Our Sustainable Future - CSU, Chico
Campus and Community
Sustainable Events
This web page is intended to connect campus and community with upcoming sustainable events. If you are a local community member with an upcoming non-profit sustainable event that you would like us to include on this page please e-mail details to sustainability@csuchico.edu
International Compost Awareness Week May 5-10, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 6:00 p.m.
Diversion Excursion Volunteer training meeting #1
BMU 209
(free pizza!) Volunteers can sign up for Diversion Excursion at AS Recycling
Wednesday, May 7, Noon-1:00 p.m.
Diversion Excursion Volunteer training meeting #2
BMU 303
Chico Bike Week: May 11-17, 2008
CSU, Chico is partnering with the Butte Bike Coalition to support events for Chico Bike Week, May 11-17, 2008. There are several events we encourage the campus community to become involved in:
Bike to Work Week Business Challenge 2008: for information on how to register your department, contact Jillian Buckholz at (530) 898-4335. Participants will receive a free bike mirror.
“I Bike Chico” pin and postcard give away at the AS Bike Cart throughout the week Look Out for Cyclists: Take the Awareness Test
Use your pedal power and cycle to work during Chico Bike Week. For more information, visit TAPS
Monday, May 12, 2008
5:00-8:00 p.m.
Bike Swap at the BMU
For more information, contact Kyle Hughes at (530) 898-3362
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Bell Memorial Union (BMU), Room 210
A Blueprint for Green Building: Focus on Materials, Waste & Recycling
A workshop sponsored by the California Collegiate Recycling Council (CCRC)
Hosted by AS Recycling on the CSU, Chico campus
This one-day workshop will address issues related to recycling and waste handling in LEED certified green buildings. Presenters will address construction and demolition debris recycling, planning for storage & collection of recyclables, reuse of building materials, and recycled-content interior finishings. The afternoon will feature a tour of CSU, Chico's new and upcoming LEED buildings, as well as a tour of Sierra Nevada Brewery's sustainable practices.
Who should attend: architects, contractors, building operators, and recycling or waste managers, students and faculty.
Registration fees $40 CCRC members, $50 non-members; $10 for students(Fees include presentations, lunch, and tours.)
Online registration will be available soon at www.crra.com/ccrc
For questions, please contact Robyn DiFalco at rdifalco@csuchico.edu or call 530-898-6677.
For information on transportation and accommodations, visit http://rce.csuchico.edu/directions/
Wednesday, May 14
7-8:30 p.m.
CARD
Sustainability Class led by Jeremy Miller (offered through the Chico Area Recreation and Park District (CARD)). It will be held on consecutive Wednesdays from 7:00 p.m. - 8: 30 p.m. The class will cover "ideas, tips, discussions and hands-on activities in support of the quest to live a healthy and meaningful life in Chico, while ensuring that future generations will be able to do the same." Here is the link to sign up: http://online.activecommunities.com/chico/Activities/ActivitiesDetails.asp?
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Wednesday, May 21
7-8:30 p.m.
CARD
Sustainability Class led by Jeremy Miller (offered through the Chico Area Recreation and Park District (CARD)). It will be held on consecutive Wednesdays from 7:00 p.m. - 8: 30 p.m. The class will cover "ideas, tips, discussions and hands-on activities in support of the quest to live a healthy and meaningful life in Chico, while ensuring that future generations will be able to do the same." Here is the link to sign up: http://online.activecommunities.com/chico/Activities/ActivitiesDetails.asp?
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May 22 & 23
Diversion Excursion
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Diversion Excursion (DE) is the annual residence hall move-out program on campus. This joint program, coordinated between the University Housing and Food Service (UHFS) Grounds Department and the AS Recycling Program, is designed to divert reusable and recyclable goods from the trash at the end of each school year. Volunteer-staffed tables are located outside on-campus residence halls and at University Village, the off-campus complex (located one mile from the main campus). Volunteers are recruited by DE interns to staff the tables during this two-day event. Each year, over 15,000 lbs of material is diverted from the landfill and thousands of students are educated about the importance of recycling, reuse, and waste diversion. For more info, contact Luisa Garza at 898-4039 or Robyn DiFalco at 898-6677.
May 27 & 29
Drop & Dash
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Each year, at the end of the spring semester, a large amount of furniture, household items and trash is illegally dumped on private and public land. To reduce the amount of illegally dumped material that goes to the landfill and to increase charitable donations, the City of Chico will be holding two community collection days called "Drop & Dash; Divert, Don't Trash." This is your chance to help our community by turning your trash into another persons treasureand to keep the community clean. For more information:
Contact the City of Chico at 530-896-7241, or AS Recycling at 530-898-5033.
Green Baby Expo
June 21
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Silver Dollar Fairgrounds
July 2008
July 31 – Aug 3
UC/CSU/CC Sustainability Conference at Cal Poly SLO
http://sustainability.calpoly.edu/