate Change will be the over-arching theme, spurring conversation in other related areas.

Reasons for coming:
- Inspiring keynote speakers addressing environmental justice and environmental economics.
- Delicious, organic, local lunch.
- Trainings on how to reduce your carbon footprint
- Facilitated Earth Summit breakout groups about campus sustainability topics
- Explore solutions to one of the most pressing problems that our generation faces

For more information about the event and how you can help make it an absolute success, e-mail Tommaso Boggia at tboggia [at] ucsc.edu.

The Sustainability Office wishes to make this event accessible to people with disabilities. If you have disability-related needs, please contact Tommaso Boggia at (831) 212-0097 as soon as possible.

Brought to you by:
Student Environmental Center (http://www.enviroslug.org)
Sustainability Office ( sustainability.ucsc.edu)
SHR Training and Development ( http://shr.ucsc.edu)
Environmental Health and Safety (http://ehs.ucsc.edu)
Global Chillers ( http://www.globalchillers.org )
Education for Sustainable Living Program (http://www.eslp.net)
Business and Administrative Services (bas.ucsc.edu )
Physical Plant ( ucscplant.ucsc.edu)
College 9/10 (collegenine.ucsc.edu)
College 8 (eight.ucsc.edu)
Food Systems Working Group ( http://casfs.ucsc.edu)
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